[PATCH V2 2/5] raid6: riscv: replace one load with a move to speed up the caculation

Chunyan Zhang zhang.lyra at gmail.com
Wed Jul 16 19:16:46 PDT 2025


On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 at 21:40, Alexandre Ghiti <alex at ghiti.fr> wrote:
>
> On 7/11/25 12:09, Chunyan Zhang wrote:
> > Since wp$$==wq$$, it doesn't need to load the same data twice, use move
> > instruction to replace one of the loads to let the program run faster.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chunyan Zhang <zhangchunyan at iscas.ac.cn>
> > ---
> >   lib/raid6/rvv.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
> >   1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/raid6/rvv.c b/lib/raid6/rvv.c
> > index b193ea176d5d..89da5fc247aa 100644
> > --- a/lib/raid6/rvv.c
> > +++ b/lib/raid6/rvv.c
> > @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static void raid6_rvv1_gen_syndrome_real(int disks, unsigned long bytes, void **
> >               asm volatile (".option  push\n"
> >                             ".option  arch,+v\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v0, (%[wp0])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v1, (%[wp0])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v1, v0\n"
> >                             ".option  pop\n"
> >                             : :
> >                             [wp0]"r"(&dptr[z0][d + 0 * NSIZE])
> > @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static void raid6_rvv1_xor_syndrome_real(int disks, int start, int stop,
> >               asm volatile (".option  push\n"
> >                             ".option  arch,+v\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v0, (%[wp0])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v1, (%[wp0])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v1, v0\n"
> >                             ".option  pop\n"
> >                             : :
> >                             [wp0]"r"(&dptr[z0][d + 0 * NSIZE])
> > @@ -218,9 +218,9 @@ static void raid6_rvv2_gen_syndrome_real(int disks, unsigned long bytes, void **
> >               asm volatile (".option  push\n"
> >                             ".option  arch,+v\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v0, (%[wp0])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v1, (%[wp0])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v1, v0\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v4, (%[wp1])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v5, (%[wp1])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v5, v4\n"
> >                             ".option  pop\n"
> >                             : :
> >                             [wp0]"r"(&dptr[z0][d + 0 * NSIZE]),
> > @@ -310,9 +310,9 @@ static void raid6_rvv2_xor_syndrome_real(int disks, int start, int stop,
> >               asm volatile (".option  push\n"
> >                             ".option  arch,+v\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v0, (%[wp0])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v1, (%[wp0])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v1, v0\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v4, (%[wp1])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v5, (%[wp1])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v5, v4\n"
> >                             ".option  pop\n"
> >                             : :
> >                             [wp0]"r"(&dptr[z0][d + 0 * NSIZE]),
> > @@ -440,13 +440,13 @@ static void raid6_rvv4_gen_syndrome_real(int disks, unsigned long bytes, void **
> >               asm volatile (".option  push\n"
> >                             ".option  arch,+v\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v0, (%[wp0])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v1, (%[wp0])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v1, v0\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v4, (%[wp1])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v5, (%[wp1])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v5, v4\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v8, (%[wp2])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v9, (%[wp2])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v9, v8\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v12, (%[wp3])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v13, (%[wp3])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v13, v12\n"
> >                             ".option  pop\n"
> >                             : :
> >                             [wp0]"r"(&dptr[z0][d + 0 * NSIZE]),
> > @@ -566,13 +566,13 @@ static void raid6_rvv4_xor_syndrome_real(int disks, int start, int stop,
> >               asm volatile (".option  push\n"
> >                             ".option  arch,+v\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v0, (%[wp0])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v1, (%[wp0])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v1, v0\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v4, (%[wp1])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v5, (%[wp1])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v5, v4\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v8, (%[wp2])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v9, (%[wp2])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v9, v8\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v12, (%[wp3])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v13, (%[wp3])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v13, v12\n"
> >                             ".option  pop\n"
> >                             : :
> >                             [wp0]"r"(&dptr[z0][d + 0 * NSIZE]),
> > @@ -754,21 +754,21 @@ static void raid6_rvv8_gen_syndrome_real(int disks, unsigned long bytes, void **
> >               asm volatile (".option  push\n"
> >                             ".option  arch,+v\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v0, (%[wp0])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v1, (%[wp0])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v1, v0\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v4, (%[wp1])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v5, (%[wp1])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v5, v4\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v8, (%[wp2])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v9, (%[wp2])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v9, v8\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v12, (%[wp3])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v13, (%[wp3])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v13, v12\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v16, (%[wp4])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v17, (%[wp4])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v17, v16\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v20, (%[wp5])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v21, (%[wp5])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v21, v20\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v24, (%[wp6])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v25, (%[wp6])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v25, v24\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v28, (%[wp7])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v29, (%[wp7])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v29, v28\n"
> >                             ".option  pop\n"
> >                             : :
> >                             [wp0]"r"(&dptr[z0][d + 0 * NSIZE]),
> > @@ -948,21 +948,21 @@ static void raid6_rvv8_xor_syndrome_real(int disks, int start, int stop,
> >               asm volatile (".option  push\n"
> >                             ".option  arch,+v\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v0, (%[wp0])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v1, (%[wp0])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v1, v0\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v4, (%[wp1])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v5, (%[wp1])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v5, v4\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v8, (%[wp2])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v9, (%[wp2])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v9, v8\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v12, (%[wp3])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v13, (%[wp3])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v13, v12\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v16, (%[wp4])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v17, (%[wp4])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v17, v16\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v20, (%[wp5])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v21, (%[wp5])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v21, v20\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v24, (%[wp6])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v25, (%[wp6])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v25, v24\n"
> >                             "vle8.v   v28, (%[wp7])\n"
> > -                           "vle8.v   v29, (%[wp7])\n"
> > +                           "vmv.v.v  v29, v28\n"
> >                             ".option  pop\n"
> >                             : :
> >                             [wp0]"r"(&dptr[z0][d + 0 * NSIZE]),
>
>
> Out of curiosity, did you notice a gain?

Yes, I can see ~3% gain on my BPI-F3.

>
> Anyway:
>
> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti at rivosinc.com>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
>



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