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Issue 6854063: code review 6854063: cmd/5g: use MOVB for fixed array nil check (Closed)

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Created:
11 years, 4 months ago by dfc
Modified:
11 years, 3 months ago
Reviewers:
CC:
remyoudompheng, minux1, rsc, golang-dev
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Description

cmd/5g: use MOVB for fixed array nil check Fixes issue 4396. For fixed arrays larger than the unmapped page, agenr would general a nil check by loading the first word of the array. However there is no requirement for the first element of a byte array to be word aligned, so this check causes a trap on ARMv5 hardware (ARMv6 since relaxed that restriction, but it probably still comes at a cost). Switching the check to MOVB ensures alignment is not an issue. This check is only invoked in a few places in the code where large fixed arrays are embedded into structs, compress/lzw is the biggest offender, and switching to MOVB has no observable performance penalty. Thanks to Rémy and Daniel Morsing for helping me debug this on IRC last night.

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M src/cmd/5g/cgen.c View 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 5 chunks +19 lines, -12 lines 0 comments Download
A test/fixedbugs/issue4396a.go View 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 chunk +27 lines, -0 lines 0 comments Download
A test/fixedbugs/issue4396b.go View 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 chunk +29 lines, -0 lines 0 comments Download

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Total messages: 25
dfc
Hello remyoudompheng@gmail.com, minux.ma@gmail.com, rsc@golang.org (cc: golang-dev@googlegroups.com), I'd like you to review this change to https://go.googlecode.com/hg/
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-17 22:12:07 UTC) #1
remyoudompheng
6g uses TESTB for that purpose, so LGTM I think 6g calls gins with nodes ...
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-17 22:48:04 UTC) #2
dfc
PTAL. I tried to make the check less cheaty and in the process it now ...
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-18 04:20:26 UTC) #3
dfc
Hello remyoudompheng@gmail.com, minux.ma@gmail.com, rsc@golang.org (cc: golang-dev@googlegroups.com), Please take another look.
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-18 04:21:56 UTC) #4
minux1
https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/2002/src/cmd/5g/cgen.c File src/cmd/5g/cgen.c (right): https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/2002/src/cmd/5g/cgen.c#newcode953 src/cmd/5g/cgen.c:953: gmove(&n3, &n4); i think this suffices: regalloc(&n4, types[TUINT8], N); ...
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-18 08:15:41 UTC) #5
dfc
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try it. As for the test, the types come from ...
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-18 08:24:29 UTC) #6
dfc
PTAL https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/2002/src/cmd/5g/cgen.c File src/cmd/5g/cgen.c (right): https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/2002/src/cmd/5g/cgen.c#newcode953 src/cmd/5g/cgen.c:953: gmove(&n3, &n4); On 2012/11/18 08:15:41, minux wrote: > ...
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-18 09:57:01 UTC) #7
minux1
you might also need to change gsubr.c ine 1196 and 1969. On 2012/11/18 09:57:01, dfc ...
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-18 10:21:29 UTC) #8
remyoudompheng
It might be useful to use checkref (defined in gsubr.c) to the task.
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-18 10:30:43 UTC) #9
dfc
I'd like to leave this proposal as is for the moment, so I can enable ...
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-18 11:00:10 UTC) #10
remyoudompheng
http://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/5003/src/cmd/5g/cgen.c File src/cmd/5g/cgen.c (right): http://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/5003/src/cmd/5g/cgen.c#newcode957 src/cmd/5g/cgen.c:957: regalloc(&tmp, types[TUINT8], N); i would use &n4 as third ...
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-24 19:43:45 UTC) #11
dfc
https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/5003/src/cmd/5g/cgen.c File src/cmd/5g/cgen.c (right): https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/5003/src/cmd/5g/cgen.c#newcode957 src/cmd/5g/cgen.c:957: regalloc(&tmp, types[TUINT8], N); On 2012/11/24 19:43:45, remyoudompheng wrote: > ...
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-25 11:59:15 UTC) #12
remyoudompheng
https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/5003/src/cmd/5g/cgen.c File src/cmd/5g/cgen.c (right): https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/5003/src/cmd/5g/cgen.c#newcode957 src/cmd/5g/cgen.c:957: regalloc(&tmp, types[TUINT8], N); On 2012/11/25 11:59:15, dfc wrote: > ...
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-25 12:06:03 UTC) #13
dfc
Hello remyoudompheng@gmail.com, minux.ma@gmail.com, rsc@golang.org (cc: golang-dev@googlegroups.com), Please take another look.
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-25 12:11:57 UTC) #14
remyoudompheng
http://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/4002/test/fixedbugs/issue4396.go File test/fixedbugs/issue4396.go (right): http://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/4002/test/fixedbugs/issue4396.go#newcode24 test/fixedbugs/issue4396.go:24: can you add the following test: type T struct ...
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-25 12:21:34 UTC) #15
dfc
Hello remyoudompheng@gmail.com, minux.ma@gmail.com, rsc@golang.org (cc: golang-dev@googlegroups.com), Please take another look.
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-25 12:38:15 UTC) #16
remyoudompheng
http://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/4003/src/cmd/5g/cgen.c File src/cmd/5g/cgen.c (right): http://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/4003/src/cmd/5g/cgen.c#newcode783 src/cmd/5g/cgen.c:783: gmove(a, &n1); hum, the test should not have passed ...
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-25 12:52:44 UTC) #17
dfc
I need to test on some arm5 hardware on Monday. On 25 Nov 2012 23:52, ...
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-25 12:54:51 UTC) #18
rsc
LGTM once you're happy about the testing https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/4003/test/fixedbugs/issue4396.go File test/fixedbugs/issue4396.go (right): https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/4003/test/fixedbugs/issue4396.go#newcode24 test/fixedbugs/issue4396.go:24: T [4096]byte ...
11 years, 4 months ago (2012-11-26 17:23:05 UTC) #19
dfc
Hello remyoudompheng@gmail.com, minux.ma@gmail.com, rsc@golang.org (cc: golang-dev@googlegroups.com), Please take another look.
11 years, 3 months ago (2012-12-04 11:07:28 UTC) #20
remyoudompheng
https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/15001/src/cmd/5g/cgen.c File src/cmd/5g/cgen.c (right): https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/15001/src/cmd/5g/cgen.c#newcode707 src/cmd/5g/cgen.c:707: n2.op = OINDREG; s/n2/n1 on these three lines https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/15001/src/cmd/5g/cgen.c#newcode710 ...
11 years, 3 months ago (2012-12-04 11:12:41 UTC) #21
dfc
Thanks Remy, testing now. https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/4002/test/fixedbugs/issue4396.go File test/fixedbugs/issue4396.go (right): https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063/diff/4002/test/fixedbugs/issue4396.go#newcode24 test/fixedbugs/issue4396.go:24: On 2012/11/25 12:21:34, remyoudompheng wrote: ...
11 years, 3 months ago (2012-12-04 11:17:54 UTC) #22
dfc
Hello remyoudompheng@gmail.com, minux.ma@gmail.com, rsc@golang.org (cc: golang-dev@googlegroups.com), Please take another look.
11 years, 3 months ago (2012-12-04 11:44:48 UTC) #23
dfc
No significant performance impact from this patch linux/arm, OMAP4 pandaboard. benchmark old ns/op new ns/op ...
11 years, 3 months ago (2012-12-05 04:51:08 UTC) #24
dfc
11 years, 3 months ago (2012-12-05 21:01:51 UTC) #25
*** Submitted as https://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=5eac1a2d6fc3 ***

cmd/5g: use MOVB for fixed array nil check

Fixes issue 4396.

For fixed arrays larger than the unmapped page, agenr would general a nil check
by loading the first word of the array. However there is no requirement for the
first element of a byte array to be word aligned, so this check causes a trap on
ARMv5 hardware (ARMv6 since relaxed that restriction, but it probably still
comes at a cost).

Switching the check to MOVB ensures alignment is not an issue. This check is
only invoked in a few places in the code where large fixed arrays are embedded
into structs, compress/lzw is the biggest offender, and switching to MOVB has no
observable performance penalty.

Thanks to Rémy and Daniel Morsing for helping me debug this on IRC last night.

R=remyoudompheng, minux.ma, rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://codereview.appspot.com/6854063
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