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From: "Wentao Guan" <guanwentao@uniontech.com>
To: "Huacai Chen" <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>,
	"Eric Biggers" <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
	chenhuacai <chenhuacai@kernel.org>
Cc: "Ard Biesheuvel" <ardb@kernel.org>,
	linux-crypto <linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>,
	"WANG Xuerui" <kernel@xen0n.name>,
	loongarch <loongarch@lists.linux.dev>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Huacai Chen" <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>,
	"Tianyang Zhang" <zhangtianyang@loongson.cn>
Subject: Re:[PATCH 1/2] lib/crc: loongarch: Use hardware unaligned load in CRC32(C) loops
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 22:48:06 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tencent_2FA7E90024D880CB686D3640@qq.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261011142930.492999-1-chenhuacai@loongson.cn>

> With CONFIG_ARCH_STRICT_ALIGN=y the kernel is built with -mstrict-align,
> so get_unaligned_le{16,32,64}() compiles into a byte-by-byte load/shift/
> or sequence (~22 instructions per 8 bytes). On a Loongson-3C6000 machine
> this throttles the CRC pipeline to ~5.7 cycles per 8 bytes (2.8 GB/s),
> while the crcc.* instruction itself runs at ~1.1 cycles (latency) / ~0.8
> cycles (throughput) -- the CRC unit sits idle waiting for loads.
> 
> CPU cores with the UAL feature handle unaligned accesses in hardware,
> so issue real ld.{h,w,d} instructions when possible and keep the generic
> get_unaligned*() path for cores without UAL.
> 
> Measured on Loongson-3C6000 (single core):
> 
>     before: 2.8 GB/s
>     after:  8.4 GB/s   (~3x)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tianyang Zhang <zhangtianyang@loongson.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
> ---
>  lib/crc/loongarch/crc32.h | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/crc/loongarch/crc32.h b/lib/crc/loongarch/crc32.h
> index d34fa4c68632..692a4165eca2 100644
> --- a/lib/crc/loongarch/crc32.h
> +++ b/lib/crc/loongarch/crc32.h
> @@ -24,15 +24,40 @@ do { \
>  #define CRC32(crc, value, size) _CRC32(crc, value, size, crc)
>  #define CRC32C(crc, value, size) _CRC32(crc, value, size, crcc)
>  
> +static __ro_after_init DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(have_ual);
>  static __ro_after_init DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(have_crc32);
>  
> +static inline u16 get_le16(const void *p)
> +{
> + if (static_branch_likely(&have_ual))
> + return *((__le16 *)p);
> + else
> + return get_unaligned_le16(p);
> +}
> +
> +static inline u32 get_le32(const void *p)
> +{
> + if (static_branch_likely(&have_ual))
> + return *((__le32 *)p);
> + else
> + return get_unaligned_le32(p);
> +}
> +
> +static inline u64 get_le64(const void *p)
> +{
> + if (static_branch_likely(&have_ual))
> + return *((__le64 *)p);
> + else
> + return get_unaligned_le64(p);
> +}
> +
>  static inline u32 crc32_le_arch(u32 crc, const u8 *p, size_t len)
>  {
>   if (!static_branch_likely(&have_crc32))
>   return crc32_le_base(crc, p, len);
>  
>   while (len >= sizeof(u64)) {
> - u64 value = get_unaligned_le64(p);
> + u64 value = get_le64(p);
>  
>  CRC32(crc, value, d);
>  p += sizeof(u64);
> @@ -40,14 +65,14 @@ static inline u32 crc32_le_arch(u32 crc, const u8 *p, size_t len)
>   }
>  
>   if (len & sizeof(u32)) {
> - u32 value = get_unaligned_le32(p);
> + u32 value = get_le32(p);
>  
>  CRC32(crc, value, w);
>  p += sizeof(u32);
>   }
>  
>   if (len & sizeof(u16)) {
> - u16 value = get_unaligned_le16(p);
> + u16 value = get_le16(p);
>  
>   CRC32(crc, value, h);
>   p += sizeof(u16);
> @@ -68,7 +93,7 @@ static inline u32 crc32c_arch(u32 crc, const u8 *p, size_t len)
>  return crc32c_base(crc, p, len);
>  
>   while (len >= sizeof(u64)) {
> - u64 value = get_unaligned_le64(p);
> + u64 value = get_le64(p);
>  
>   CRC32C(crc, value, d);
>   p += sizeof(u64);
> @@ -76,14 +101,14 @@ static inline u32 crc32c_arch(u32 crc, const u8 *p, size_t len)
>   }
>  
>   if (len & sizeof(u32)) {
> - u32 value = get_unaligned_le32(p);
> + u32 value = get_le32(p);
>  
>  CRC32C(crc, value, w);
>  p += sizeof(u32);
>   }
>  
>   if (len & sizeof(u16)) {
> - u16 value = get_unaligned_le16(p);
> + u16 value = get_le16(p);
>  
>   CRC32C(crc, value, h);
>   p += sizeof(u16);
> @@ -103,6 +128,8 @@ static inline u32 crc32c_arch(u32 crc, const u8 *p, size_t len)
>  #define crc32_mod_init_arch crc32_mod_init_arch
>  static void crc32_mod_init_arch(void)
>  {
> + if (cpu_has_ual)
> + static_branch_enable(&have_ual);
>   if (cpu_has_crc32)
>   static_branch_enable(&have_crc32);
>  }
> --
> 2.52.0

Reviewed-by: Wentao Guan <guanwentao@uniontech.com>

Nice performance improved patch~.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-11 14:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-11 14:29 [PATCH 1/2] lib/crc: loongarch: Use hardware unaligned load in CRC32(C) loops Huacai Chen
2026-10-11 14:29 ` [PATCH 2/2] lib/crc: loongarch: Add 3-way parallel CRC32(C) for large buffers Huacai Chen
2026-10-11 15:12   ` Eric Biggers
2026-10-12  6:45     ` Huacai Chen
2026-10-12  7:24       ` Eric Biggers
2026-10-12 10:02         ` Huacai Chen
2026-10-11 14:48 ` Wentao Guan [this message]
2026-10-11 15:00 ` [PATCH 1/2] lib/crc: loongarch: Use hardware unaligned load in CRC32(C) loops Eric Biggers
2026-10-11 15:14   ` Wentao Guan
2026-10-12  6:43     ` Huacai Chen
2026-10-12  7:22       ` Eric Biggers
2026-10-12 11:11         ` Wentao Guan
2026-10-12 13:08           ` David Laight
2026-10-12 14:50             ` Wentao Guan

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