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From: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
To: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
	Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@sifive.com>,
	David Laight <David.Laight@aculab.com>,
	Xiao Wang <xiao.w.wang@intel.com>, Evan Green <evan@rivosinc.com>,
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
	Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>,
	Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 0/5] riscv: Add fine-tuned checksum functions
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 11:50:46 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231101-palace-tightly-97a1d35a4597@spud> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231031-optimize_checksum-v9-0-ea018e69b229@rivosinc.com>

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On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 05:18:50PM -0700, Charlie Jenkins wrote:
> Each architecture generally implements fine-tuned checksum functions to
> leverage the instruction set. This patch adds the main checksum
> functions that are used in networking.
> 
> This patch takes heavy use of the Zbb extension using alternatives
> patching.
> 
> To test this patch, enable the configs for KUNIT, then CHECKSUM_KUNIT
> and RISCV_CHECKSUM_KUNIT.
> 
> I have attempted to make these functions as optimal as possible, but I
> have not ran anything on actual riscv hardware. My performance testing
> has been limited to inspecting the assembly, running the algorithms on
> x86 hardware, and running in QEMU.
> 
> ip_fast_csum is a relatively small function so even though it is
> possible to read 64 bits at a time on compatible hardware, the
> bottleneck becomes the clean up and setup code so loading 32 bits at a
> time is actually faster.
> 
> Relies on https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230920193801.3035093-1-evan@rivosinc.com/

I coulda sworn I reported build issues against the v8 of this series
that are still present in this v9. For example:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-riscv/patch/20231031-optimize_checksum-v9-3-ea018e69b229@rivosinc.com/

Cheers,
Conor.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-11-01 11:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-11-01  0:18 [PATCH v9 0/5] riscv: Add fine-tuned checksum functions Charlie Jenkins
2023-11-01  0:18 ` [PATCH v9 1/5] asm-generic: Improve csum_fold Charlie Jenkins
2023-11-01  0:18 ` [PATCH v9 2/5] riscv: Add static key for misaligned accesses Charlie Jenkins
2023-11-01  0:18 ` [PATCH v9 3/5] riscv: Checksum header Charlie Jenkins
2023-11-01 15:22   ` Jisheng Zhang
2023-11-01 17:07     ` Charlie Jenkins
2023-11-01  0:18 ` [PATCH v9 4/5] riscv: Add checksum library Charlie Jenkins
2023-11-01  0:18 ` [PATCH v9 5/5] riscv: Test checksum functions Charlie Jenkins
2023-11-01 19:14   ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-11-01 20:12     ` Charlie Jenkins
2023-11-01 11:50 ` Conor Dooley [this message]
2023-11-01 17:06   ` [PATCH v9 0/5] riscv: Add fine-tuned " Charlie Jenkins
2023-11-02 10:21     ` Conor Dooley

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