[glibc] powerpc64le: Add optimized __memcmpeq for POWER10

Sachin Monga via Glibc-cvs <[email protected]> Tue, 2 Jun 2026 06:08:17 +0000 (GMT)
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commit 7193069543b0883b667d7c14d4b83fa3e8b2e1de
Author: Sachin Monga <[email protected]>
Date:   Tue Jun 2 00:44:41 2026 -0500

    powerpc64le: Add optimized __memcmpeq for POWER10
    
    __memcmpeq (added in glibc 2.35) was previously an alias to memcmp on
    POWER10 via strong_alias. However, in the multiarch IFUNC path, this
    caused __memcmpeq to resolve to the generic C memcmp.c implementation
    rather than the optimized POWER10 memcmp.S, leaving a significant
    performance gap.
    
    Unlike memcmp, __memcmpeq only needs to return zero or nonzero with
    no requirement on the sign or magnitude for unequal inputs, allowing
    a simpler and faster implementation.
    
    Performance on POWER10 :
    
      1) __memcmpeq (generic) -> __memcmpeq_power10
         The primary motivation - __memcmpeq was resolving to generic C
         in the multiarch path.
    
      - Small data (< 8B to < 512B) : ~52% - 82% improvement.
      - Bulk  (< 16MB to < 256MB)   : ~25% - 32% improvement.
      - Large (1GB)                 : ~33% improvement
    
      2) memcmp_power10 (optimized .S) -> __memcmpeq_power10:
         Comparing dedicated __memcmpeq against the optimized memcmp
         it previously aliased to.
    
      - Small data (< 8B to < 256B) : No improvement observed.
        Real-world workloads predominantly operate on larger buffers
      - >= 512B                     : ~9%  improvement.
      - 16MB - 128MB                : ~25% - 32% improvement.
      - 256MB                       : ~3%  improvement.
      - Large (1GB)                 : On par.
    
    Reviewed-by: Wilco Dijkstra  <[email protected]>

Diff:
---
 sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/memcmp.S      |   2 -
 sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/memcmpeq.S    | 158 +++++++++++++++++++++
 sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile       |   2 +-
 .../powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c  |  20 +++
 sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmp-ppc64.c |   7 +-
 .../powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmpeq-power10.S |  28 ++++
 sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmpeq.c     |  57 ++++++++
 7 files changed, 268 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/memcmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/memcmp.S
index 46a74dea4d..8915676e1b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/memcmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/memcmp.S
@@ -161,5 +161,3 @@ L(tail8):
 END (MEMCMP)
 libc_hidden_builtin_def (memcmp)
 weak_alias (memcmp, bcmp)
-strong_alias (memcmp, __memcmpeq)
-libc_hidden_def (__memcmpeq)
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/memcmpeq.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/memcmpeq.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6881e4df1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/memcmpeq.S
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/* Optimized __memcmpeq implementation for POWER10.
+   Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+#define COMPARE_32(vr1,vr2,offset)\
+	lxvp      32+vr1,offset(r3);	\
+	lxvp      32+vr2,offset(r4);	\
+	vxor      v4,vr1,vr2;		\
+	vxor      v5,vr1+1,vr2+1;	\
+	vor       v19,v19,v4;		\
+	vor       v19,v19,v5;
+
+/* int [r3] __memcmpeq (const char *s1 [r3], const char *s2 [r4],
+					size_t size [r5])
+   Returns 0 if equal, 1 if not equal (no lexicographic comparison) */
+
+#ifndef MEMCMPEQ
+# define MEMCMPEQ __memcmpeq
+#endif
+	.machine  power10
+ENTRY_TOCLESS (MEMCMPEQ, 4)
+	CALL_MCOUNT 3
+
+	/* Fast path: size == 0 */
+	cmpdi	cr7,r5,0
+	beq	cr7,L(finish)
+
+	/* Fast path: same pointer */
+	cmpd	cr7,r3,r4
+	beq	cr7,L(finish)
+
+	cmpldi	cr6,r5,64
+	bgt	cr6,L(loop_head)
+
+/* Compare 64 bytes. This section is used for lengths <= 64 and for the last
+   bytes for larger lengths.  */
+L(last_compare):
+	li	r8,16
+
+	sldi	r9,r5,56
+	sldi	r8,r8,56
+	addi	r6,r3,16
+	addi	r7,r4,16
+
+	/* Align up to 16 bytes.  */
+	lxvl	32+v0,r3,r9
+	lxvl	32+v2,r4,r9
+
+	/* Branch to not_equal if any bytes differ (CR6 set by vcmpneb.).
+	   Branch to finish if no bytes remain (CR0.LT set when r9 went
+	   negative after sub.).  */
+	sub.	  r9,r9,r8
+	vcmpneb.  v4,v0,v2
+	bne	  cr6,L(not_equal)
+	bt	  4*cr0+lt,L(finish)
+
+	addi	  r3,r3,32
+	addi	  r4,r4,32
+
+	lxvl	  32+v1,r6,r9
+	lxvl	  32+v3,r7,r9
+	sub.	  r9,r9,r8
+	vcmpneb.  v5,v1,v3
+	bne	  cr6,L(not_equal)
+	bt	  4*cr0+lt,L(finish)
+
+	addi	  r6,r3,16
+	addi	  r7,r4,16
+
+	lxvl	  32+v6,r3,r9
+	lxvl	  32+v8,r4,r9
+	sub.	  r9,r9,r8
+	vcmpneb.  v4,v6,v8
+	bne	  cr6,L(not_equal)
+	bt	  4*cr0+lt,L(finish)
+
+	lxvl	  32+v7,r6,r9
+	lxvl	  32+v9,r7,r9
+	vcmpneb.  v5,v7,v9
+	bne	  cr6,L(not_equal)
+
+L(finish):
+	/* The contents are equal.  */
+	li	r3,0
+	blr
+
+L(not_equal):
+	li	r3,1
+	blr
+
+L(loop_head):
+	/* Calculate how many loops to run.  */
+	srdi.	r8,r5,7
+	beq	L(loop_tail)
+	mtctr	r8
+
+	vxor	v18,v18,v18
+	vxor	v19,v19,v19
+	.p2align 5
+L(loop_128):
+	COMPARE_32(v0,v2,0)
+	COMPARE_32(v6,v8,32)
+	vcmpneb. v17,v19,v18
+	bne	cr6,L(not_equal)
+	COMPARE_32(v10,v12,64)
+	COMPARE_32(v14,v16,96)
+
+	vcmpneb. v17,v19,v18
+	bne	cr6,L(not_equal)
+
+	addi	r3,r3,128
+	addi	r4,r4,128
+	bdnz	L(loop_128)
+
+	/* Account loop comparisons.  */
+	clrldi.  r5,r5,57
+	beq	 L(finish)
+
+/* Compares 64 bytes if length is still bigger than 64 bytes.  */
+	.p2align 5
+L(loop_tail):
+	/* Initialize accumulator for tail */
+	vxor	v18,v18,v18
+	vxor	v19,v19,v19
+
+	cmpldi	r5,64
+	ble	L(last_compare)
+
+	COMPARE_32(v0,v2,0)
+	COMPARE_32(v6,v8,32)
+
+	vcmpneb. v17,v19,v18
+	bne	cr6,L(not_equal)
+
+	addi	r3,r3,64
+	addi	r4,r4,64
+	subi	r5,r5,64
+	b	L(last_compare)
+
+END (MEMCMPEQ)
+
+libc_hidden_def (MEMCMPEQ)
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
index c9178223a8..164aac9dca 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ sysdep_routines += memcpy-power8-cached memcpy-power7 memcpy-a2 memcpy-power6 \
 		   strncase-power8
 
 ifneq (,$(filter %le,$(config-machine)))
-sysdep_routines += memcmp-power10 memcpy-power10 memmove-power10 memset-power10 \
+sysdep_routines += memcmp-power10 memcpy-power10 memmove-power10 memset-power10 memcmpeq-power10 \
 		   rawmemchr-power9 rawmemchr-power10 \
 		   strcmp-power9 strcmp-power10 strncmp-power9 strncmp-power10 \
 		   strcpy-power9 strcat-power10 stpcpy-power9 \
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
index 1458b4575d..dc9724f083 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
@@ -218,6 +218,26 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
 			      __memcmp_power4)
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, memcmp, 1, __memcmp_ppc))
 
+  /* Support sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmpeq.c.
+     Pre-POWER10 variants reuse __memcmp_* since memcmp's return value
+     satisfies __memcmpeq's zero/non-zero contract. */
+
+  IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, __memcmpeq,
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, __memcmpeq,
+			      hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_3_1
+			      && hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX,
+			      __memcmpeq_power10)
+#endif
+	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, __memcmpeq, hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_2_07
+			      && hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC,
+			      __memcmp_power8)
+	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, __memcmpeq, hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_06,
+			      __memcmp_power7)
+	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, __memcmpeq, hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_POWER4,
+			      __memcmp_power4)
+	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, __memcmpeq, 1, __memcmp_ppc))
+
   /* Support sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/mempcpy.c.  */
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, mempcpy,
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, mempcpy,
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmp-ppc64.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmp-ppc64.c
index ef69cfe8da..f885d3fb55 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmp-ppc64.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmp-ppc64.c
@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@
 #define weak_alias(name, aliasname) \
   extern __typeof (__memcmp_ppc) aliasname \
     __attribute__ ((weak, alias ("__memcmp_ppc")));
+/* __memcmpeq is now owned by the memcmpeq IFUNC selector (memcmpeq.os) */
 #undef strong_alias
-#define strong_alias(name, aliasname) \
-  extern __typeof (__memcmp_ppc) aliasname \
-    __attribute__ ((alias ("__memcmp_ppc")));
+#define strong_alias(name, aliasname)
 #if IS_IN (libc) && defined(SHARED)
 # undef libc_hidden_builtin_def
 # define libc_hidden_builtin_def(name) \
   __hidden_ver1(__memcmp_ppc, __GI_memcmp, __memcmp_ppc);
+# undef libc_hidden_def
+# define libc_hidden_def(name)
 #endif
 
 extern __typeof (memcmp) __memcmp_ppc attribute_hidden;
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmpeq-power10.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmpeq-power10.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee4b433712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmpeq-power10.S
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* Wrapper for POWER10 __memcmpeq implementation.
+   Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#define MEMCMPEQ __memcmpeq_power10
+
+#undef libc_hidden_builtin_def
+#define libc_hidden_builtin_def(name)
+#undef libc_hidden_def
+#define libc_hidden_def(name)
+#undef weak_alias
+#define weak_alias(name, alias)
+
+#include <sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/memcmpeq.S>
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmpeq.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmpeq.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0c9fdc3d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmpeq.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* Multiple versions of memcmpeq. PowerPC64 version.
+   Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* Define multiple versions only for definition in libc.  */
+#if IS_IN (libc)
+# define __memcmpeq __redirect___memcmpeq
+# include <string.h>
+# include <shlib-compat.h>
+# include "init-arch.h"
+
+/* Reuse the existing optimized memcmp variants for pre-POWER10 hardware
+   as memcmp is a superset */
+extern __typeof (memcmp) __memcmp_ppc attribute_hidden;
+extern __typeof (memcmp) __memcmp_power4 attribute_hidden;
+extern __typeof (memcmp) __memcmp_power7 attribute_hidden;
+extern __typeof (memcmp) __memcmp_power8 attribute_hidden;
+extern __typeof (__memcmpeq) __memcmpeq_power10 attribute_hidden;
+# undef __memcmpeq
+
+/* Avoid DWARF definition DIE on ifunc symbol so that GDB can handle
+   ifunc symbol properly.  */
+libc_ifunc_redirected (__redirect___memcmpeq, __memcmpeq,
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+				(hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_3_1
+				 && hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX)
+				 ? __memcmpeq_power10 :
+#endif
+		       (hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_2_07
+			&& hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC)
+		       ? __memcmp_power8 :
+		       (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_06)
+		       ? __memcmp_power7
+		       : (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_POWER4)
+			 ? __memcmp_power4
+			 : __memcmp_ppc);
+# ifdef SHARED
+__hidden_ver1 (__memcmpeq, __GI___memcmpeq, __redirect___memcmpeq)
+    __attribute__ ((visibility ("hidden"))) __attribute_copy__ (__memcmpeq);
+# endif
+#else
+#include <string/memcmp.c>
+#endif