GCC 9 has gained an enhancement to help detect attribute mismatches
between alias declarations and their targets. It consists of a new
warning, -Wattribute-alias, an enhancement to an existing warning,
-Wmissing-attributes, and a new attribute called copy.
The purpose of the warnings is to help identify either possible bugs
(an alias declared with more restrictive attributes than its target
promises) or optimization or diagnostic opportunities (an alias target
missing some attributes that it could be declared with that might
benefit analysis and code generation). The purpose of the new
attribute is to easily apply (almost) the same set of attributes
to one declaration as those already present on another.
As expected (and intended) the enhancement triggers warnings for
many alias declarations in Glibc code. This change, tested on
x86_64-linux, avoids all instances of the new warnings by making
use of the attribute where appropriate. To fully benefit from
the enhancement Glibc will need to be compiled with
-Wattribute-alias=2 and remaining warnings reviewed and dealt with
(there are a couple of thousand but most should be straightforward
to deal with).
ChangeLog:
* include/libc-symbols.h (__attribute_copy__): Define macro unless
it's already defined.
(_strong_alias): Use __attribute_copy__.
(_weak_alias, __hidden_ver1, __hidden_nolink2): Same.
* misc/sys/cdefs.h (__attribute_copy__): New macro.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memchr.c (memchr): Use __attribute_copy__.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memcmp.c (memcmp): Same.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/mempcpy.c (mempcpy): Same.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset.c (memset): Same.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/stpcpy.c (stpcpy): Same.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcat.c (strcat): Same.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strchr.c (strchr): Same.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcmp.c (strcmp): Same.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcpy.c (strcpy): Same.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcspn.c (strcspn): Same.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strlen.c (strlen): Same.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncmp.c (strncmp): Same.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncpy.c (strncpy): Same.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strnlen.c (strnlen): Same.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strpbrk.c (strpbrk): Same.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strrchr.c (strrchr): Same.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strspn.c (strspn): Same.
Optimize x86-64 strcmp/wcscmp and strncmp/wcsncmp with AVX2. It uses vector
comparison as much as possible. Peak performance observed on a SkyLake
machine: 9x, 3x, 2.5x and 5.5x for strcmp, strncmp, wcscmp and wcsncmp,
respectively. The larger the comparison length, the more benefit using
avx2 functions, except on the strcmp, where peak is observed at length
== 32 bytes. Select AVX2 strcmp/wcscmp on AVX2 machines where vzeroupper
is preferred and AVX unaligned load is fast.
NB: It uses TZCNT instead of BSF since TZCNT produces the same result
as BSF for non-zero input. TZCNT is faster than BSF and is executed
as BSF if machine doesn't support TZCNT.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/Makefile (sysdep_routines): Add
strcmp-avx2, strncmp-avx2, wcscmp-avx2, wcscmp-sse2, wcsncmp-avx2 and
wcsncmp-sse2.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
(__libc_ifunc_impl_list): Add tests for __strcmp_avx2,
__strncmp_avx2, __wcscmp_avx2, __wcsncmp_avx2, __wcscmp_sse2
and __wcsncmp_sse2.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcmp.c (OPTIMIZE (avx2)):
(IFUNC_SELECTOR): Return OPTIMIZE (avx2) on AVX 2 machines if
AVX unaligned load is fast and vzeroupper is preferred.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncmp.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcmp-avx2.S: New file.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncmp-avx2.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcscmp-avx2.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcscmp-sse2.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcscmp.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcsncmp-avx2.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcsncmp-sse2.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcsncmp.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/wcscmp.S (__wcscmp): Add alias only if __wcscmp
is undefined.
Implement strcmp family IFUNC selectors in C.
All internal calls within libc.so can use IFUNC on x86-64 since unlike
x86, x86-64 supports PC-relative addressing to access the GOT entry so
that it can call via PLT without using an extra register. For libc.a,
we can't use IFUNC for functions which are called before IFUNC has been
initialized. Use IFUNC internally reduces the icache footprint since
libc.so and other codes in the process use the same implementations.
This patch uses IFUNC for strcmp family functions within libc.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/Makefile (sysdep_routines): Add
strcmp-sse2, strcmp-sse4_2, strncmp-sse2, strncmp-sse4_2,
strcasecmp_l-sse2, strcasecmp_l-sse4_2, strcasecmp_l-avx,
strncase_l-sse2, strncase_l-sse4_2 and strncase_l-avx.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-strcasecmp.h: New file.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcasecmp.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcasecmp_l-avx.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcasecmp_l-sse2.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcasecmp_l-sse4_2.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcasecmp_l.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcmp-sse2.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcmp-sse4_2.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcmp.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncase.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncase_l-avx.S : Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncase_l-sse2.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncase_l-sse4_2.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncase_l.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncmp-sse2.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncmp-sse4_2.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncmp.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcasecmp_l.S: Removed.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcmp.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncase_l.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncmp.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcmp-sse42.S: Include <sysdep.h>.
(STRCMP_SSE42): New. Defined to __strcmp_sse42 if not defined.
[USE_AS_STRCASECMP_L || USE_AS_STRNCASECMP_L]: Include
"locale-defines.h".
(UPDATE_STRNCMP_COUNTER): New.
(SECTION): Likewise.
(GLABEL): Likewise.
(LABEL): Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncmp-ssse3.S: Rewrite and enable
for libc.a.
Martin Sebor
Leonardo Sandoval
Joseph Myers
H.J. Lu