On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Sriraman Tallam <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Sriraman Tallam <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, May 10, 2015, 8:19 AM H.J. Lu <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 9:34 AM, H.J. Lu <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Michael Matz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 30 Apr 2015, Sriraman Tallam wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We noticed that one of our benchmarks sped-up by ~1% when we eliminated
>>>>> PLT stubs for some of the hot external library functions like memcmp,
>>>>> pow. The win was from better icache and itlb performance. The main
>>>>> reason was that the PLT stubs had no spatial locality with the
>>>>> call-sites. I have started looking at ways to tell the compiler to
>>>>> eliminate PLT stubs (in-effect inline them) for specified external
>>>>> functions, for x86_64. I have a proposal and a patch and I would like to
>>>>> hear what you think.
>>>>>
>>>>> This comes with caveats. This cannot be generally done for all
>>>>> functions marked extern as it is impossible for the compiler to say if a
>>>>> function is "truly extern" (defined in a shared library). If a function
>>>>> is not truly extern(ends up defined in the final executable), then
>>>>> calling it indirectly is a performance penalty as it could have been a
>>>>> direct call.
>>>>
>>>> This can be fixed by Alans idea.
>>>>
>>>>> Further, the newly created GOT entries are fixed up at
>>>>> start-up and do not get lazily bound.
>>>>
>>>> And this can be fixed by some enhancements in the linker and dynamic
>>>> linker. The idea is to still generate a PLT stub and make its GOT entry
>>>> point to it initially (like a normal got.plt slot). Then the first
>>>> indirect call will use the address of PLT entry (starting lazy
>>>> resolution)
>>>> and update the GOT slot with the real address, so further indirect calls
>>>> will directly go to the function.
>>>>
>>>> This requires a new asm marker (and hence new reloc) as normally if
>>>> there's a GOT slot it's filled by the real symbols address, unlike if
>>>> there's only a got.plt slot. E.g. a
>>>>
>>>> call *foo@GOTPLT(%rip)
>>>>
>>>> would generate a GOT slot (and fill its address into above call insn),
>>>> but
>>>> generate a JUMP_SLOT reloc in the final executable, not a GLOB_DAT one.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I added the "relax" prefix support to x86 assembler on users/hjl/relax
>>> branch
>>>
>>> at
>>>
>>> https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=summary
>>>
>>> [hjl@gnu-tools-1 relax-3]$ cat r.S
>>> .text
>>> relax jmp foo
>>> relax call foo
>>> relax jmp foo@plt
>>> relax call foo@plt
>>> [hjl@gnu-tools-1 relax-3]$ ./as -o r.o r.S
>>> [hjl@gnu-tools-1 relax-3]$ ./objdump -drw r.o
>>>
>>> r.o: file format elf64-x86-64
>>>
>>>
>>> Disassembly of section .text:
>>>
>>> 0000000000000000 <.text>:
>>> 0: 66 e9 00 00 00 00 data16 jmpq 0x6 2: R_X86_64_RELAX_PC32 foo-0x4
>>> 6: 66 e8 00 00 00 00 data16 callq 0xc 8: R_X86_64_RELAX_PC32
>>> foo-0x4
>>> c: 66 e9 00 00 00 00 data16 jmpq 0x12 e:
>>> R_X86_64_RELAX_PLT32foo-0x4
>>> 12: 66 e8 00 00 00 00 data16 callq 0x18 14:
>>> R_X86_64_RELAX_PLT32foo-0x4
>>> [hjl@gnu-tools-1 relax-3]$
>>>
>>> Right now, the relax relocations are treated as PC32/PLT32 relocations.
>>> I am working on linker support.
>>>
>>
>> I implemented the linker support for x86-64:
>>
>> 00000000 <main>:
>> 0: 48 83 ec 08 sub $0x8,%rsp
>> 4: e8 00 00 00 00 callq 9 <main+0x9> 5: R_X86_64_PC32 plt-0x4
>> 9: e8 00 00 00 00 callq e <main+0xe> a: R_X86_64_PLT32 plt-0x4
>> e: e8 00 00 00 00 callq 13 <main+0x13> f: R_X86_64_PC32 bar-0x4
>> 13: 66 e8 00 00 00 00 data16 callq 19 <main+0x19> 15:
>> R_X86_64_RELAX_PC32 bar-0x4
>> 19: 66 e8 00 00 00 00 data16 callq 1f <main+0x1f> 1b:
>> R_X86_64_RELAX_PLT32 bar-0x4
>> 1f: 66 e8 00 00 00 00 data16 callq 25 <main+0x25> 21:
>> R_X86_64_RELAX_PC32 foo-0x4
>> 25: 66 e8 00 00 00 00 data16 callq 2b <main+0x2b> 27:
>> R_X86_64_RELAX_PLT32 foo-0x4
>> 2b: 31 c0 xor %eax,%eax
>> 2d: 48 83 c4 08 add $0x8,%rsp
>> 31: c3 retq
>>
>> 00400460 <main>:
>> 400460: 48 83 ec 08 sub $0x8,%rsp
>> 400464: e8 d7 ff ff ff callq 400440 <plt@plt>
>> 400469: e8 d2 ff ff ff callq 400440 <plt@plt>
>> 40046e: e8 ad ff ff ff callq 400420 <bar@plt>
>> 400473: ff 15 ff 03 20 00 callq *0x2003ff(%rip) # 600878
>> <_DYNAMIC+0xf8>
>> 400479: ff 15 f9 03 20 00 callq *0x2003f9(%rip) # 600878
>> <_DYNAMIC+0xf8>
>> 40047f: 66 e8 f3 00 00 00 data16 callq 400578 <foo>
>> 400485: 66 e8 ed 00 00 00 data16 callq 400578 <foo>
>> 40048b: 31 c0 xor %eax,%eax
>> 40048d: 48 83 c4 08 add $0x8,%rsp
>> 400491: c3 retq
>>
>> Sriraman, can you give it a try?
>
>
> I like HJ's proposal here and it is important that the linker fixes
> unnecessary indirect calls to direct ones.
>
> However, independently I think my original proposal is still useful
> and I want to pitch it again for the following reasons.
>
> AFAIU, Alexander Monakov's -fno-plt does not solve the following:
>
> * Does not do anything for non-PIC code. The compiler does not
> generate a @PLT call but the linker will route all external calls via
> PLT. We noticed a problem with non-PIC executables where the PLT
> stubs were causing too many icache misses and are interested in a
> solution for this.
> * Aggressively uses indirect calls even if the final symbol is not
> truly external. This needs HJ's linker patch to fix unnecessary
> indirect calls to direct calls.
>
> My original proposal, for x86_64 only, was to add
> -fno-plt=<function-name>. This lets the user decide for which
> functions PLT must be avoided. Let the compiler always generate an
> indirect call using call *func@GOTPCREL(%rip). We could do this for
> non-PIC code too. No need for linker fixups since this relies on the
> user to know that func is from a shared object.
>
> I am reattaching the patch.
I also want to add that my proposal with -fno-plt=<fn_name> does not
take away anything from the newly added -fno-plt option or the linker
patch HJ proposed. It is orthogonal and lets the user decide the
subset of external functions for which PLT must be avoided.
Thanks
Sri
>
> Thanks
> Sri
>
>
>>
>> Thanks! Will do!
>>
>> Sri
>>
>> --
>> H.J.
>>
>>
* common.opt (-fno-plt=): New option.
* config/i386/i386.c (avoid_plt_to_call): New function.
(ix86_output_call_insn): Check if PLT needs to be avoided
and call or jump indirectly if true.
* opts-global.c (htab_str_eq): New function.
(avoid_plt_fnsymbol_names_tab): New htab.
(handle_common_deferred_options): Handle -fno-plt=
Index: common.opt
===================================================================
--- common.opt (revision 222892)
+++ common.opt (working copy)
@@ -1087,6 +1087,11 @@ fdbg-cnt=
Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
-fdbg-cnt=<counter>:<limit>[,<counter>:<limit>,...] Set the debug counter
limit.
+fno-plt=
+Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
+-fno-plt=<symbol1> Avoid going through the PLT when calling the specified
function.
+Allow multiple instances of this option with different function names.
+
fdebug-prefix-map=
Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
Map one directory name to another in debug information
Index: config/i386/i386.c
===================================================================
--- config/i386/i386.c (revision 222892)
+++ config/i386/i386.c (working copy)
@@ -25282,6 +25282,25 @@ ix86_expand_call (rtx retval, rtx fnaddr, rtx call
return call;
}
+extern htab_t avoid_plt_fnsymbol_names_tab;
+/* If the function referenced by call_op is to a external function
+ and calls via PLT must be avoided as specified by -fno-plt=, then
+ return true. */
+
+static int
+avoid_plt_to_call(rtx call_op)
+{
+ const char *name;
+ if (GET_CODE (call_op) != SYMBOL_REF
+ || SYMBOL_REF_LOCAL_P (call_op)
+ || avoid_plt_fnsymbol_names_tab == NULL)
+ return 0;
+ name = XSTR (call_op, 0);
+ if (htab_find_slot (avoid_plt_fnsymbol_names_tab, name, NO_INSERT) != NULL)
+ return 1;
+ return 0;
+}
+
/* Output the assembly for a call instruction. */
const char *
@@ -25294,7 +25313,12 @@ ix86_output_call_insn (rtx insn, rtx call_op)
if (SIBLING_CALL_P (insn))
{
if (direct_p)
- xasm = "jmp\t%P0";
+ {
+ if (avoid_plt_to_call (call_op))
+ xasm = "jmp\t*%p0@GOTPCREL(%%rip)";
+ else
+ xasm = "jmp\t%P0";
+ }
/* SEH epilogue detection requires the indirect branch case
to include REX.W. */
else if (TARGET_SEH)
@@ -25346,9 +25370,15 @@ ix86_output_call_insn (rtx insn, rtx call_op)
}
if (direct_p)
- xasm = "call\t%P0";
+ {
+ if (avoid_plt_to_call (call_op))
+ xasm = "call\t*%p0@GOTPCREL(%%rip)";
+ else
+ xasm = "call\t%P0";
+ }
else
xasm = "call\t%A0";
+
output_asm_insn (xasm, &call_op);
Index: opts-global.c
===================================================================
--- opts-global.c (revision 222892)
+++ opts-global.c (working copy)
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ along with GCC; see the file COPYING3. If not see
#include "xregex.h"
#include "attribs.h"
#include "stringpool.h"
+#include "hash-table.h"
typedef const char *const_char_p; /* For DEF_VEC_P. */
@@ -420,6 +421,17 @@ decode_options (struct gcc_options *opts, struct g
finish_options (opts, opts_set, loc);
}
+/* Helper function for the hash table that compares the
+ existing entry (S1) with the given string (S2). */
+
+static int
+htab_str_eq (const void *s1, const void *s2)
+{
+ return !strcmp ((const char *)s1, (const char *) s2);
+}
+
+htab_t avoid_plt_fnsymbol_names_tab = NULL;
+
/* Process common options that have been deferred until after the
handlers have been called for all options. */
@@ -539,6 +551,15 @@ handle_common_deferred_options (void)
stack_limit_rtx = gen_rtx_SYMBOL_REF (Pmode, ggc_strdup (opt->arg));
break;
+ case OPT_fno_plt_:
+ void **slot;
+ if (avoid_plt_fnsymbol_names_tab == NULL)
+ avoid_plt_fnsymbol_names_tab = htab_create (10, htab_hash_string,
+ htab_str_eq, NULL);
+ slot = htab_find_slot (avoid_plt_fnsymbol_names_tab, opt->arg,
INSERT);
+ *slot = (void *)opt->arg;
+ break;
+
default:
gcc_unreachable ();
}
