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md/raid6: use faster multiplication for ARM NEON delta syndrome
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The P/Q left side optimization in the delta syndrome simply involves
repeatedly multiplying a value by polynomial 'x' in GF(2^8). Given
that 'x * x * x * x' equals 'x^4' even in the polynomial world, we
can accelerate this substantially by performing up to 4 such operations
at once, using the NEON instructions for polynomial multiplication.

Results on a Cortex-A57 running in 64-bit mode:

  Before:
  -------
  raid6: neonx1   xor()  1680 MB/s
  raid6: neonx2   xor()  2286 MB/s
  raid6: neonx4   xor()  3162 MB/s
  raid6: neonx8   xor()  3389 MB/s

  After:
  ------
  raid6: neonx1   xor()  2281 MB/s
  raid6: neonx2   xor()  3362 MB/s
  raid6: neonx4   xor()  3787 MB/s
  raid6: neonx8   xor()  4239 MB/s

While we're at it, simplify MASK() by using a signed shift rather than
a vector compare involving a temp register.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <[email protected]>
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Ard Biesheuvel authored and ctmarinas committed Aug 9, 2017
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33 changes: 30 additions & 3 deletions lib/raid6/neon.uc
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Expand Up @@ -46,8 +46,12 @@ static inline unative_t SHLBYTE(unative_t v)
*/
static inline unative_t MASK(unative_t v)
{
const uint8x16_t temp = NBYTES(0);
return (unative_t)vcltq_s8((int8x16_t)v, (int8x16_t)temp);
return (unative_t)vshrq_n_s8((int8x16_t)v, 7);
}

static inline unative_t PMUL(unative_t v, unative_t u)
{
return (unative_t)vmulq_p8((poly8x16_t)v, (poly8x16_t)u);
}

void raid6_neon$#_gen_syndrome_real(int disks, unsigned long bytes, void **ptrs)
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wq$$ = veorq_u8(w1$$, wd$$);
}
/* P/Q left side optimization */
for ( z = start-1 ; z >= 0 ; z-- ) {
for ( z = start-1 ; z >= 3 ; z -= 4 ) {
w2$$ = vshrq_n_u8(wq$$, 4);
w1$$ = vshlq_n_u8(wq$$, 4);

w2$$ = PMUL(w2$$, x1d);
wq$$ = veorq_u8(w1$$, w2$$);
}

switch (z) {
case 2:
w2$$ = vshrq_n_u8(wq$$, 5);
w1$$ = vshlq_n_u8(wq$$, 3);

w2$$ = PMUL(w2$$, x1d);
wq$$ = veorq_u8(w1$$, w2$$);
break;
case 1:
w2$$ = vshrq_n_u8(wq$$, 6);
w1$$ = vshlq_n_u8(wq$$, 2);

w2$$ = PMUL(w2$$, x1d);
wq$$ = veorq_u8(w1$$, w2$$);
break;
case 0:
w2$$ = MASK(wq$$);
w1$$ = SHLBYTE(wq$$);

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