On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Przemyslaw Czerpak wrote:
> In my GCC final code looks for -O3 is:
> func:
> pushl %ebp
> movl %esp, %ebp
> subl $8, %esp
> movl hb_stack_ptr, %ecx
> movl 4(%ecx), %eax
> addl $4, %eax
> cmpl 8(%ecx), %eax
> movl %eax, 4(%ecx)
> je .L6
> .L2:
> movl 4(%ecx), %edx
> leal -4(%edx), %eax
> movl %eax, 4(%ecx)
> movl -4(%edx), %eax
> testw $-19451, (%eax)
> jne .L7
> leave
> ret
> .L7:
> movl %eax, (%esp)
> call hb_itemClear
> leave
> ret
> .L6:
> call hb_stackIncrease
> movl hb_stack_ptr, %ecx
> jmp .L2
>
> It access hb_stack_ptr only _ONCE_ during normal code execution.
And next hint. I've just tried the same code but in MT mode with real
native TLS access. GCC gives:
func2:
pushl %ebp
movl %esp, %ebp
subl $24, %esp
movl %ebx, -8(%ebp)
movl [EMAIL PROTECTED], %ebx
movl %esi, -4(%ebp)
movl %gs:0, %esi
movl (%esi,%ebx), %edx
movl (%edx), %eax
addl $4, %eax
cmpl 4(%edx), %eax
movl %eax, (%edx)
je .L6
.L2:
movl (%esi,%ebx), %eax
movl (%eax), %ecx
leal -4(%ecx), %edx
movl %edx, (%eax)
movl -4(%ecx), %eax
testw $-19451, (%eax)
je .L4
movl %eax, (%esp)
call hb_itemClear
.L4:
movl -8(%ebp), %ebx
movl -4(%ebp), %esi
movl %ebp, %esp
popl %ebp
ret
.L6:
call hb_stackIncrease
jmp .L2
It stores TLS pointer inside ESI[EBX] registers and then simply reuses it
so even in very complicated functions it access TLS only once.
It means that using HB_STACK_TLS_PRELOAD reduces only indirect addressing
overhead and ESI register saveing/restoring:
func2:
pushl %ebp
movl %gs:0, %eax
movl %esp, %ebp
pushl %ebx
subl $4, %esp
movl [EMAIL PROTECTED], %edx
movl (%eax,%edx), %ebx
movl (%ebx), %edx
addl $4, %edx
cmpl 4(%ebx), %edx
movl %edx, (%ebx)
je .L6
.L2:
leal -4(%edx), %eax
movl %eax, (%ebx)
movl -4(%edx), %eax
testw $-19451, (%eax)
je .L4
movl %eax, (%esp)
call hb_itemClear
.L4:
addl $4, %esp
popl %ebx
popl %ebp
ret
.L6:
call hb_stackIncrease
movl (%ebx), %edx
jmp .L2
Now it's clear why the results are such different.
Each compiler which will not make such optimization will give
noticeable slower code for MT mode.
best regards,
Przemek
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