RFR(M) JDK-8181809 PPC64: Leverage mtfprd/mffprd on POWER8

[Matthew Brandyberry]

Updated webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~gromero/8181809/v2/

See below for responses inline.

On 6/20/17 8:38 AM, Matthew Brandyberry wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> Thanks for the review.  I'll take a look at these areas and report 
> back -- especially the integration into C1.
>
> On 6/20/17 8:33 AM, Doerr, Martin wrote:
>> Hi Matt,
>>
>> thanks for providing this webrev. I had already thought about using 
>> these instructions for this purpose and your change matches pretty 
>> much what I'd do.
>>
>> Here a couple of comments:
>> ppc.ad:
>> This was a lot of work. Thanks for doing it.
>> effect(DEF dst, USE src); is redundant if a match rule match(Set dst 
>> (MoveL2D src)); exists.
Fixed.
>>
>> vm_version:
>> This part is in conflict with Michihiro's change which is already 
>> pushed in jdk10, but it's trivial to resolve. I'm ok with using 
>> has_vpmsumb() for has_mtfprd(). In the past, we sometimes had trouble 
>> with assuming that a certain Power processor supports all new 
>> instructions if it supports certain ones. We also use the hotspot 
>> code on as400 where certain instruction subsets were disabled while 
>> other Power 8 instructions were usable. Maybe you can double-check if 
>> there may exist configurations in which has_vpmsumb() doesn't match 
>> has_mtfprd().
I could not find evidence of any config that includes vpmsumb but not 
mtfprd.
>>
>> C1:
>> It should also be possible to use the instructions in C1 compiler. 
>> Maybe you would like to take a look at it as well and see if it can 
>> be done with feasible effort.
>> Here are some hints:
>> The basic decisions are made in LIRGenerator::do_Convert. You could 
>> skip the force_to_spill or must_start_in_memory steps.
>> The final assembly code gets emitted in LIR_Assembler::emit_opConvert 
>> where you could replace the store instructions.
>> For testing, you can use -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1, for example.
Done.  Please take a look.
>>
>> Thanks and best regards,
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: hotspot-dev [mailto:hotspot-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On 
>> Behalf Of Matthew Brandyberry
>> Sent: Montag, 19. Juni 2017 18:28
>> To: ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net; hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net
>> Subject: RFR(M) JDK-8181809 PPC64: Leverage mtfprd/mffprd on POWER8
>>
>> This is a PPC-specific hotspot optimization that leverages the
>> mtfprd/mffprd instructions for for movement between general purpose and
>> floating point registers (rather than through memory).  It yields a ~35%
>> improvement measured via a microbenchmark. Please review: Bug:
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8181809 Webrev:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~gromero/8181809/v1/ Thanks, Matt
>>
>>
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