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authoriximeow <me@iximeow.net>2022-01-02 14:36:15 -0800
committeriximeow <git@iximeow.net>2022-01-02 14:40:07 -0800
commit3df0790c898d480eda6a906cbc9a3d3d6749a140 (patch)
treeef0807e80b19f12727285279713b290364b91f12 /test
parentdd1e281c85cb047c6a4a05a4af0314e064cba088 (diff)
explicit inline annotations for kinda_uncheckeds
unfortunately something about the wrapper functions adjusts codegen even when the wrapper functions themselves are just calls to inner functions. the in-tree benchmark (known to not be comprehensive, but enough to spot a difference), showed a ~3.5% regression in throughput with the prior commit, even though it doesn't change behavior at all. explicit #[inline(always)] gets things to a state where the wrapper functions do not penalize performance. for an example of the differences in codegen, see below. before: ``` < 141d4: 48 39 fa cmp %rdi,%rdx < 141d7: 0f 84 0b 4d 00 00 je 18ee8 <_ZN5bench16do_decode_swathe17h694154735739ce4cE+0x4e58> < 141dd: 0f b6 0f movzbl (%rdi),%ecx < 141e0: 48 83 c7 01 add $0x1,%rdi < 141e4: 48 89 7c 24 38 mov %rdi,0x38(%rsp) ... snip ... ``` after: ``` > 141d4: 48 39 ea cmp %rbp,%rdx > 141d7: 0f 84 97 4c 00 00 je 18e74 <_ZN5bench16do_decode_swathe17h694154735739ce4cE+0x4de4> > 141dd: 0f b6 4d 00 movzbl 0x0(%rbp),%ecx > 141e1: 48 83 c5 01 add $0x1,%rbp > 141e5: 48 89 6c 24 38 mov %rbp,0x38(%rsp) ... snip ... ``` there are several spans of code with this kind of change involved; there are no explicit calls to `get_kinda_unchecked` or `unreachable_kinda_unchecked` but clearly a difference did make it through to the benchmark's code. while the choice of `rbp` instead of `rdi` wouldn't seem very interesting, the instructions themselves are more substantially different. `0fb60f` vs `0fb64d00`; to encode `[rbp + 0]`, the instruction requires a displacement, and is one byte longer as a result. there are several instructions so-impacted, and i suspect the increased code size is what ended up changing benchmark behavior. after adding these `#[inline(always)]` annotations, there is no difference in generated code with or without the `kinda_unchecked` helpers!
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