From x86inc:
> On AMD cpus <=K10, an ordinary ret is slow if it immediately follows either
> a branch or a branch target. So switch to a 2-byte form of ret in that case.
> We can automatically detect "follows a branch", but not a branch target.
> (SSSE3 is a sufficient condition to know that your cpu doesn't have this problem.)
x86inc can automatically determine whether to use REP_RET rather than
REP in most of these cases, so impact is minimal. Additionally, a few
REP_RETs were used unnecessary, despite the return being nowhere near a
branch.
The only CPUs affected were AMD K10s, made between 2007 and 2011, 16
years ago and 12 years ago, respectively.
In the future, everyone involved with x86inc should consider dropping
REP_RETs altogether.
Meant for DSP functions returning a float or double, as they'd fail if emms
is called after every run on x86_32.
Signed-off-by: James Almer <jamrial@gmail.com>
Some debuggers/profilers use this metadata to determine which function a
given instruction is in; without it they get can confused by local labels
(if you haven't stripped those). On the other hand, some tools are still
confused even with this metadata. e.g. this fixes `gdb`, but not `perf`.
Currently only implemented for ELF.
Signed-off-by: Anton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>
Some debuggers/profilers use this metadata to determine which function a
given instruction is in; without it they get can confused by local labels
(if you haven't stripped those). On the other hand, some tools are still
confused even with this metadata. e.g. this fixes `gdb`, but not `perf`.
Currently only implemented for ELF.
Check the full FPU tag word instead of only the lower half and simplify
the comparison.
Use upper-case function base name as macro name to instantiate both
checked_call variants.
Not every asm routine is expected clear the MMX state after returning.
It is however a requisite for testing floating point code in checkasm.
Annotate functions requiring cleanup with declare_func_emms() and issue
emms after the call. The remaining functions are checked for having a
cleared MMX state after return.
The System V ABI on x86-64 specifies that the al register contains an upper
bound of the number of arguments passed in vector registers when calling
variadic functions, so we aren't allowed to clobber it.
checkasm_fail_func() is a variadic function so also zero al before calling it.
Signed-off-by: Anton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>
The System V ABI on x86-64 specifies that the al register contains an upper
bound of the number of arguments passed in vector registers when calling
variadic functions, so we aren't allowed to clobber it.
checkasm_fail_func() is a variadic function so also zero al before calling it.
Now we no longer have to rely on function pointers intentionally
declared without specified argument types.
This makes it easier to support functions with floating point parameters
or return values as well as functions returning 64-bit values on 32-bit
architectures. It also avoids having to explicitly cast strides to
ptrdiff_t for example.
Signed-off-by: Anton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>
If the return value doesn't fit in a single register rdx/edx can in some
cases be used in addition to rax/eax.
Doesn't affect any of the existing checkasm tests but might be useful later.
Also comment the relevant code a bit better.
Signed-off-by: Anton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>
If the return value doesn't fit in a single register rdx/edx can in some
cases be used in addition to rax/eax.
Doesn't affect any of the existing checkasm tests but might be useful later.
Also comment the relevant code a bit better.
Now we no longer have to rely on function pointers intentionally
declared without specified argument types.
This makes it easier to support functions with floating point parameters
or return values as well as functions returning 64-bit values on 32-bit
architectures. It also avoids having to explicitly cast strides to
ptrdiff_t for example.
It provides the following features:
* verify correctness by comparing output to the C version.
* detect failure to save and restore clobbered callee-saved registers.
* detect 32-bit parameters being used as if they were 64-bit in x86-64
(the upper halves are not guaranteed to be zero - but in practice
they very often are, which makes those bugs hard to spot otherwise).
* easy benchmarking.
Compile by running 'make checkasm'.
Execute by running 'tests/checkasm/checkasm'.
Optional arguments are '--bench' to run benchmarks for all functions,
'--bench=<pattern>' to run benchmarks for all functions that starts with
<pattern>, and '<integer>' to seed the PRNG for reproducible results.
Contains unit tests for most h264pred functions to get started, more tests
can be added afterwards using those as a reference.
Loosely based on code from x264. Currently only supports x86 and x86-64,
but additional architectures shouldn't be too much of an obstacle to add.
Note that functions with floating point parameters or floating point
return values are not supported. Some compiler-specific features or
preprocessor hacks would likely be required to add support for that.
Signed-off-by: Janne Grunau <janne-libav@jannau.net>
Lynne
James Almer
Diego Biurrun
Geza Lore
Janne Grunau
Henrik Gramner
Michael Niedermayer