[jira] Updated: (HARMONY-4620) [drlvm][jit] Long return path for floating point values in calling convension

["Mikhail Fursov (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Mikhail Fursov updated HARMONY-4620:
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    Attachment: return_xmm_2.patch

Evgueni, the patch runs OK on X86 platforms but fails on X86_64 on reg.tests
I attached the updated version of the patch with a fixed LIL sources location

> [drlvm][jit] Long return path for floating point values in calling convension
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>
>                 Key: HARMONY-4620
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-4620
>             Project: Harmony
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: DRLVM
>         Environment: appropriate for for Intel architecture
>            Reporter: Naumova Natalya 
>            Assignee: Mikhail Fursov
>         Attachments: return_xmm.patch, return_xmm_2.patch
>
>
> DRLVM has too long return path when the return value is floatin point. The reason is FPU usage together with SSE instructions in calling convention: we have "SSE -> mem -> FPU -> (return) mem -> SSE"; return (double) value first is calculated on xmm* registers, then copied to mem, then is put on FPU stack, then extracted from this stack (in calling proc) to memory again, then again calculation is happened in xmm* registers (SSE instructions). This issue overrides the improvement with loop unrolling, overhead from the parameters passing with this calling convention overrides the loop body doubling speed-up. When you increase "arg.optimizer.unroll.medium_loop_unroll_count" option in method where return value is double and it is in loop, then you'll have degradation (example - MonteCarlo benchmark in SciMark).
> Can we avoid using FPU with SSE in this case?

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