[Bug target/100085] Bad code for union transfer from __float128 to vector types

[munroesj at gcc dot gnu.org via Gcc-bugs]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=100085

--- Comment #4 from Steven Munroe <munroesj at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
I am seeing this a similar problem with union transfers from __float128 to
__int128.


     static inline unsigned __int128
     vec_xfer_bin128_2_int128t (__binary128 f128)
     {
       __VF_128 vunion;

       vunion.vf1 = f128;

       return (vunion.ui1);
     }

and 

unsigned __int128
test_xfer_bin128_2_int128 (__binary128 f128)
{
  return vec_xfer_bin128_2_int128t (f128);
}

generates:

0000000000000030 <test_xfer_bin128_2_int128>:
  30:   57 12 42 f0     xxswapd vs34,vs34
  34:   20 00 20 39     li      r9,32
  38:   d0 ff 41 39     addi    r10,r1,-48
  3c:   99 4f 4a 7c     stxvd2x vs34,r10,r9
  40:   f0 ff 61 e8     ld      r3,-16(r1)
  44:   f8 ff 81 e8     ld      r4,-8(r1)
  48:   20 00 80 4e     blr

For POWER8 should use mfvsrd/xxpermdi/mfvsrd.

This looks like the root cause of poor performance for __float128 soft-float on
POWER8. A simple benchmark using __float128 in C code calling libgcc for
-mcpu=power8 and then hardware instructions for -mcpu=power9.

P8 target P8AT14, Uses libgcc __addkf3_sw and __mulkf3_sw:
test_time_f128 f128 CC  tb delta = 52589, sec = 0.000102713

P9 Target P8AT14, Uses libgcc __addkf3_hw and __mulkf3_hw:
test_time_f128 f128 CC  tb delta = 18762, sec = 3.66445e-05

P9 Target P9AT14, inline hardware binary128 float:
test_time_f128 f128 CC  tb delta = 3809, sec = 7.43945e-06

I used Valgrind Itrace and Sim-ppc and perfstat analysis. Every call to libgcc
__add/sub/mul/divkf3 takes a load-hit-store flush every call. This explains why
__float128 is so 13.8 X slower on P8 then P9.