cmd/internal/obj/arm64: make function prologue more predictable
Static branch prediction guesses that forward branches aren't taken. Since stacks are rarely grown, make the forward branch mean grow. While we're here, remove the debug-only instruction saving the frame size in the temp register. Sample disassembly for func f() { _ = [128]byte{} } Before: 0x4008248 ldr x1, [x28, #0x10] 0x400824c sub x2, sp, #0x90 0x4008250 cmp x2, x1 0x4008254 b.hi 0x4008268 0x4008258 mov x3, x30 0x400825c movz x27, #0x90 0x4008260 bl runtime.morestack_noctxt 0x4008264 b main.f 0x4008268 sub sp, sp, #0x90 0x400826c add x16, sp, #0x10 0x4008270 str xzr, [x16] 0x4008274 str xzr, [x16, #0x8] 0x4008278 str xzr, [x16, #0x10] 0x400827c str xzr, [x16, #0x18] 0x4008280 str xzr, [x16, #0x20] 0x4008284 str xzr, [x16, #0x28] 0x4008288 str xzr, [x16, #0x30] 0x400828c str xzr, [x16, #0x38] 0x4008290 str xzr, [x16, #0x40] 0x4008294 str xzr, [x16, #0x48] 0x4008298 str xzr, [x16, #0x50] 0x400829c str xzr, [x16, #0x58] 0x40082a0 str xzr, [x16, #0x60] 0x40082a4 str xzr, [x16, #0x68] 0x40082a8 str xzr, [x16, #0x70] 0x40082ac str xzr, [x16, #0x78] 0x40082b0 add sp, sp, #0x90 0x40082b4 ret After: 0x4004bc8 ldr x1, [x28, #0x10] 0x4004bcc sub x2, sp, #0x90 0x4004bd0 cmp x2, x1 0x4004bd4 b.ls 0x4004c28 0x4004bd8 sub sp, sp, #0x90 0x4004bdc add x16, sp, #0x10 0x4004be0 str xzr, [x16] 0x4004be4 str xzr, [x16, #0x8] 0x4004be8 str xzr, [x16, #0x10] 0x4004bec str xzr, [x16, #0x18] 0x4004bf0 str xzr, [x16, #0x20] 0x4004bf4 str xzr, [x16, #0x28] 0x4004bf8 str xzr, [x16, #0x30] 0x4004bfc str xzr, [x16, #0x38] 0x4004c00 str xzr, [x16, #0x40] 0x4004c04 str xzr, [x16, #0x48] 0x4004c08 str xzr, [x16, #0x50] 0x4004c0c str xzr, [x16, #0x58] 0x4004c10 str xzr, [x16, #0x60] 0x4004c14 str xzr, [x16, #0x68] 0x4004c18 str xzr, [x16, #0x70] 0x4004c1c str xzr, [x16, #0x78] 0x4004c20 add sp, sp, #0x90 0x4004c24 ret 0x4004c28 mov x3, x30 0x4004c2c bl runtime.morestack_noctxt 0x4004c30 b main.f Updates #10587. Package sort benchmarks using an iPhone 6: name old time/op new time/op delta SearchWrappers 355ns ± 1% 328ns ± 1% -7.57% (p=0.000 n=25+19) SortString1K 580µs ± 1% 577µs ± 1% -0.48% (p=0.000 n=25+25) StableString1K 1.04ms ± 0% 1.04ms ± 0% ~ (p=0.851 n=24+25) SortInt1K 251µs ± 1% 247µs ± 1% -1.52% (p=0.000 n=23+25) StableInt1K 267µs ± 2% 261µs ± 2% -2.02% (p=0.000 n=25+25) SortInt64K 23.8ms ± 1% 23.6ms ± 0% -0.97% (p=0.000 n=25+23) StableInt64K 22.8ms ± 0% 22.4ms ± 1% -1.76% (p=0.000 n=24+25) Sort1e2 123µs ± 1% 124µs ± 1% ~ (p=0.256 n=23+23) Stable1e2 248µs ± 1% 247µs ± 1% -0.69% (p=0.000 n=23+25) Sort1e4 24.3ms ± 2% 24.6ms ± 5% +1.36% (p=0.017 n=22+25) Stable1e4 77.2ms ± 6% 76.2ms ± 5% -1.36% (p=0.020 n=25+25) Sort1e6 3.95s ± 8% 3.95s ± 8% ~ (p=0.863 n=25+25) Stable1e6 15.7s ± 1% 15.5s ± 1% -1.11% (p=0.000 n=22+23) Change-Id: I377b3817af2ed27ddeecf24edef97fad91fc1afc Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/10500Reviewed-by: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org> Run-TryBot: Josh Bleecher Snyder <josharian@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Dave Cheney <dave@cheney.net>
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