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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.h8
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/x86/dl-tunables.list26
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.h b/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.h
index e6c94dfd02..2e43e67e4f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.h
+++ b/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.h
@@ -866,12 +866,14 @@ dl_init_cacheinfo (struct cpu_features *cpu_features)
   /* NB: The REP MOVSB threshold must be greater than VEC_SIZE * 8.  */
   unsigned int minimum_rep_movsb_threshold;
 #endif
-  /* NB: The default REP MOVSB threshold is 2048 * (VEC_SIZE / 16).  */
+  /* NB: The default REP MOVSB threshold is 4096 * (VEC_SIZE / 16) for
+     VEC_SIZE == 64 or 32.  For VEC_SIZE == 16, the default REP MOVSB
+     threshold is 2048 * (VEC_SIZE / 16).  */
   unsigned int rep_movsb_threshold;
   if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, AVX512F)
       && !CPU_FEATURE_PREFERRED_P (cpu_features, Prefer_No_AVX512))
     {
-      rep_movsb_threshold = 2048 * (64 / 16);
+      rep_movsb_threshold = 4096 * (64 / 16);
 #if HAVE_TUNABLES
       minimum_rep_movsb_threshold = 64 * 8;
 #endif
@@ -879,7 +881,7 @@ dl_init_cacheinfo (struct cpu_features *cpu_features)
   else if (CPU_FEATURE_PREFERRED_P (cpu_features,
 				    AVX_Fast_Unaligned_Load))
     {
-      rep_movsb_threshold = 2048 * (32 / 16);
+      rep_movsb_threshold = 4096 * (32 / 16);
 #if HAVE_TUNABLES
       minimum_rep_movsb_threshold = 32 * 8;
 #endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/dl-tunables.list b/sysdeps/x86/dl-tunables.list
index dd6e1d65c9..419313804d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86/dl-tunables.list
+++ b/sysdeps/x86/dl-tunables.list
@@ -32,17 +32,21 @@ glibc {
     }
     x86_rep_movsb_threshold {
       type: SIZE_T
-      # Since there is overhead to set up REP MOVSB operation, REP MOVSB
-      # isn't faster on short data.  The memcpy micro benchmark in glibc
-      # shows that 2KB is the approximate value above which REP MOVSB
-      # becomes faster than SSE2 optimization on processors with Enhanced
-      # REP MOVSB.  Since larger register size can move more data with a
-      # single load and store, the threshold is higher with larger register
-      # size.  Note: Since the REP MOVSB threshold must be greater than 8
-      # times of vector size and the default value is 2048 * (vector size
-      # / 16), the default value and the minimum value must be updated at
-      # run-time.  NB: Don't set the default value since we can't tell if
-      # the tunable value is set by user or not [BZ #27069].
+      # Since there is overhead to set up REP MOVSB operation, REP
+      # MOVSB isn't faster on short data.  The memcpy micro benchmark
+      # in glibc shows that 2KB is the approximate value above which
+      # REP MOVSB becomes faster than SSE2 optimization on processors
+      # with Enhanced REP MOVSB.  Since larger register size can move
+      # more data with a single load and store, the threshold is
+      # higher with larger register size.  Micro benchmarks show AVX
+      # REP MOVSB becomes faster apprximately at 8KB.  The AVX512
+      # threshold is extrapolated to 16KB.  For machines with FSRM the
+      # threshold is universally set at 2112 bytes.  Note: Since the
+      # REP MOVSB threshold must be greater than 8 times of vector
+      # size and the default value is 4096 * (vector size / 16), the
+      # default value and the minimum value must be updated at
+      # run-time.  NB: Don't set the default value since we can't tell
+      # if the tunable value is set by user or not [BZ #27069].
       minval: 1
     }
     x86_rep_stosb_threshold {