[x86] expose cpuid, xgetbv, pushfd, popfd #166

gnzlbg · 2017-11-02T20:48:07Z

This refactors the cpuid and xgetby intrinsics into its own functions and exposes them as part of the x86 and x86_64 architectures.

The cpuid intrinsic is not available on all x86 CPUs, so this also exposes a has_cpuid() -> bool intrinsic that detect this on non x86_64 hosts, and the pushfd and popfd intrinsics required to implement it (GCC exposes all of this as intrinsics as well).

When doing run-time feature detection for x86/x86_64 we now check whether the cpuid instruction is available, and if not, then just "disable" all features.

One TODO:

The xgetbv intrinsic requires the xsave target feature but this is not currently exposed by rustc, see Make the xsave target feature available on x86 in rust nightly #167 .

__readeflags is equivalent to GCC's __readeflags exposed in /i386/ia32intrin.h and Clang's __readeflags exposed in ia32intrin.h
__writeeflags is equivalent to GCC's __writeeflags exposed in /i386/ia32intrin.h and Clang's __writeeflags exposed in ia32intrin.h
_xgetbv is equivalent to GCC's _xgetbv exposed in i386/xsaveintrin.h and Clangs' _xgetbv exposed in intrin.h
_cpuid_countis equivalent to GCC's __cpuid_count exposed in i386/cpuid.h and Clang's __cpuid_count exposed in cpuid.h

petrochenkov · 2017-11-02T21:00:36Z

AFAIK if there is an x86 processor for which it is not available, detecting this at run-time is impossible because... that's cpuids job.

Presence of CPUID can be checked by setting/clearing EFLAGS.ID (if you need to support really old CPUs).

gnzlbg · 2017-11-02T21:14:50Z

@petrochenkov do you have an example of how that is done, or a link to some relevant material? I would then make cpuid unsafe and update the docs about how to check it (maybe offering a simpler way to check it). I'll check it out tomorrow and try to see what can be done about it.

petrochenkov · 2017-11-02T21:56:37Z

(I wish I didn't leave that comment, 80486 is very old.)
Intel SDM / Vol.2 Instruction Set Reference / CPUID
http://wiki.osdev.org/CPUID

gnzlbg · 2017-11-03T13:37:49Z

@petrochenkov don't worry, I am on it.

I have added a has_cpuid function that returns true if the CPU has the cpuid intrinsic. On x86_64 it always returns true. On x86 it does this: https://github.com/gnzlbg/stdsimd/blob/dogfood_cpuid/src/x86/x86.rs#L52

gnzlbg · 2017-11-03T16:57:58Z

So this is mostly fixed. For some reason, i586 fails to compile, but I can't differentiate between i686 and i586 (target_arch = "x86" is the only tool I have available here). Is there a way to make this portable?

nominolo · 2017-11-04T00:42:26Z

To distinguish between i586 and i686 you should check for target_arch="x86" and target_feature="sse2". The latter is only available on i686.

petrochenkov · 2017-11-04T12:07:12Z

src/x86/misc.rs

+            let eflags_after: u32 = pushfd();
+
+            // Check if the ID bit changed:
+            eflags_after != eflags


@gnzlbg
Have you checked what exact instruction sequence is produced?
OSDev wiki warns: "Note: Implementing this routine in for example C can lead to issues, because the compiler may change EFLAGS at any time."
(Any intermediate arithmetic operations can change EFLAGS.)

Yes I have, and the build should be green now :)

It produces this in release:

has_cpuid: pushfl popl %eax movl %eax, %ecx orl $2097152, %ecx pushl %ecx popfl pushfl popl %ecx cmpl %eax, %ecx setne %al retl

and this in debug:

has_cpuid: subl $12, %esp pushfl popl %eax movl %eax, 4(%esp) movl 4(%esp), %eax movl %eax, %ecx orl $2097152, %ecx pushl %ecx popfl pushfl popl %ecx movl %ecx, 8(%esp) cmpl %eax, 8(%esp) setne %dl movb %dl, 3(%esp) movb 3(%esp), %al andb $1, %al movzbl %al, %eax addl $12, %esp retl

for i686; not "perfect" but good enough, plus I got to factor pushfd and popf out :)

gnzlbg · 2017-11-04T12:20:17Z

So @alexcrichton @petrochenkov this is finished and green.

The only thing that worries me is that pushfd clobbers the stack but AFAIK it is impossible to indicate this via the asm! macro; it is not possible in clang and gcc either.

Please review this with care since I am an inline assembly noob.

gnzlbg · 2017-11-04T12:32:19Z

src/x86/misc.rs

+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86")]
+#[inline(always)]
+pub unsafe fn popfd(eflags: u32) {
+    asm!("pushl $0; popfd" : : "r"(eflags) : "cc", "flags" : "volatile");


Also I am not 100% sure if the cc clobber is required here.

gnzlbg · 2017-11-04T12:49:55Z

@BurntSushi general design question: I've put these intrinsics in a misc module. For users this doesn't matter much because our internal modules are private, but from the point-of-view of library organization I think misc is a pretty bad name.

The only other idea I've had is to name the modules .../i386/i486/i586/i686/... instead. The main issue I have with this is that, for example, havint to use cfg!(all(target_arch = "x86", target_feature = "-sse2")) to detect i686 is... messy.

EDIT: I've opened #169 so that we don't have to block deciding on this to merge this. We can always fix this later.

alexcrichton · 2017-11-04T14:41:31Z

Are these listed in Intel's list of intrinsics? Or are there otherwise known canonical names for these?

gnzlbg · 2017-11-04T14:55:49Z

@alexcrichton

pushfd is equivalent to GCC's __readeflags exposed in /i386/ia32intrin.h and Clang's __readeflags exposed in ia32intrin.h
popfd is equivalent to GCC's __writeeflags exposed in /i386/ia32intrin.h and Clang's __writeeflags exposed in ia32intrin.h
xgetbv is equivalent to GCC's _xgetbv exposed in i386/xsaveintrin.h and Clangs' _xgetbv exposed in intrin.h
cpuidis equivalent to GCC's __cpuid_count exposed in i386/cpuid.h and Clang's __cpuid_count exposed in cpuid.h

gnzlbg · 2017-11-04T15:04:33Z

I could rename pushfd and popfd to __readeflags and __writeeflags and put them in a ia32.rs module, rename xgetbv to _xgetbv and move that to an intrin.rs module, and move cpuid into its own module and rename it to __cpuid_count. ~~(but I don't know whether I should rename it to __cpuid or __get_cpuid, clang and gcc differ here).~~

Note that the signature of cpuid in clang and gcc is identical and takes 4 int by reference but we can just return a struct or a tuple here (I prefer the struct with the named members but can switch that to a tuple).

Expose the `__cpuid` and `_xgetby` `x86`/`x86_64` intrinsics. The `__cpuid` and `__cpuid_count` intrinsics are not available on all `x86` CPUs. The `has_cpuid() -> bool` intrinsic detect this on non `x86_64` hosts. For convenience, this is exposed on `x86_64` as well but there it always returns `true`. These are exposed by Clang and GCC. The `__readeflags` and `__writeeflags` intrinsics, which read/write the `EFLAGS` register and are required to implement `has_cpuid`, are exposed as well. GCC and Clang exposes them too. When doing run-time feature detection for `x86`/`x86_64` we now properly check whether the `cpuid` instruction is available before using it. If it is not available, are features are exposes as "not available". One TODO: - The `_xgetbv` intrinsic requires the `xsave` target feature but this is not currently exposed by rustc, see rust-lang#167 .

gnzlbg · 2017-11-04T16:09:00Z

@alexcrichton I've refactor this to agree naming-wise with GCC and Clang.

The main difference remains that the cpuid instructions return the read values in a struct instead of modifying 4 ints via &mut. Also, AFAIK neither Clang nor GCC expose their intrinsics to detect cpuid support.

Expose the `__cpuid` and `_xgetby` `x86`/`x86_64` intrinsics. The `__cpuid` and `__cpuid_count` intrinsics are not available on all `x86` CPUs. The `has_cpuid() -> bool` intrinsic detect this on non `x86_64` hosts. For convenience, this is exposed on `x86_64` as well but there it always returns `true`. These are exposed by Clang and GCC. The `__readeflags` and `__writeeflags` intrinsics, which read/write the `EFLAGS` register and are required to implement `has_cpuid`, are exposed as well. GCC and Clang exposes them too. When doing run-time feature detection for `x86`/`x86_64` we now properly check whether the `cpuid` instruction is available before using it. If it is not available, are features are exposes as "not available". One TODO: - The `_xgetbv` intrinsic requires the `xsave` target feature but this is not currently exposed by rustc, see rust-lang#167 .

gnzlbg · 2017-11-05T12:47:10Z

Blocked by rust-lang/rust#45761 . I'll reopen this PR once that is merged upstream and I can properly use the xsave and xsaveopt target features. Turns out LLVM has a llvm.x86.xgetbv intrinsic that might allow me to remove some of the assembly.

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