Currently, riscv linux requires at least IMA, so all platforms have a
multiplier. And I assume the 'mul' efficiency is comparable or better
than a sequence of five or so register-dependent arithmetic
instructions. Select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER to get slightly nicer
codegen. Refer to commit
f9b4192923fa ("[PATCH] bitops: hweight()
speedup") for more details.
In a simple benchmark test calling hweight64() in a loop, it got:
about 14% preformance improvement on JH7110, tested on Milkv Mars.
about 23% performance improvement on TH1520 and SG2042, tested on
Sipeed LPI4A and SG2042 platform.
a slight performance drop on CV1800B, tested on milkv duo. Among all
riscv platforms in my hands, this is the only one which sees a slight
performance drop. It means the 'mul' isn't quick enough. However, the
situation exists on x86 too, for example, P4 doesn't have fast
integer multiplies as said in the above commit, x86 also selects
ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER. So let's select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
which can benefit almost riscv platforms.
Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@sifive.com>
Tested-by: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@sifive.com>
(cherry picked from commit
b25b9b6b16dda999311ae1d785321c2f5c0d0a63)
Signed-off-by: Jaehoon Chung <jh80.chung@samsung.com>