[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] x86/cpu: set avxslow cpuflag on bdver4 and btver2 CPUs
James Almer
jamrial at gmail.com
Sun Feb 7 04:05:43 CET 2016
They are also slow when using 256 bit wide registers
Signed-off-by: James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com>
---
See https://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=commitdiff;h=3a33f4ce8ea1efdebec7f7138d00e9be9a12d630
libavutil/x86/cpu.c | 10 ++++------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libavutil/x86/cpu.c b/libavutil/x86/cpu.c
index f57d72d..bb63daa 100644
--- a/libavutil/x86/cpu.c
+++ b/libavutil/x86/cpu.c
@@ -182,13 +182,11 @@ int ff_get_cpu_flags_x86(void)
/* Similar to the above but for AVX functions on AMD processors.
This is necessary only for functions using YMM registers on Bulldozer
- based CPUs as they lack 256-bits execution units. SSE/AVX functions
- using XMM registers are always faster on them.
+ and Jaguar based CPUs as they lack 256-bits execution units. SSE/AVX
+ functions using XMM registers are always faster on them.
AV_CPU_FLAG_AVX and AV_CPU_FLAG_AVXSLOW are both set so that AVX is
- used unless explicitly disabled by checking AV_CPU_FLAG_AVXSLOW.
- TODO: Confirm if Excavator is affected or not by this once it's
- released, and update the check if necessary. Same for btver2. */
- if (family == 0x15 && (rval & AV_CPU_FLAG_AVX))
+ used unless explicitly disabled by checking AV_CPU_FLAG_AVXSLOW. */
+ if ((family == 0x15 || family == 0x16) && (rval & AV_CPU_FLAG_AVX))
rval |= AV_CPU_FLAG_AVXSLOW;
}
--
2.7.0
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