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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW - [exegesis] Problem with partial register writes"
   href="https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50453">50453</a>
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        <tr>
          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>[exegesis] Problem with partial register writes
          </td>
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        <tr>
          <th>Product</th>
          <td>tools
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Version</th>
          <td>trunk
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>PC
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>OS</th>
          <td>Linux
          </td>
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>enhancement
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P
          </td>
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        <tr>
          <th>Component</th>
          <td>llvm-exegesis
          </td>
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>unassignedbugs@nondot.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>lebedev.ri@gmail.com
          </td>
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        <tr>
          <th>CC</th>
          <td>clement.courbet@gmail.com, gchatelet@google.com, llvm-bugs@lists.llvm.org
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        <pre>This was initially brought up by Simon Pilgrim.
Currently, znver3 and bdver2 sched models overestimate latencies/throughput
for i8/i16 instructions. For example, a multiplication implicitly uses low i8
of the implicit write i16 register, which causes extra 1cy latency:

$ ./bin/llvm-exegesis -num-repetitions=10000 -mode=latency
--snippets-file=/tmp/test.s
Check generated assembly with: /usr/bin/objdump -d /tmp/snippet-b1ab3e.o
---
mode:            latency
key:
  instructions:
    - 'MUL8r DL'
  config:          ''
  register_initial_values:
    - 'DL=0x0'
    - 'AL=0x0'
cpu_name:        znver3
llvm_triple:     x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
num_repetitions: 10000
measurements:
  - { key: latency, value: 3.0026, per_snippet_value: 3.0026 }
error:           ''
info:            ''
assembled_snippet:
B200B000F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2C3
...
$ ./bin/llvm-exegesis -num-repetitions=10000 -mode=latency
--snippets-file=/tmp/test.s
Check generated assembly with: /usr/bin/objdump -d /tmp/snippet-b973e8.o
---
mode:            latency
key:
  instructions:
    - 'XOR8rr AL AL AL'
  config:          ''
  register_initial_values:
    - 'DL=0x0'
    - 'AL=0x0'
cpu_name:        znver3
llvm_triple:     x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
num_repetitions: 10000
measurements:
  - { key: latency, value: 1.0031, per_snippet_value: 1.0031 }
error:           ''
info:            ''
assembled_snippet:
B200B00030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C0C3
...
$ ./bin/llvm-exegesis -num-repetitions=10000 -mode=latency
--snippets-file=/tmp/test.s
Check generated assembly with: /usr/bin/objdump -d /tmp/snippet-9093d7.o
---
mode:            latency
key:
  instructions:
    - 'XOR8rr AL AL AL'
    - 'MUL8r DL'
  config:          ''
  register_initial_values:
    - 'DL=0x0'
    - 'AL=0x0'
cpu_name:        znver3
llvm_triple:     x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
num_repetitions: 10000
measurements:
  - { key: latency, value: 2.003, per_snippet_value: 4.006 }
error:           ''
info:            ''
assembled_snippet:
B200B00030C0F6E230C0F6E230C0F6E230C0F6E230C0F6E230C0F6E230C0F6E230C0F6E2C3
...



$ ./bin/llvm-exegesis -num-repetitions=10000 -mode=inverse_throughput
--snippets-file=/tmp/test.s
Check generated assembly with: /usr/bin/objdump -d /tmp/snippet-21da4b.o
---
mode:            inverse_throughput
key:
  instructions:
    - 'MUL8r DL'
  config:          ''
  register_initial_values:
    - 'DL=0x0'
    - 'AL=0x0'
cpu_name:        znver3
llvm_triple:     x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
num_repetitions: 10000
measurements:
  - { key: inverse_throughput, value: 3.0029, per_snippet_value: 3.0029 }
error:           ''
info:            ''
assembled_snippet:
B200B000F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2F6E2C3
...
$ ./bin/llvm-exegesis -num-repetitions=10000 -mode=inverse_throughput
--snippets-file=/tmp/test.s
Check generated assembly with: /usr/bin/objdump -d /tmp/snippet-2e2e4f.o
---
mode:            inverse_throughput
key:
  instructions:
    - 'XOR8rr AL AL AL'
  config:          ''
  register_initial_values:
    - 'DL=0x0'
    - 'AL=0x0'
cpu_name:        znver3
llvm_triple:     x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
num_repetitions: 10000
measurements:
  - { key: inverse_throughput, value: 1.0028, per_snippet_value: 1.0028 }
error:           ''
info:            ''
assembled_snippet:
B200B00030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C030C0C3
...
$ ./bin/llvm-exegesis -num-repetitions=10000 -mode=inverse_throughput
--snippets-file=/tmp/test.s
Check generated assembly with: /usr/bin/objdump -d /tmp/snippet-43fb9e.o
---
mode:            inverse_throughput
key:
  instructions:
    - 'XOR8rr AL AL AL'
    - 'MUL8r DL'
  config:          ''
  register_initial_values:
    - 'DL=0x0'
    - 'AL=0x0'
cpu_name:        znver3
llvm_triple:     x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
num_repetitions: 10000
measurements:
  - { key: inverse_throughput, value: 2.0031, per_snippet_value: 4.0062 }
error:           ''
info:            ''
assembled_snippet:
B200B00030C0F6E230C0F6E230C0F6E230C0F6E230C0F6E230C0F6E230C0F6E230C0F6E2C3
...

What would be the best way to workaround that?</pre>
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