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Message-ID: <7f8be426048a9861a235fbd2cca013c9@smtp.hushmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:09:30 +0200
From: magnum <john.magnum@...hmail.com>
To: john-dev@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: New SIMD generations, code layout
I just made a rough experimental version of raw-sha1-ng with AVX2
support (not committed). It's definitely worth it. But to the point, a
question popped up. The code is now loaded with things like this:
#if __AVX2__
__m256i Z = _mm256_setzero_si256();
__m256i X = _mm256_loadu_si256(key);
__m256i B;
uint32_t len = _mm256_movemask_epi8(_mm256_cmpeq_epi8(X, Z));
#else
__m128i Z = _mm_setzero_si128();
__m128i X = _mm_loadu_si128(key);
__m128i B;
uint32_t len = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(X, Z));
#endif
There will eventually be another clause for AVX512/AVX3 and, I think, a
separate one for MIC. And sometimes separate details for SSE4.1, XOP and
whatnot. Is this a sane way to go on? I'm not sure what else to do but I
reckon we could create pseudo-intrinsics once and for all, like this:
#if __AVX2__
typedef __m256i v_uint
#define jtr_setzero_si _mm256_setzero_si256
#define jtr_loadu_si _mm256_loadu_si256
#define jtr_movemask_epi8 _mm256_movemask_epi8
#define jtr_cmpeq_epi8 _mm256_cmpeq_epi8
(...)
#else
typedef __m128i v_uint
#define jtr_setzero_si _mm_setzero_si128
#define jtr_loadu_si _mm_loadu_si128
#define jtr_movemask_epi8 _mm_movemask_epi8
#define jtr_cmpeq_epi8 _mm_cmpeq_epi8
(...)
#endif
...and then use these pseudo-intrinsics in the main code, which will be
same for all variants. This has pros and cons, I'm not sure I like the
idea. But is there some other good way to approach this "problem" or
should we just keep adding clauses? I'm thinking now is a very good time
to decide...
Any ideas or comments are welcome, including from our GSoC candidates
who will be working with this!
magnum
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