On Mon, 31 Oct 2022 22:06:20 GMT, Claes Redestad <redes...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> No you don't need to, the vector loop can be calculated as:
>>
>> IntVector accumulation = IntVector.zero(INT_SPECIES);
>> for (int i = 0; i < bound; i += INT_SPECIES.length()) {
>> IntVector current = IntVector.load(INT_SPECIES, array, i);
>> accumulation =
>> accumulation.mul(31**(INT_SPECIES.length())).add(current);
>> }
>> return accumulation.mul(IntVector.of(31**INT_SPECIES.length() - 1, ...,
>> 31**2, 31, 1).reduce(ADD);
>>
>> Each iteration only requires a multiplication and an addition. The weight of
>> lanes can be calculated just before the reduction operation.
>
> Ok, I can try rewriting as @merykitty suggests and compare. I'm running out
> of time to spend on this right now, though, so I sort of hope we can do this
> experiment as a follow-up RFE.
You’re right, we can go forward indeed.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10847
