On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:40:00 GMT, Jatin Bhateja <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Hi All,
>> 
>> This patch optimizes sub-word gather operation for x86 targets with AVX2 and 
>> AVX512 features.
>> 
>> Following is the summary of changes:-
>> 
>> 1) Intrinsify sub-word gather using hybrid algorithm which initially 
>> partially unrolls scalar loop to accumulates values from gather indices into 
>> a quadword(64bit) slice followed by vector permutation to place the slice 
>> into appropriate vector lanes, it prevents code bloating and generates 
>> compact JIT sequence. This coupled with savings from expansive array 
>> allocation in existing java implementation translates into significant 
>> performance of 1.5-10x gains with included micro.
>> 
>> ![image](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/assets/59989778/e25ba4ad-6a61-42fa-9566-452f741a9c6d)
>> 
>> 
>> 2) Patch was also compared against modified java fallback implementation by 
>> replacing temporary array allocation with zero initialized vector and a 
>> scalar loops which inserts gathered values into vector. But, vector insert 
>> operation in higher vector lanes is a three step process which first 
>> extracts the upper vector 128 bit lane, updates it with gather subword value 
>> and then inserts the lane back to its original position. This makes inserts 
>> into higher order lanes costly w.r.t to proposed solution. In addition 
>> generated JIT code for modified fallback implementation was very bulky. This 
>> may impact in-lining decisions into caller contexts.
>> 
>> Kindly review and share your feedback.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> Jatin
>
> Jatin Bhateja has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a 
> merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 16 commits:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'master' of http://github.com/openjdk/jdk into JDK-8318650
>  - Review resolutions.
>  - Review comment resolutions.
>  - Review comments resolutions
>  - Review comments resolutions.
>  - Review comments resolutions.
>  - Generalizing masked sub-gather support.
>  - Merge branch 'master' of http://github.com/openjdk/jdk into JDK-8318650
>  - Merge branch 'master' of http://github.com/openjdk/jdk into JDK-8318650
>  - Fix incorrect comment
>  - ... and 6 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/6d569961...b24cc5cd

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16354#issuecomment-4600781371

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