On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 4:10 AM Uros Bizjak <ubiz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > [Sorry for double post, gcc-patches address was wrong in original post] > > On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 7:48 AM liuhongt <hongtao....@intel.com> wrote: > > > > Hi: > > AVX512FP16 is disclosed, refer to [1]. > > There're 100+ instructions for AVX512FP16, 67 gcc patches, for the > > convenience of review, we divide the 67 patches into 2 major parts. > > The first part is 2 patches containing basic support for AVX512FP16 > > (options, cpuid, _Float16 type, libgcc, etc.), and the second part is 65 > > patches covering all instructions of AVX512FP16(including intrinsic support > > and some optimizations). > > There is a problem with the first part, _Float16 is not a C++ standard, > > so the front-end does not support this type and its mangling, so we "make > > up" a _Float16 type on the back-end and use _DF16 as its mangling. The > > purpose of this is to align with llvm side, because llvm C++ FE already > > supports _Float16[2]. > > > > [1] > > https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/download/intel-avx512-fp16-architecture-specification.html > > [2] https://reviews.llvm.org/D33719 > > Looking through implementation of _Float16 support, I think, there is > no need for _Float16 support to depend on AVX512FP16. > > The compiler is smart enough to use either a named pattern that > describes the instruction when available or diverts to a library call > to a soft-fp implementation. So, I think that general _Float16 support > should be implemented first (similar to _float128) and then upgraded > with AVX512FP16 specific instructions. > > MOVW loads/stores to XMM reg can be emulated with MOVD and a SImode > secondary_reload register. > > soft-fp library already includes all the infrastructure to implement > _Float16 (see half.h), so HFmode basic operations should be trivial to > implement (I have gone through this exercise personally years ago when > implementing __float128 soft-fp support). > > Looking through the patch 1/2, it looks that a new ABI is introduced, > where FP16 values are passed through XMM registers, but I don't think > there is updated psABI documentation available (for x86_64 as well as
_Float16 support was added to x86-64 psABI: https://gitlab.com/x86-psABIs/x86-64-ABI/-/commit/71d1183e7bb95e9f8ad732e0f2b5a4f127796e2a 2 years ago. > i386, where FP16 values will probably be passed through memory). That is correct. > So, the net effect of the above proposal(s) is that x86 will support > _Float16 out-of the box, emulate it via soft-fp without AVX512FP16 and > use AVX512FP16 instructions with -mavx512fp16. > The main issue is complex _Float16 functions in libgcc. If _Float16 doesn't require -mavx512fp16, we need to compile complex _Float16 functions in libgcc without -mavx512fp16. Complex _Float16 performance is very important for our _Float16 usage. _Float16 performance has to be very fast. There should be no emulation anywhere when -mavx512fp16 is used. That is why _Float16 is available only with -mavx512fp16. -- H.J.
