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Revision be5cbe91

Added by dsorber almost 9 years ago

Revamped the lowercase_util and added two SIMD (128 bit and 256 bit) versions to lowercase an entire buffer. The SIMD versions are smoking fast (>21X faster on enthoo)!!!

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software/lowercase_util/Makefile
CXXFLAGS= -std=c++11 -O3
CXXFLAGS= -std=c++11 -O3 -mavx2
all: main
software/lowercase_util/lowercase_util.cc
#include <chrono>
#include <cstdint>
#include <fstream>
#include <ios>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <x86intrin.h>
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3883993/how-could-these-case-conversion-functions-be-improved
inline void SIMD_128_tolower(char* inputData, uint64_t length)
{
const __m128i data_65 = _mm_set1_epi8(65); // 'A'
const __m128i data_26 = _mm_set1_epi8(26);
const __m128i data_32 = _mm_set1_epi8(32);
const __m128i clear_msb = _mm_set1_epi8(0x7F);
char *dataPtr = inputData;
char *dataStop = inputData + length;
while (dataPtr < dataStop)
{
// Load data
__m128i data = _mm_lddqu_si128(reinterpret_cast<__m128i *>(dataPtr));
// Load copy of data into working register
__m128i work_reg = _mm_lddqu_si128(&data);
// Subtract 'A' from working register
work_reg = _mm_sub_epi8(work_reg, data_65);
// AND together packed "clear MSB" to simulate the cast to unsigned
work_reg = _mm_and_si128(work_reg, clear_msb);
// Compare work register less than 26 and store in work register
work_reg = _mm_cmplt_epi8(work_reg, data_26);
// AND together packed 32 data and work regiser
work_reg = _mm_and_si128(work_reg, data_32);
// Accumulate with work register
data = _mm_add_epi8(data, work_reg);
// Store converted values back to array
_mm_storeu_si128(reinterpret_cast<__m128i *>(dataPtr), data);
// Advance data pointer
dataPtr += 16;
}
}
inline void SIMD_256_tolower(char* inputData, uint64_t length)
{
const __m256i data_65 = _mm256_set1_epi8(65); // 'A'
const __m256i data_26 = _mm256_set1_epi8(26);
const __m256i data_32 = _mm256_set1_epi8(32);
const __m256i clear_msb = _mm256_set1_epi8(0x7F);
char *dataPtr = inputData;
char *dataStop = inputData + length;
while (dataPtr < dataStop)
{
// Load data
__m256i data = _mm256_lddqu_si256(reinterpret_cast<__m256i *>(dataPtr));
// Load copy of data into working register
__m256i work_reg = _mm256_lddqu_si256(&data);
// Subtract 'A' from working register
work_reg = _mm256_sub_epi8(work_reg, data_65);
// AND together packed "clear MSB" to simulate the cast to unsigned
work_reg = _mm256_and_si256(work_reg, clear_msb);
// Compare 26 greater than work registerand store in work register
// NOTE: AVX2 does not have cmplt intrinsic so compare is inverted
work_reg = _mm256_cmpgt_epi8(data_26, work_reg);
// AND together packed 32 data and work regiser
work_reg = _mm256_and_si256(work_reg, data_32);
// Accumulate with work register
data = _mm256_add_epi8(data, work_reg);
// Store converted values back to array
_mm256_storeu_si256(reinterpret_cast<__m256i *>(dataPtr), data);
// Advance data pointer
dataPtr += 32;
}
}
inline uint64_t align16(uint64_t size)
{
return (size & 0xF) ? ((size + 0x10) & ~(0xF)) : size;
}
inline uint64_t align32(uint64_t size)
{
return (size & 0x1F) ? ((size + 0x20) & ~(0x1F)) : size;
}
// g++ -std=c++11 -O3 lowercase_util.cc -o lowercase_util
inline double speedup(double old, double new_)
{
return (((old / new_) - 1) * 100);
}
// g++ -std=c++11 -O3 -msse2 lowercase_util.cc -o lowercase_util
int main(const int argc, char** argv)
{
if (argc < 2)
......
return -1;
}
uint32_t fileSize = fs_stat.st_size;
uint64_t fileSize = fs_stat.st_size;
std::cout << "File size: " << fileSize << "\n" << std::endl;
// Read in file
......
inFileStream.read(contents.data(), fileSize);
inFileStream.close();
// TEST1: regular tolower() -----------------------------------------------
// TEST1: regular standard library tolower() ------------------------------
std::vector<char> copy1(contents);
auto start = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
......
auto end = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
auto diff = end - start;
std::cout << "Test 1 -- duration: "
<< std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>(diff).count()
<< " ms" << std::endl;
double test1_duration = std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>(diff).count();
// TEST2: technique 1 -----------------------------------------------------
std::cout << "Test 1: STD lib tolower() -- duration: "
<< std::setw(10) << std::fixed << std::setprecision(3) << test1_duration
<< " ms -- " << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << std::setw(7)
<< speedup(test1_duration, test1_duration) << "%" << std::endl;
// TEST2: bit twiddle with comparison -------------------------------------
std::vector<char> copy2(contents);
start = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
......
end = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
diff = end - start;
std::cout << "Test 2 -- duration: "
<< std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>(diff).count()
<< " ms" << std::endl;
double test2_duration = std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>(diff).count();
std::cout << "Test 2: bit twiddle with comparison -- duration: "
<< std::setw(10) << std::fixed << std::setprecision(3) << test2_duration
<< " ms -- " << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << std::setw(7)
<< speedup(test1_duration, test2_duration) << "%" << std::endl;
#if 0
// Verify copy2
......
outStream1.close();
#endif
// TEST3: technque 2 ------------------------------------------------------
// TEST3: bit twiddle with no comparison ----------------------------------
std::vector<char> copy3(contents);
start = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
......
end = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
diff = end - start;
std::cout << "Test 3 -- duration: "
<< std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>(diff).count()
<< " ms" << std::endl;
double test3_duration = std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>(diff).count();
#if 0
// Verify copy3
std::ofstream outStream2("output_copy3.txt", std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
outStream2.write(copy3.data(), fileSize);
outStream2.close();
#endif
std::cout << "Test 3: bit twiddle w/ no comparison -- duration: "
<< std::setw(10) << std::fixed << std::setprecision(3) << test3_duration
<< " ms -- " << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << std::setw(7)
<< speedup(test1_duration, test3_duration) << "%" << std::endl;
// TEST 4: technique 3 ----------------------------------------------------
// TEST 4: alternate bit twiddle with no comparison -----------------------
std::vector<char> copy4(contents);
start = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
......
end = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
diff = end - start;
std::cout << "Test 4 -- duration: "
<< std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>(diff).count()
<< " ms" << std::endl;
double test4_duration = std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>(diff).count();
std::cout << "Test 4: bit twiddle w/ no comp alt -- duration: "
<< std::setw(10) << std::fixed << std::setprecision(3) << test4_duration
<< " ms -- " << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << std::setw(7)
<< speedup(test1_duration, test4_duration) << "%" << std::endl;
// TEST 5: optimized SIMD (16 bytes at a time) ----------------------------
std::vector<char> copy5(contents);
// NOTE: data buffer size MUST be 16 byte aligned
copy5.reserve(align16(fileSize));
start = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
SIMD_128_tolower(copy5.data(), fileSize);
end = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
diff = end - start;
double test5_duration = std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>(diff).count();
std::cout << "Test 5: optimized SIMD 128 bit (16 byte) -- duration: "
<< std::setw(10) << std::fixed << std::setprecision(3) << test5_duration
<< " ms -- " << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << std::setw(7)
<< speedup(test1_duration, test5_duration) << "%" << std::endl;
// TEST 6: optimized SIMD (32 bytes at a time) ----------------------------
std::vector<char> copy6(contents);
// NOTE: data buffer size MUST be 32 byte aligned
copy6.reserve(align32(fileSize));
start = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
SIMD_256_tolower(copy6.data(), fileSize);
end = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
diff = end - start;
double test6_duration = std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>(diff).count();
std::cout << "Test 6: optimized SIMD 256 bit (32 byte) -- duration: "
<< std::setw(10) << std::fixed << std::setprecision(3) << test6_duration
<< " ms -- " << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << std::setw(7)
<< speedup(test1_duration, test6_duration) << "%" << std::endl;
return 0;
}

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