libstdc++: Conditionally use floating-point fetch_add builtins
- Some hardware has support for floating point atomic fetch_add (and
similar).
- There are existing compilers targetting this hardware that use
libstdc++ -- e.g. NVC++.
- Since the libstdc++ atomic<float>::fetch_add and similar is written
directly as a CAS loop these compilers can not emit optimal code when
seeing such constructs.
- I hope to use __atomic_fetch_add builtins on floating point types
directly in libstdc++ so these compilers can emit better code.
- Clang already handles some floating point types in the
__atomic_fetch_add family of builtins.
- In order to only use this when available, I originally thought I could
check against the resolved versions of the builtin in a manner
something like `__has_builtin(__atomic_fetch_add_<fp-suffix>)`.
I then realised that clang does not expose resolved versions of these
atomic builtins to the user.
From the clang discourse it was suggested we instead use SFINAE (which
clang already supports).
- I have recently pushed a patch for allowing the use of SFINAE on
builtins:
r15-6042-g9ed094a817ecaf
Now that patch is committed, this patch does not change what happens
for GCC, while it uses the builtin for codegen with clang.
- I have previously sent a patchset upstream adding the ability to use
__atomic_fetch_add and similar on floating point types.
https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2024-November/668754.html
Once that patchset is upstream (plus the automatic linking of
libatomic as Joseph pointed out in the email below
https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2024-October/665408.html )
then current GCC should start to use the builtin branch added in this
patch.
So *currently*, this patch allows external compilers (NVC++ in
particular) to generate better code, and similarly lets clang understand
the operation better since it maps to a known builtin.
I hope that by GCC 16 this patch would also allow GCC to understand the
operation better via mapping to a known builtin.
libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog:
* include/bits/atomic_base.h (__atomic_fetch_addable): Define
new concept.
(__atomic_impl::__fetch_add_flt): Use new concept to make use of
__atomic_fetch_add when available.
(__atomic_fetch_subtractable, __fetch_sub_flt): Likewise.
(__atomic_add_fetchable, __add_fetch_flt): Likewise.
(__atomic_sub_fetchable, __sub_fetch_flt): Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Malcomson <mmalcomson@nvidia.com>
Co-authored-by: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>