with the patch below, we now generate a single instruction:
foo: vpternlogq $232, %ymm2, %ymm1, %ymm0
ret
The AVX512 vpternlog[qd] instructions are a very cool addition to the
x86 instruction set, that can calculate any Boolean function of three
inputs in a single fast instruction. As the truth table for any
three-input function has 8 rows, any specific function can be represented
by specifying those bits, i.e. by a 8-bit byte, an immediate integer
between 0 and 256.
Examples of ternary functions and their indices are given below:
A naive implementation (in many compilers) might be add define_insn
patterns for all 256 different functions. The situation is even
worse as many of these Boolean functions don't have a "canonical form"
(as produced by simplify_rtx) and would each need multiple patterns.
See the space-separated equivalent expressions in the table above.
This need to provide instruction "templates" might explain why GCC,
LLVM and ICC all exhibit similar coverage problems in their ability
to recognize x86 ternlog ternary functions.
Perhaps a unique feature of GCC's design is that in addition to regular
define_insn templates, machine descriptions can also perform pattern
matching via a match_operator (and its corresponding predicate).
This patch introduces a ternlog_operand predicate that matches a
(possibly infinite) set of expression trees, identifying those that
have at most three unique operands. This then allows a
define_insn_and_split to recognize suitable expressions and then
transform them into the appropriate UNSPEC_VTERNLOG as a pre-reload
splitter. This design allows combine to smash together arbitrarily
complex Boolean expressions, then transform them into an UNSPEC
before register allocation. As an "optimization", where possible
ix86_expand_ternlog generates a simpler binary operation, using
AND, XOR, IOR or ANDN where possible, and in a few cases attempts
to "canonicalize" the ternlog, by reordering or duplicating operands,
so that later CSE passes have a hope of spotting equivalent values.
This patch leaves the existing ternlog patterns in sse.md (for now),
many of which are made obsolete by these changes. In theory we now
only need one define_insn for UNSPEC_VTERNLOG. One complication from
these previous variants was that they inconsistently used decimal vs.
hexadecimal to specify the immediate constant operand in assembly
language, making the list of tweaks to the testsuite with this patch
larger than it might have been. I propose to remove the vestigial
patterns in a follow-up patch, once this approach has baked (proven
to be stable) on mainline.
2024-06-07 Roger Sayle <roger@nextmovesoftware.com>
Hongtao Liu <hongtao.liu@intel.com>
gcc/ChangeLog
* config/i386/i386-expand.cc (ix86_expand_args_builtin): Call
fixup_modeless_constant before testing predicates. Only call
copy_to_mode_reg on memory operands (after the first one).
(ix86_gen_bcst_mem): Helper function to convert a CONST_VECTOR
into a VEC_DUPLICATE if possible.
(ix86_ternlog_idx): Convert an RTX expression into a ternlog
index between 0 and 255, recording the operands in ARGS, if
possible or return -1 if this is not possible/valid.
(ix86_ternlog_leaf_p): Helper function to identify "leaves"
of a ternlog expression, e.g. REG_P, MEM_P, CONST_VECTOR, etc.
(ix86_ternlog_operand_p): Test whether a expression is suitable
for and prefered as an UNSPEC_TERNLOG.
(ix86_expand_ternlog_binop): Helper function to construct the
binary operation corresponding to a sufficiently simple ternlog.
(ix86_expand_ternlog_andnot): Helper function to construct a
ANDN operation corresponding to a sufficiently simple ternlog.
(ix86_expand_ternlog): Expand a 3-operand ternary logic
expression, constructing either an UNSPEC_TERNLOG or simpler
rtx expression. Called from builtin expanders and pre-reload
splitters.
* config/i386/i386-protos.h (ix86_ternlog_idx): Prototype here.
(ix86_ternlog_operand_p): Likewise.
(ix86_expand_ternlog): Likewise.
* config/i386/predicates.md (ternlog_operand): New predicate
that calls xi86_ternlog_operand_p.
* config/i386/sse.md (<avx512>_vpternlog<mode>_0): New
define_insn_and_split that recognizes a SET_SRC of ternlog_operand
and expands it via ix86_expand_ternlog pre-reload.
(<avx512>_vternlog<mode>_mask): Convert from define_insn to
define_expand. Use ix86_expand_ternlog if the mask operand is
~0 (or 255 or -1).
(*<avx512>_vternlog<mode>_mask): define_insn renamed from above.
* gcc.target/i386/avx512f-vpternlogd-3.c: New 128-bit test case.
* gcc.target/i386/avx512f-vpternlogd-4.c: New 256-bit test case.
* gcc.target/i386/avx512f-vpternlogd-5.c: New 512-bit test case.
* gcc.target/i386/avx512f-vpternlogq-3.c: New test case.