Re: add AVX2 support to simd.h

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: John Naylor <johncnaylorls(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Ants Aasma <ants(at)cybertec(dot)at>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: add AVX2 support to simd.h
Date: 2024-03-25 15:21:21
Message-ID: 20240325152121.GB2662364@nathanxps13
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On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 10:03:27AM +0700, John Naylor wrote:
> Seems pretty good. It'd be good to see the results of 2- vs.
> 4-register before committing, because that might lead to some
> restructuring, but maybe it won't, and v8 is already an improvement
> over HEAD.

I tested this the other day [0] (only for x86). The results seemed to
indicate that the 4-register approach was still quite a bit better.

> /* Process the remaining elements one at a time. */
>
> This now does all of them if that path is taken, so "remaining" can be removed.

Right, will do.

[0] https://postgr.es/m/20240321183823.GA1800896%40nathanxps13

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