Re: [PATCH v1] x86: Use regular casting instead of _cvtmask64_u64 in strstr-avx512

[Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 3:07 PM Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> _cvtmask64_u64 is not available before GCC7.
> ---
>  sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strstr-avx512.c | 12 +++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strstr-avx512.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strstr-avx512.c
> index 2ab9e96db8..e41b44abe1 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strstr-avx512.c
> +++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strstr-avx512.c
> @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
>  #define ZMM_SIZE_IN_BYTES 64
>  #define PAGESIZE 4096
>
> +#define cvtmask64_u64(...) (uint64_t) (__VA_ARGS__)
> +
>  /*
>   Returns the index of the first edge within the needle, returns 0 if no edge
>   is found. Example: 'ab' is the first edge in 'aaaaaaaaaabaarddg'
> @@ -133,15 +135,15 @@ __strstr_avx512 (const char *haystack, const char *ned)
>    __m512i hay0 = _mm512_maskz_loadu_epi8 (loadmask, haystack + hay_index);
>    /* Search for NULL and compare only till null char */
>    uint64_t nullmask
> -      = _cvtmask64_u64 (_mm512_mask_testn_epi8_mask (loadmask, hay0, hay0));
> +      = cvtmask64_u64 (_mm512_mask_testn_epi8_mask (loadmask, hay0, hay0));
>    uint64_t cmpmask = nullmask ^ (nullmask - ONE_64BIT);
> -  cmpmask = cmpmask & _cvtmask64_u64 (loadmask);
> +  cmpmask = cmpmask & cvtmask64_u64 (loadmask);
>    /* Search for the 2 charaters of needle */
>    __mmask64 k0 = _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask (hay0, ned0);
>    __mmask64 k1 = _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask (hay0, ned1);
>    k1 = _kshiftri_mask64 (k1, 1);
>    /* k2 masks tell us if both chars from needle match */
> -  uint64_t k2 = _cvtmask64_u64 (_kand_mask64 (k0, k1)) & cmpmask;
> +  uint64_t k2 = cvtmask64_u64 (_kand_mask64 (k0, k1)) & cmpmask;
>    /* For every match, search for the entire needle for a full match */
>    while (k2)
>      {
> @@ -178,13 +180,13 @@ __strstr_avx512 (const char *haystack, const char *ned)
>        hay0 = _mm512_loadu_si512 (haystack + hay_index);
>        hay1 = _mm512_load_si512 (haystack + hay_index
>                                  + 1); // Always 64 byte aligned
> -      nullmask = _cvtmask64_u64 (_mm512_testn_epi8_mask (hay1, hay1));
> +      nullmask = cvtmask64_u64 (_mm512_testn_epi8_mask (hay1, hay1));
>        /* Compare only till null char */
>        cmpmask = nullmask ^ (nullmask - ONE_64BIT);
>        k0 = _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask (hay0, ned0);
>        k1 = _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask (hay1, ned1);
>        /* k2 masks tell us if both chars from needle match */
> -      k2 = _cvtmask64_u64 (_kand_mask64 (k0, k1)) & cmpmask;
> +      k2 = cvtmask64_u64 (_kand_mask64 (k0, k1)) & cmpmask;
>        /* For every match, compare full strings for potential match */
>        while (k2)
>          {
> --
> 2.34.1
>

Sunil, can you see if this fixed the build issue with gcc6?