Frob numeric.c loop so that clang will auto-vectorize it too.
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Frob numeric.c loop so that clang will auto-vectorize it too. Experimentation shows that clang will auto-vectorize the critical multiplication loop if the termination condition is written "i2 < limit" rather than "i2 <= limit". This seems unbelievably stupid, but I've reproduced it on both clang 9.0.1 (RHEL8) and 11.0.3 (macOS Catalina). gcc doesn't care, so tweak the code to do it that way. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAJ3gD9evtA_vBo+WMYMyT-u=keHX7-r8p2w7OSRfXf42LTwCZQ@mail.gmail.com
Files
| Path | Change | +/− |
|---|---|---|
| src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c | modified | +8 −6 |
Discussion
- Auto-vectorization speeds up multiplication of large-precision numerics 15 messages · 2020-06-09 → 2020-09-08