Re: Popcount optimization using AVX512

Devulapalli, Raghuveer <raghuveer.devulapalli@intel.com>

From: Raghuveer Devulapalli <raghuveer.devulapalli@intel.com>
To: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Cc: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
Date: 2024-10-30T20:53:10Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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  1. Fix __attribute__((target(...))) usage.

  2. Use __attribute__((target(...))) for AVX-512 support.

  3. Fix code for probing availability of AVX-512.

  4. Optimize visibilitymap_count() with AVX-512 instructions.

  5. Optimize pg_popcount() with AVX-512 instructions.

  6. Inline pg_popcount() for small buffers.

  7. Avoid function call overhead of pg_popcount() in syslogger.c.

  8. Refactor code for setting pg_popcount* function pointers.

  9. Inline pg_popcount{32,64} into pg_popcount().

  10. Remove MSVC scripts

  11. Use ARMv8 CRC instructions where available.

  12. Use Intel SSE 4.2 CRC instructions where available.

BTW, I just realized function attributes for xsave and avx512 don't work on MSVC (see https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/support-function-target-attribute-and-mutiversioning/10130630). Not sure if you care about it. Its an easy fix (see https://gcc.godbolt.org/z/Pebdj3vMx).