[Bug c++/31802] New: SSE2 performance is deteriorating when __m128 is placed in union

[yuri at tsoft dot com]

When I compile the following testcase with '-O3 -msse3' options it runs in 
22.562sec, without 'union' clause it runs in 0.280sec. And should be the same
time.

-- begin testcase --
typedef float __v2df __attribute__ ((__vector_size__ (16)));
typedef __v2df __m128;

static __inline __m128 _mm_sub_pd (__m128 __A, __m128 __B) { return
(__m128)__builtin_ia32_subps ((__v2df)__A, (__v2df)__B); }
static __inline __m128 _mm_add_pd (__m128 __A, __m128 __B) { return
(__m128)__builtin_ia32_addps ((__v2df)__A, (__v2df)__B); }
static __inline __m128 _mm_setr_ps (float __Z, float __Y, float __X, float __W)
{ return __extension__ (__m128)(__v2df){ __Z, __Y, __X, __W }; }

struct FF {
  union {__m128 d; float f[4];}; // problem
  // __m128 d; // no problem

  __inline FF() { }
  __inline FF(__m128 new_d) : d(new_d) { }
  __inline FF(float f) : d(_mm_setr_ps(f, f, f, f)) { }

  __inline FF operator+(FF other) { return (FF(_mm_add_pd(d,other.d))); }
  __inline FF operator-(FF other) { return (FF(_mm_sub_pd(d,other.d))); }
};

float f[1024*1024];

int main() {
  int i;

  for (i = 0; i < 1024*1024; i++) { f[i] = 1.f/(1024*1024 + 10 - i); }

  FF total(0.f);

  for (int rpt = 0; rpt < 1000; rpt++) {
  FF p1(0.f), p2(0.), c;

  __m128 *pf = (__m128*)f;
  for (i = 0; i < 1024*1024/4; i++) {
    FF c(*pf++);

    total = total + c - p2 + p1;

    p1 = p2;
    p2 = c;
  }
  }
}
-- end testcase

This bug has similar testcase as 25500 (that's fixed now). Only 'union' clause
was added.

Yuri


-- 
           Summary: SSE2 performance is deteriorating when __m128 is placed
                    in union
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.1.2
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: c++
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: yuri at tsoft dot com


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31802