On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 4:07 PM Hongtao Liu <crazy...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 3:55 PM Hongtao Liu <crazy...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 3:49 PM Richard Biener via Gcc-patches
> > <gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 9:42 AM Uros Bizjak <ubiz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 9:40 AM Richard Biener
> > > > <richard.guent...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 3:13 AM liuhongt <hongtao....@intel.com> 
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Currently we have 3 different independent tunes for gather
> > > > > > "use_gather,use_gather_2parts,use_gather_4parts",
> > > > > > similar for scatter, there're
> > > > > > "use_scatter,use_scatter_2parts,use_scatter_4parts"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The patch support 2 standardizing options to enable/disable
> > > > > > vectorization for all gather/scatter instructions. The options is
> > > > > > interpreted by driver to 3 tunes.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > bootstrapped and regtested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.
> > > > > > Ok for trunk?
> > > > >
> > > > > I think -mgather/-mscatter are too close to -mfma suggesting they
> > > > > enable part of an ISA but they won't disable the use of intrinsics
> > > > > or enable gather/scatter on CPUs where the ISA doesn't have them.
> > > > >
> > > > > May I suggest to invent a more generic "short-cut" to
> > > > > -mtune-ctrl=^X, maybe -mdisable=X?  And for gather/scatter
> > > > > tunables add ^use_gather_any to cover all cases?  (or
> > > > > change what use_gather controls - it seems we changed its
> > > > > meaning before, and instead add use_gather_8parts and
> > > > > use_gather_16parts)
> > > > >
> > > > > That is, what's the point of this?
The point of this is to keep consistent between GCC, LLVM, and
ICX(Intel® oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler) .
LLVM,ICX will support that option.
> > > >
> > > > https://www.phoronix.com/review/downfall
> > > >
> > > > that caused:
> > > >
> > > > https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-downfall-benchmarks
> > >
> > > Yes, I know.  But there's -mtune-ctl=<very long line> doing the trick.
> > > GCC 11 had only 'use_gather', covering all number of lanes.  I suggest
> > > to resurrect that behavior and add use_gather_8+parts (or two, IIRC
> > > gather works only on SI/SFmode or larger).
> > >
> > > Then -mtune-ctl=^use_gather works which I think is nice enough?
> > So basically, -mtune-ctrl=^use_gather is used to turn off all gather
> > vectorization, but -mtune-ctrl=use_gather doesn't turn on all of them?
> > We don't have an extrat explicit flag for target tune, just single bit
> > - ix86_tune_features[X86_TUNE_USE_GATHER]
> Looks like I can handle it specially in parse_mtune_ctrl_str, let me try.
> > >
> > > Richard.
> > >
> > > > Uros.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > BR,
> > Hongtao
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>
> --
> BR,
> Hongtao



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BR,
Hongtao

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