On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 9:28 AM H.J. Lu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 2:49 PM Richard Biener
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 8:24 AM H.J. Lu <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM Richard Biener
> > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 10:32 AM H.J. Lu <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM Richard Biener
> > > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM H.J. Lu <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Double unaligned load and store cost if the vector mode size is 
> > > > > > > less
> > > > > > > than 8 bytes and the number of vector element is less than 4 when 
> > > > > > > SSE
> > > > > > > is enabled to avoid using vector instructions on unaligned short 
> > > > > > > data
> > > > > > > with 2 vector elements so that for
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > extern char *var1;
> > > > > > > extern int var2;
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > void
> > > > > > > func (void)
> > > > > > > {
> > > > > > >   var2 = var1[1] + var1[0];
> > > > > > > }
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > we generate
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > movq var1(%rip), %rdx
> > > > > > > movsbl 1(%rdx), %eax
> > > > > > > movsbl (%rdx), %edx
> > > > > > > addl %edx, %eax
> > > > > > > movl %eax, var2(%rip)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > instead of
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > movq var1(%rip), %rax
> > > > > > > pxor %xmm1, %xmm1
> > > > > > > pinsrw $0, (%rax), %xmm0
> > > > > > > pcmpgtb %xmm0, %xmm1
> > > > > > > punpcklbw %xmm1, %xmm0
> > > > > > > movdqa %xmm0, %xmm1
> > > > > > > psraw $15, %xmm1
> > > > > > > punpcklwd %xmm1, %xmm0
> > > > > > > movd %xmm0, %edx
> > > > > > > pshufd $0xe5, %xmm0, %xmm2
> > > > > > > movd %xmm2, %eax
> > > > > > > addl %edx, %eax
> > > > > > > movl %eax, var2(%rip)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > with -O2 -march=x86-64.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Compile PR 125100 tests with -mno-sse since unaligned V2QImode 
> > > > > > > load is no
> > > > > > > longer generated when SSE is enabled.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Instead of just doubling the load/store cost can we try to more 
> > > > > > accurately
> > > > > > model the cost of loading of 1, 2 or 4 byte vectors to SSE 
> > > > > > registers?
> > > > > > For example with SSE4 we get
> > > > > >
> > > > > >         movq    var1(%rip), %rax
> > > > > >         pinsrw  $0, (%rax), %xmm0
> > > > > >         pmovsxbd        %xmm0, %xmm0
> > > > > >         movd    %xmm0, %edx
> > > > > >         pextrd  $1, %xmm0, %eax
> > > > > >         addl    %edx, %eax
> > > > > >         movl    %eax, var2(%rip)
> > > > > >         ret
> > > > >
> > > > > Is this really better than
> > > > >
> > > > >  movq var1(%rip), %rdx
> > > > > movswl 2(%rdx), %eax
> > > > > movswl (%rdx), %edx
> > > > > addl %edx, %eax
> > > > > movl %eax, var2(%rip)
> > > >
> > > > No, but it's better than the SSE2 version ;)  If you just want to 
> > > > prevent
> > > > these small vectorizations you can deny any scalar_cost < 30 
> > > > vectorizations
> > > > or so.  I thought the point is to make the costing more precise - you
> > > > correctly identified at least HImode -> XMM loads/stores to be not 
> > > > accurately
> > > > costed.
> > > >
> > >
> > > The problems are V2QImode and V2HImode.  Others seem OK.
> >
> > But I see movd (%rax), %xmm0 for V2HImode, so that seems fine
> > for loads and stores.
> >
> >         movd    (%rdi), %xmm0
> >         paddw   %xmm0, %xmm0
> >         movd    %xmm0, x(%rip)
> >
> > For V2QImode:
> >
> >         pinsrw  $0, (%rdi), %xmm0
> >         paddb   %xmm0, %xmm0
> >         movd    %xmm0, %eax
> >         movw    %ax, x(%rip)
> >
> > so even SSE2 has pinsrw for the load but nothing for the store (SSE4
> > has pextrw there).
> >
> > So what am I missing?
> >
>
> For
>
> extern short *var1;
> extern int var2;
>
> void
> func (void)
> {
>   var2 = var1[1] + var1[0];
> }
>
> -O2 generates:
>
>  movq var1(%rip), %rax
> movd (%rax), %xmm0
> movdqa %xmm0, %xmm1
> psraw $15, %xmm1
> punpcklwd %xmm1, %xmm0
> movd %xmm0, %edx
> pshufd $0xe5, %xmm0, %xmm2
> movd %xmm2, %eax
> addl %edx, %eax
> movl %eax, var2(%rip)
>
> With SSE4, we get
>
> movq var1(%rip), %rax
> movd (%rax), %xmm0
> pmovsxwd %xmm0, %xmm0
> movd %xmm0, %edx
> pextrd $1, %xmm0, %eax
> addl %edx, %eax
> movl %eax, var2(%rip)
>
> It isn't much better than
>
> movq var1(%rip), %rdx
> movswl 2(%rdx), %eax
> movswl (%rdx), %edx
> addl %edx, %eax
> movl %eax, var2(%rip)

I'm not arguing about the profitability of the vectorization.  I'm arguing
of wheter the costing of the V2HImode load is wrong.  That doesn't seem
to be the case?

>
> --
> H.J.

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