[PATCH v3] Avoid manual shift-and-test logic in AllocSetFreeIndex - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jeremy Kerr
Subject [PATCH v3] Avoid manual shift-and-test logic in AllocSetFreeIndex
Date
Msg-id 1246345697.45390.889305672663.1.gpush@pingu
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Responses Re: [PATCH v3] Avoid manual shift-and-test logic in AllocSetFreeIndex  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Move the shift-and-test login into a separate fls() function, which
can use __builtin_clz() if it's available.

This requires a new check for __builtin_clz in the configure script.

Results in a ~2% performance increase on PowerPC.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>

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v3: respin as context diff

---configure.in                  |   13 +++++++++++++src/backend/utils/mmgr/aset.c |   34
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------2files changed, 40 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 

*** a/configure.in
--- b/configure.in
***************
*** 1361,1366 **** case $host_os in
--- 1361,1379 ----         AC_FUNC_FSEEKO;; esac 
+ # GCC builtins
+ #
+ # We need AC_TRY_LINK here, as the prototype generated by AC_CHECK_FUNC
+ # will cause gcc to try to reference a non-builtin symbol.
+ 
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for __builtin_clz])
+ AC_TRY_LINK([],
+         [__builtin_clz(0);],
+         [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BUILTIN_CLZ, 1,
+                 [Define to 1 if you have __builtin_clz().])
+             AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],
+         [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)])
+   # # Pthreads
*** a/src/backend/utils/mmgr/aset.c
--- b/src/backend/utils/mmgr/aset.c
***************
*** 255,260 **** static MemoryContextMethods AllocSetMethods = {
--- 255,285 ---- #define AllocAllocInfo(_cxt, _chunk) #endif 
+ /*
+  * fls: find last set bit.
+  *
+  * Returns the 1-based index of the most-significant bit in x. The MSB
+  * is bit number 32, the LSB is bit number 1. If x is zero, the result is
+  * undefined.
+  */
+ static inline int
+ fls(unsigned int x)
+ {
+ #ifdef HAVE_BUILTIN_CLZ
+     return 32 - __builtin_clz(x);
+ #else
+     int ls = 0;
+ 
+     while (x != 0)
+     {
+         ls++;
+         x >>= 1;
+     }
+ 
+     return ls;
+ #endif
+ }
+  /* ----------  * AllocSetFreeIndex -  *
***************
*** 268,281 **** AllocSetFreeIndex(Size size) {     int            idx = 0; 
!     if (size > 0)     {
!         size = (size - 1) >> ALLOC_MINBITS;
!         while (size != 0)
!         {
!             idx++;
!             size >>= 1;
!         }         Assert(idx < ALLOCSET_NUM_FREELISTS);     } 
--- 293,301 ---- {     int            idx = 0; 
!     if (size > (1 << ALLOC_MINBITS))     {
!         idx = fls((size - 1) >> ALLOC_MINBITS);         Assert(idx < ALLOCSET_NUM_FREELISTS);     } 


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