replaced by one vs2025 runner,
which is badly named since it still running MSVC 2022,
but it's a good test that shows that the matrix is able to handle multiple MSVC versions.
Add a 4-way Neon implementation for the convertSequences_noRepcodes
function. Remove 'static' keywords from all of its implementations to
be able to add unit tests.
Relative performance to Clang-18 using: `./fullbench -b18 -l5 enwik5`
Neoverse-V2 before after
Clang-18: 100.000% 311.703%
Clang-19: 100.191% 311.714%
Clang-20: 100.181% 311.723%
GCC-13: 107.520% 252.309%
GCC-14: 107.652% 253.158%
GCC-15: 107.674% 253.168%
Cortex-A720 before after
Clang-18: 100.000% 204.512%
Clang-19: 102.825% 204.600%
Clang-20: 102.807% 204.558%
GCC-13: 110.668% 203.594%
GCC-14: 110.684% 203.978%
GCC-15: 102.864% 204.299%
Co-authored by, Thomas Daubney <Thomas.Daubney@arm.com>
Add a faster scalar implementation of ZSTD_get1BlockSummary which
removes the data dependency of the accumulators in the hot loop to
leverage the superscalar potential of recent out-of-order CPUs.
The new algorithm leverages SWAR (SIMD Within A Register) methodology
to exploit the capabilities of 64-bit architectures. It achieves this
by packing two 32-bit data elements into a single 64-bit register,
enabling parallel operations on these subcomponents while ensuring
that the 32-bit boundaries prevent overflow, thereby optimizing
computational efficiency.
Corresponding unit tests are included.
Relative performance to GCC-13 using: `./fullbench -b19 -l5 enwik5`
Neoverse-V2 before after
GCC-13: 100.000% 290.527%
GCC-14: 100.000% 291.714%
GCC-15: 99.914% 291.495%
Clang-18: 148.072% 264.524%
Clang-19: 148.075% 264.512%
Clang-20: 148.062% 264.490%
Cortex-A720 before after
GCC-13: 100.000% 235.261%
GCC-14: 101.064% 234.903%
GCC-15: 112.977% 218.547%
Clang-18: 127.135% 180.359%
Clang-19: 127.149% 180.297%
Clang-20: 127.154% 180.260%
Co-authored by, Thomas Daubney <Thomas.Daubney@arm.com>
ZSTDMT_freeCCtx calls ZSTDMT_releaseAllJobResources, but ZSTDMT_releaseAllJobResources may be called when ZSTDMT_freeCCtx is called when initialization fails, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference.
LLVM's alias-analysis sometimes fails to see that a static-array member
of a struct cannot alias other members. This patch:
- Reduces array accesses via struct indirection to aid load/store alias
analysis under Clang.
- Converts dynamic array indexing into conditional-move arithmetic,
eliminating branches and extra loads/stores on out-of-order CPUs.
- Reloads the bitstream only when match-length bits are consumed
(assuming each reload only needs to happen once per match-length
read), improving branch-prediction rates.
- Removes the UNLIKELY() hint, which recent compilers already handle
well without cost.
Decompression uplifts on a Neoverse V2 system, using Zstd-1.5.8
compiled with "-O3 -march=armv8.2-a+sve2":
Clang-19 Clang-20 Clang-* GCC-14 GCC-15
1#silesia.tar: +11.556% +16.203% +0.240% +2.216% +7.891%
2#silesia.tar: +15.493% +21.140% -0.041% +2.850% +9.926%
3#silesia.tar: +16.887% +22.570% -0.183% +3.056% +10.660%
4#silesia.tar: +17.785% +23.315% -0.262% +3.343% +11.187%
5#silesia.tar: +18.125% +24.175% -0.466% +3.350% +11.228%
6#silesia.tar: +17.607% +23.339% -0.591% +3.175% +10.851%
7#silesia.tar: +17.463% +22.837% -0.486% +3.292% +10.868%
* Requires Clang-21 support from LLVM commit hash
`a53003fe23cb6c871e72d70ff2d3a075a7490da2`
(Clang-21 hasn’t been released as of this writing)
Co-authored by:
David Sherwood, David.Sherwood@arm.com
Ola Liljedahl, Ola.Liljedahl@arm.com
In the multi-stream multi-symbol Huffman decoder GCC generates
suboptimal code - emitting more loads for HUF_DEltX2 struct member
accesses. Forcing it to use 32-bit loads and bit arithmetic to extract
the necessary parts (UBFX) improves the overall decode speed.
Also avoid integer type conversions in the symbol decodes, which
leads to better instruction selection in table lookup accesses.
On AArch64 the decoder no longer runs into register-pressure limits,
so we can simplify the hot path and improve throughput
Decompression uplifts on a Neoverse V2 system, using Zstd-1.5.8
compiled with "-O3 -march=armv8.2-a+sve2":
Clang-20 Clang-* GCC-13 GCC-14 GCC-15
1#silesia.tar: +0.820% +1.365% +2.480% +1.348% +0.987%
2#silesia.tar: +0.426% +0.784% +1.218% +0.665% +0.554%
3#silesia.tar: +0.112% +0.389% +0.508% +0.188% +0.261%
* Requires Clang-21 support from LLVM commit hash
`a53003fe23cb6c871e72d70ff2d3a075a7490da2`
(Clang-21 hasn’t been released as of this writing)
