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<a href=https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/111433>111433</a>
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[BMI2] Interleaving bitstrings should compile to `pdep`s
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Validark
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<pre>
I can write a bitstring interleave easily like so, in Zig:
```zig
const std = @import("std");
export fn foo(a: u32, b: u32) u64 {
return @bitCast(std.simd.interlace(.{
@as(@Vector(32, u1), @bitCast(a)),
@as(@Vector(32, u1), @bitCast(b))
}));
}
```
After optimizations, LLVM sees this:
```llvm
define dso_local i64 @foo(i32 %0, i32 %1) local_unnamed_addr {
Entry:
%2 = bitcast i32 %0 to <32 x i1>
%3 = bitcast i32 %1 to <32 x i1>
%4 = shufflevector <32 x i1> %2, <32 x i1> %3, <64 x i32> <i32 0, i32 32, i32 1, i32 33, i32 2, i32 34, i32 3, i32 35, i32 4, i32 36, i32 5, i32 37, i32 6, i32 38, i32 7, i32 39, i32 8, i32 40, i32 9, i32 41, i32 10, i32 42, i32 11, i32 43, i32 12, i32 44, i32 13, i32 45, i32 14, i32 46, i32 15, i32 47, i32 16, i32 48, i32 17, i32 49, i32 18, i32 50, i32 19, i32 51, i32 20, i32 52, i32 21, i32 53, i32 22, i32 54, i32 23, i32 55, i32 24, i32 56, i32 25, i32 57, i32 26, i32 58, i32 27, i32 59, i32 28, i32 60, i32 29, i32 61, i32 30, i32 62, i32 31, i32 63>
%5 = bitcast <64 x i1> %4 to i64
ret i64 %5
}
```
It would be nice if this could be recognized as interleaving the bits, and emit a nice algorithm to accomplish that.
Currently, it compiles like so on znver4:
```asm
.LCPI0_0:
.byte 0
.byte 64
.byte 1
.byte 65
.byte 2
.byte 66
.byte 3
.byte 67
.byte 4
.byte 68
.byte 5
.byte 69
.byte 6
.byte 70
.byte 7
.byte 71
.byte 8
.byte 72
.byte 9
.byte 73
.byte 10
.byte 74
.byte 11
.byte 75
.byte 12
.byte 76
.byte 13
.byte 77
.byte 14
.byte 78
.byte 15
.byte 79
.byte 16
.byte 80
.byte 17
.byte 81
.byte 18
.byte 82
.byte 19
.byte 83
.byte 20
.byte 84
.byte 21
.byte 85
.byte 22
.byte 86
.byte 23
.byte 87
.byte 24
.byte 88
.byte 25
.byte 89
.byte 26
.byte 90
.byte 27
.byte 91
.byte 28
.byte 92
.byte 29
.byte 93
.byte 30
.byte 94
.byte 31
.byte 95
foo:
vmovdqa64 zmm2, zmmword ptr [rip + .LCPI0_0]
kmovd k0, edi
kmovd k1, esi
vpmovm2b zmm0, k1
vpmovm2b zmm1, k0
vpermi2b zmm2, zmm1, zmm0
vpmovb2m k0, zmm2
kmovq rax, k0
vzeroupper
ret
```
On Zen 3 and before, it's a lot worse.
I believe it should compile like so, on machines that have a fast `pdep` instruction:
```asm
foo:
movabs rax, 6148914691236517205
pdep rcx, rdi, rax
pdep rax, rsi, rax
lea rax, [rax + 2*rcx]
ret
```
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