<div dir="ltr">Hi Sam.<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the reply. This is not exactly what I was looking for. </div><div><br></div><div>Say I have a loop that looks like this:</div><div><br></div><div>sum = 0</div><div>for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)</div><div> sum += (a[i] + b[i])</div><div><br></div><div>I would like a compiler to do the following:</div><div><br></div><div>vector.load vector.r0, addressOfA</div><div>vector.load vector.r1, addressOfB<br></div><div>vector.add vector.r0, vector.r0, vector.r1</div><div>sumreduce gpr.r0, vector.r0</div><div><br></div><div>Another scenario is adding all the elements of the array (this is probably a better example)</div><div>sum = 0</div><div>for (i = i; i < 4; i++)</div><div> sum += a[i]</div><div><br></div><div>would be converted to </div><div>vector.load vector.r0, addressOfA</div><div>sumreduce gpr.r0, vector.r0</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>If you can assist with this, I would greatly appreciate it.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 2:57 AM, Sam Parker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Sam.Parker@arm.com" target="_blank">Sam.Parker@arm.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>If you want to reduce the elements of a vector to a scalar sum, isn't the source operand a vector already? If this is the case, you'll want to extract each element and then use the three adds, something like:</p>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> llvm-dev <<a href="mailto:llvm-dev-bounces@lists.llvm.org" target="_blank">llvm-dev-bounces@lists.llvm.org</a>> on behalf of Rail Shafigulin via llvm-dev <<a href="mailto:llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org" target="_blank">llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 16 May 2016 22:56:25<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [llvm-dev] Struggling to define a simple instruction</font>
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<div dir="ltr">I'm trying to figure out how I can define and make LLVM target a simple instruction.
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<div>The instruction is very simple, it adds all of the elements of the vector register. Lets' call it sum_reduce.</div>
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<div>Defining a vector add was simple. All I had to do is to simply change the register type used by a regular add instruction and that was it. However I'm really struggling to define this new instruction.</div>
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<div>Initially I thought that I would replace a chain of 3 adds with insert_element instructions, but that defeats the purpose of sum_reduce, since it would mean that I have to insert operators 4 times into a vector register and then add everything. This turns
it into more instructions than the original chain of 3 adds. </div>
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<div>I've also looked at X86 HADD instructions but also have difficulty understanding how to implement something similar to it in my target.</div>
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<div>I've annoyed enough people on the LLVM IRC channel. And they have been really helpful, unfortunately I feel that if I ask more they'll stop answering completely :D</div>
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<div>At this point I wouldn't mind some handholding. I can provide more code if needed
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<div>Any help on the issue is really appreciated.</div>
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