[libc-commits] [libc] [libc][stdfix] Add sqrt for fixed point types. (PR #83042)

[Nick Desaulniers via libc-commits]

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+//===-- Calculate square root of fixed point numbers. -----*- C++ -*-=========//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_LIBC_SRC___SUPPORT_FIXEDPOINT_SQRT_H
+#define LLVM_LIBC_SRC___SUPPORT_FIXEDPOINT_SQRT_H
+
+#include "include/llvm-libc-macros/stdfix-macros.h"
+#include "src/__support/CPP/bit.h"
+#include "src/__support/CPP/type_traits.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/attributes.h"   // LIBC_INLINE
+#include "src/__support/macros/optimization.h" // LIBC_UNLIKELY
+
+#include "fx_rep.h"
+
+#ifdef LIBC_COMPILER_HAS_FIXED_POINT
+
+namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE::fixed_point {
+
+namespace internal {
+
+template <typename T> struct SqrtConfig;
+
+template <> struct SqrtConfig<unsigned short fract> {
+  using Type = unsigned short fract;
+  static constexpr int EXTRA_STEPS = 0;
+};
+
+template <> struct SqrtConfig<unsigned fract> {
+  using Type = unsigned fract;
+  static constexpr int EXTRA_STEPS = 1;
+};
+
+template <> struct SqrtConfig<unsigned long fract> {
+  using Type = unsigned long fract;
+  static constexpr int EXTRA_STEPS = 2;
+};
+
+template <>
+struct SqrtConfig<unsigned short accum> : SqrtConfig<unsigned fract> {};
+
+template <>
+struct SqrtConfig<unsigned accum> : SqrtConfig<unsigned long fract> {};
+
+// TODO: unsigned long accum type is 64-bit, and will need 64-bit fract type.
+// Probably we will use DyadicFloat<64> for intermediate computations instead.
+
+// Linear approximation for the initial values, with errors bounded by:
+//   max(1.5 * 2^-11, eps)
+// Generated with Sollya:
+// > for i from 4 to 15 do {
+//     P = fpminimax(sqrt(x), 1, [|8, 8|], [i * 2^-4, (i + 1)*2^-4],
+//                   fixed, absolute);
+//     print("{", coeff(P, 1), "uhr,", coeff(P, 0), "uhr},");
+//   };
+// Clang is having issues with this array:
+// static constexpr unsigned short fract SQRT_FIRST_APPROX[12][2] = {
+//     {0x1.e8p-1uhr, 0x1.0cp-2uhr}, {0x1.bap-1uhr, 0x1.28p-2uhr},
+//     {0x1.94p-1uhr, 0x1.44p-2uhr}, {0x1.74p-1uhr, 0x1.6p-2uhr},
+//     {0x1.6p-1uhr, 0x1.74p-2uhr},  {0x1.4ep-1uhr, 0x1.88p-2uhr},
+//     {0x1.3ep-1uhr, 0x1.9cp-2uhr}, {0x1.32p-1uhr, 0x1.acp-2uhr},
+//     {0x1.22p-1uhr, 0x1.c4p-2uhr}, {0x1.18p-1uhr, 0x1.d4p-2uhr},
+//     {0x1.08p-1uhr, 0x1.fp-2uhr},  {0x1.04p-1uhr, 0x1.f8p-2uhr},
+// };
+// We are using their storage type instead.
+// TODO(https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/83050): Use fixed point
+// array when the bug is fixed.
+static constexpr uint8_t SQRT_FIRST_APPROX[12][2] = {
+    {244, 67},  {221, 74},  {202, 81},  {186, 88},  {176, 93},  {167, 98},
+    {159, 103}, {153, 107}, {145, 113}, {140, 117}, {132, 124}, {130, 126},
+};
+
+} // namespace internal
+
+template <typename T>
+LIBC_INLINE constexpr cpp::enable_if_t<cpp::is_fixed_point_v<T>, T> sqrt(T x) {
+  using BitType = typename FXRep<T>::StorageType;
+  BitType x_bit = cpp::bit_cast<BitType>(x);
+
+  if (LIBC_UNLIKELY(x_bit == 0))
+    return FXRep<T>::ZERO();
+
+  int leading_zeros = cpp::countl_zero(x_bit);
+  constexpr int STORAGE_LENGTH = sizeof(BitType) * CHAR_BIT;
+  constexpr int EXP_ADJUSTMENT = STORAGE_LENGTH - FXRep<T>::FRACTION_LEN - 1;
+  // x_exp is the real exponent of the leading bit of x.
+  int x_exp = EXP_ADJUSTMENT - leading_zeros;
+  int shift = EXP_ADJUSTMENT - 1 - (x_exp & (~1));
+  // Normalize.
+  x_bit <<= shift;
+  using FracType = typename internal::SqrtConfig<T>::Type;
+  FracType x_frac = cpp::bit_cast<FracType>(x_bit);
+
+  // Use use Newton method to approximate sqrt(a):
+  //   x_{n + 1} = 1/2 (x_n + a / x_n)
+  // For the initial values, we choose x_0
+
+  // Use the leading 4 bits to do look up for sqrt(x).
+  int index = (x_bit >> (STORAGE_LENGTH - 4)) - 4;
+  FracType a = static_cast<FracType>(cpp::bit_cast<unsigned short fract>(
+      internal::SQRT_FIRST_APPROX[index][0]));
+  FracType b = static_cast<FracType>(cpp::bit_cast<unsigned short fract>(
+      internal::SQRT_FIRST_APPROX[index][1]));
+
+  // Initial approximation step.
+  // Estimated error bounds: | r - sqrt(x_frac) | < max(1.5 * 2^-11, eps).
+  FracType r = a * x_frac + b;
+
+  // Further Newton-method iterations for square-root:
+  //   x_{n + 1} = 0.5 * (x_n + a / x_n)
+  // We distribute and do the multiplication by 0.5 first to avoid overflow.
+  // TODO: Investigate the performance and accuracy of using division-free
+  // iterations from:
+  //   Blanchard, J. D. and Chamberland, M., "Newton's Method Without Division",
+  //   The American Mathematical Monthly (2023).
+  //   https://chamberland.math.grinnell.edu/papers/newton.pdf
+  for (int i = 0; i < internal::SqrtConfig<T>::EXTRA_STEPS; ++i) {
+    r = (r >> 1) + (x_frac >> 1) / r;
+  }
+
+  int r_exp = (x_exp >> 1);
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nickdesaulniers wrote:

parens are unnecessary

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/83042