Re: Popcount optimization using AVX512

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: "Amonson, Paul D" <paul(dot)d(dot)amonson(at)intel(dot)com>
Cc: "Shankaran, Akash" <akash(dot)shankaran(at)intel(dot)com>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Matthias van de Meent <boekewurm+postgres(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Popcount optimization using AVX512
Date: 2024-02-07 19:53:40
Message-ID: 202402071953.5c4z7t6kl7ts@alvherre.pgsql
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I happened to notice by chance that John Naylor had posted an extension
to measure performance of popcount here:
https://postgr.es/m/CAFBsxsE7otwnfA36Ly44zZO+b7AEWHRFANxR1h1kxveEV=ghLQ@mail.gmail.com

This might be useful as a base for a new one to verify the results of
the proposed patch in machines with relevant instruction support.

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