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Use ARMv8 CRC instructions where available.
authorHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
Wed, 4 Apr 2018 09:22:45 +0000 (12:22 +0300)
committerHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
Wed, 4 Apr 2018 09:22:45 +0000 (12:22 +0300)
commitf044d71e331d77a0039cec0a11859b5a3c72bc95
tree56e60a7bdbe155fc6822b40504d6113320a08b9a
parent638a199fa9459dac42b588ccfcf7003539f37416
Use ARMv8 CRC instructions where available.

ARMv8 introduced special CPU instructions for calculating CRC-32C. Use
them, when available, for speed.

Like with the similar Intel CRC instructions, several factors affect
whether the instructions can be used. The compiler intrinsics for them must
be supported by the compiler, and the instructions must be supported by the
target architecture. If the compilation target architecture does not
support the instructions, but adding "-march=armv8-a+crc" makes them
available, then we compile the code with a runtime check to determine if
the host we're running on supports them or not.

For the runtime check, use glibc getauxval() function. Unfortunately,
that's not very portable, but I couldn't find any more portable way to do
it. If getauxval() is not available, the CRC instructions will still be
used if the target architecture supports them without any additional
compiler flags, but the runtime check will not be available.

Original patch by Yuqi Gu, heavily modified by me. Reviewed by Andres
Freund, Thomas Munro.

Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/HE1PR0801MB1323D171938EABC04FFE7FA9E3110%40HE1PR0801MB1323.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com
config/c-compiler.m4
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configure.in
src/Makefile.global.in
src/include/pg_config.h.in
src/include/port/pg_crc32c.h
src/port/Makefile
src/port/pg_crc32c_armv8.c [new file with mode: 0644]
src/port/pg_crc32c_armv8_choose.c [new file with mode: 0644]
src/port/pg_crc32c_sse42_choose.c [moved from src/port/pg_crc32c_choose.c with 78% similarity]
src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm