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Subject: [PATCH v8 2/3] Remove specialized word-length popcount implementations.
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:31:20 -0600
The uses of these functions do not justify the level of
micro-optimization we've done and may even hurt performance in some
cases (e.g., due to using function pointers). This commit removes
all architecture-specific implementations of pg_popcount{32,64}()
and converts the portable ones to inlined functions in
pg_bitutils.h. These inlined versions should produce the same code
as before (but inlined), so in theory this is a net gain for many
machines. As an exception, for x86-64/gcc without sse4.2/popcnt,
we use a plain C version to ensure inlining because
__builtin_popcount() and __builtin_popcountl() generate function
calls for that configuration. Our tests indicate this is still a
net win.
Suggested-by: John Naylor <johncnaylorls@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: John Naylor <johncnaylorls@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Greg Burd <greg@burd.me>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CANWCAZY7R%2Biy%2Br9YM_sySNydHzNqUirx1xk0tB3ej5HO62GdgQ%40mail.gmail.com
---
src/include/port/pg_bitutils.h | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
src/port/pg_bitutils.c | 65 +-------------------------
src/port/pg_popcount_aarch64.c | 25 ----------
src/port/pg_popcount_x86.c | 43 +-----------------
4 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 153 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/include/port/pg_bitutils.h b/src/include/port/pg_bitutils.h
index c3049d71894..08b9abf5fe7 100644
--- a/src/include/port/pg_bitutils.h
+++ b/src/include/port/pg_bitutils.h
@@ -276,46 +276,83 @@ pg_ceil_log2_64(uint64 num)
return pg_leftmost_one_pos64(num - 1) + 1;
}
-extern int pg_popcount32_portable(uint32 word);
-extern int pg_popcount64_portable(uint64 word);
extern uint64 pg_popcount_portable(const char *buf, int bytes);
extern uint64 pg_popcount_masked_portable(const char *buf, int bytes, bits8 mask);
-#ifdef HAVE_X86_64_POPCNTQ
+#if defined(HAVE_X86_64_POPCNTQ) || defined(USE_SVE_POPCNT_WITH_RUNTIME_CHECK)
/*
- * Attempt to use SSE4.2 or AVX-512 instructions, but perform a runtime check
+ * Attempt to use specialized CPU instructions, but perform a runtime check
* first.
*/
-extern PGDLLIMPORT int (*pg_popcount32) (uint32 word);
-extern PGDLLIMPORT int (*pg_popcount64) (uint64 word);
extern PGDLLIMPORT uint64 (*pg_popcount_optimized) (const char *buf, int bytes);
extern PGDLLIMPORT uint64 (*pg_popcount_masked_optimized) (const char *buf, int bytes, bits8 mask);
-#elif defined(USE_NEON)
-/* Use the Neon version of pg_popcount{32,64} without function pointer. */
-extern int pg_popcount32(uint32 word);
-extern int pg_popcount64(uint64 word);
-
-/*
- * We can try to use an SVE-optimized pg_popcount() on some systems For that,
- * we do use a function pointer.
- */
-#ifdef USE_SVE_POPCNT_WITH_RUNTIME_CHECK
-extern PGDLLIMPORT uint64 (*pg_popcount_optimized) (const char *buf, int bytes);
-extern PGDLLIMPORT uint64 (*pg_popcount_masked_optimized) (const char *buf, int bytes, bits8 mask);
#else
+/* Use a portable implementation -- no need for a function pointer. */
extern uint64 pg_popcount_optimized(const char *buf, int bytes);
extern uint64 pg_popcount_masked_optimized(const char *buf, int bytes, bits8 mask);
+
#endif
+/*
+ * pg_popcount32
+ * Return the number of 1 bits set in word
+ *
+ * Plain C version adapted from
+ * https://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#CountBitsSetParallel.
+ */
+static inline int
+pg_popcount32(uint32 word)
+{
+ /*
+ * On x86, gcc generates a function call for this built-in unless the
+ * popcnt instruction is available, so we use the plain C version in that
+ * case to ensure inlining.
+ */
+#if defined(HAVE__BUILTIN_POPCOUNT) && (defined(__POPCNT__) || !defined(__x86_64__))
+ return __builtin_popcount(word);
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+ return __popcnt(word);
#else
-/* Use a portable implementation -- no need for a function pointer. */
-extern int pg_popcount32(uint32 word);
-extern int pg_popcount64(uint64 word);
-extern uint64 pg_popcount_optimized(const char *buf, int bytes);
-extern uint64 pg_popcount_masked_optimized(const char *buf, int bytes, bits8 mask);
+ word -= (word >> 1) & 0x55555555;
+ word = (word & 0x33333333) + ((word >> 2) & 0x33333333);
+ return ((word + (word >> 4) & 0xf0f0f0f) * 0x1010101) >> 24;
+#endif
+}
+/*
+ * pg_popcount64
+ * Return the number of 1 bits set in word
+ *
+ * Plain C version adapted from
+ * https://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#CountBitsSetParallel.
+ */
+static inline int
+pg_popcount64(uint64 word)
+{
+ /*
+ * On x86, gcc generates a function call for this built-in unless the
+ * popcnt instruction is available, so we use the plain C version in that
+ * case to ensure inlining.
+ */
+#if defined(HAVE__BUILTIN_POPCOUNT) && (defined(__POPCNT__) || !defined(__x86_64__))
+#if SIZEOF_LONG == 8
+ return __builtin_popcountl(word);
+#elif SIZEOF_LONG_LONG == 8
+ return __builtin_popcountll(word);
+#else
+#error "cannot find integer of the same size as uint64_t"
#endif
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+ return __popcnt64(word);
+#else
+ word -= (word >> 1) & UINT64CONST(0x5555555555555555);
+ word = (word & UINT64CONST(0x3333333333333333)) +
+ ((word >> 2) & UINT64CONST(0x3333333333333333));
+ word = (word + (word >> 4)) & UINT64CONST(0xf0f0f0f0f0f0f0f);
+ return (word * UINT64CONST(0x101010101010101)) >> 56;
+#endif
+}
/*
* Returns the number of 1-bits in buf.
diff --git a/src/port/pg_bitutils.c b/src/port/pg_bitutils.c
index bec06c06fc3..49b130f1306 100644
--- a/src/port/pg_bitutils.c
+++ b/src/port/pg_bitutils.c
@@ -96,56 +96,6 @@ const uint8 pg_number_of_ones[256] = {
4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 7, 5, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 7, 8
};
-/*
- * pg_popcount32_portable
- * Return the number of 1 bits set in word
- */
-int
-pg_popcount32_portable(uint32 word)
-{
-#ifdef HAVE__BUILTIN_POPCOUNT
- return __builtin_popcount(word);
-#else /* !HAVE__BUILTIN_POPCOUNT */
- int result = 0;
-
- while (word != 0)
- {
- result += pg_number_of_ones[word & 255];
- word >>= 8;
- }
-
- return result;
-#endif /* HAVE__BUILTIN_POPCOUNT */
-}
-
-/*
- * pg_popcount64_portable
- * Return the number of 1 bits set in word
- */
-int
-pg_popcount64_portable(uint64 word)
-{
-#ifdef HAVE__BUILTIN_POPCOUNT
-#if SIZEOF_LONG == 8
- return __builtin_popcountl(word);
-#elif SIZEOF_LONG_LONG == 8
- return __builtin_popcountll(word);
-#else
-#error "cannot find integer of the same size as uint64_t"
-#endif
-#else /* !HAVE__BUILTIN_POPCOUNT */
- int result = 0;
-
- while (word != 0)
- {
- result += pg_number_of_ones[word & 255];
- word >>= 8;
- }
-
- return result;
-#endif /* HAVE__BUILTIN_POPCOUNT */
-}
-
/*
* pg_popcount_portable
* Returns the number of 1-bits in buf
@@ -163,7 +113,7 @@ pg_popcount_portable(const char *buf, int bytes)
while (bytes >= 8)
{
- popcnt += pg_popcount64_portable(*words++);
+ popcnt += pg_popcount64(*words++);
bytes -= 8;
}
@@ -197,7 +147,7 @@ pg_popcount_masked_portable(const char *buf, int bytes, bits8 mask)
while (bytes >= 8)
{
- popcnt += pg_popcount64_portable(*words++ & maskv);
+ popcnt += pg_popcount64(*words++ & maskv);
bytes -= 8;
}
@@ -220,17 +170,6 @@ pg_popcount_masked_portable(const char *buf, int bytes, bits8 mask)
* actual external functions. The compiler should be able to inline the
* portable versions here.
*/
-int
-pg_popcount32(uint32 word)
-{
- return pg_popcount32_portable(word);
-}
-
-int
-pg_popcount64(uint64 word)
-{
- return pg_popcount64_portable(word);
-}
/*
* pg_popcount_optimized
diff --git a/src/port/pg_popcount_aarch64.c b/src/port/pg_popcount_aarch64.c
index ba57f2cd4bd..74f71593721 100644
--- a/src/port/pg_popcount_aarch64.c
+++ b/src/port/pg_popcount_aarch64.c
@@ -291,31 +291,6 @@ pg_popcount_masked_optimized(const char *buf, int bytes, bits8 mask)
#endif /* ! USE_SVE_POPCNT_WITH_RUNTIME_CHECK */
-/*
- * pg_popcount32
- * Return number of 1 bits in word
- */
-int
-pg_popcount32(uint32 word)
-{
- return pg_popcount64((uint64) word);
-}
-
-/*
- * pg_popcount64
- * Return number of 1 bits in word
- */
-int
-pg_popcount64(uint64 word)
-{
- /*
- * For some compilers, __builtin_popcountl() already emits Neon
- * instructions. The line below should compile to the same code on those
- * systems.
- */
- return vaddv_u8(vcnt_u8(vld1_u8((const uint8 *) &word)));
-}
-
/*
* pg_popcount_neon
* Returns number of 1 bits in buf
diff --git a/src/port/pg_popcount_x86.c b/src/port/pg_popcount_x86.c
index 7aebf69898b..6bce089432f 100644
--- a/src/port/pg_popcount_x86.c
+++ b/src/port/pg_popcount_x86.c
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
* operation, but in practice this is close enough, and "sse42" seems easier to
* follow than "popcnt" for these names.
*/
-static inline int pg_popcount32_sse42(uint32 word);
-static inline int pg_popcount64_sse42(uint64 word);
static uint64 pg_popcount_sse42(const char *buf, int bytes);
static uint64 pg_popcount_masked_sse42(const char *buf, int bytes, bits8 mask);
@@ -55,12 +53,8 @@ static uint64 pg_popcount_masked_avx512(const char *buf, int bytes, bits8 mask);
* what the current CPU supports) and then will call the pointer to fulfill the
* caller's request.
*/
-static int pg_popcount32_choose(uint32 word);
-static int pg_popcount64_choose(uint64 word);
static uint64 pg_popcount_choose(const char *buf, int bytes);
static uint64 pg_popcount_masked_choose(const char *buf, int bytes, bits8 mask);
-int (*pg_popcount32) (uint32 word) = pg_popcount32_choose;
-int (*pg_popcount64) (uint64 word) = pg_popcount64_choose;
uint64 (*pg_popcount_optimized) (const char *buf, int bytes) = pg_popcount_choose;
uint64 (*pg_popcount_masked_optimized) (const char *buf, int bytes, bits8 mask) = pg_popcount_masked_choose;
@@ -157,7 +151,7 @@ pg_popcount_avx512_available(void)
#endif /* USE_AVX512_POPCNT_WITH_RUNTIME_CHECK */
/*
- * These functions get called on the first call to pg_popcount32 etc.
+ * These functions get called on the first call to pg_popcount(), etc.
* They detect whether we can use the asm implementations, and replace
* the function pointers so that subsequent calls are routed directly to
* the chosen implementation.
@@ -167,15 +161,11 @@ choose_popcount_functions(void)
{
if (pg_popcount_sse42_available())
{
- pg_popcount32 = pg_popcount32_sse42;
- pg_popcount64 = pg_popcount64_sse42;
pg_popcount_optimized = pg_popcount_sse42;
pg_popcount_masked_optimized = pg_popcount_masked_sse42;
}
else
{
- pg_popcount32 = pg_popcount32_portable;
- pg_popcount64 = pg_popcount64_portable;
pg_popcount_optimized = pg_popcount_portable;
pg_popcount_masked_optimized = pg_popcount_masked_portable;
}
@@ -189,20 +179,6 @@ choose_popcount_functions(void)
#endif
}
-static int
-pg_popcount32_choose(uint32 word)
-{
- choose_popcount_functions();
- return pg_popcount32(word);
-}
-
-static int
-pg_popcount64_choose(uint64 word)
-{
- choose_popcount_functions();
- return pg_popcount64(word);
-}
-
static uint64
pg_popcount_choose(const char *buf, int bytes)
{
@@ -338,23 +314,6 @@ pg_popcount_masked_avx512(const char *buf, int bytes, bits8 mask)
#endif /* USE_AVX512_POPCNT_WITH_RUNTIME_CHECK */
-/*
- * pg_popcount32_sse42
- * Return the number of 1 bits set in word
- */
-static inline int
-pg_popcount32_sse42(uint32 word)
-{
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
- return __popcnt(word);
-#else
- uint32 res;
-
-__asm__ __volatile__(" popcntl %1,%0\n":"=q"(res):"rm"(word):"cc");
- return (int) res;
-#endif
-}
-
/*
* pg_popcount64_sse42
* Return the number of 1 bits set in word
--
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