RFR: JDK-8320448 Accelerate IndexOf using AVX2

[Scott Gibbons]

On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:06:19 GMT, Scott Gibbons <sgibbons at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Re-write the IndexOf code without the use of the pcmpestri instruction, only using AVX2 instructions.  This change accelerates String.IndexOf on average 1.3x for AVX2.  The benchmark numbers:
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> Benchmark	                                               Score		Latest		
> StringIndexOf.advancedWithMediumSub   343.573		317.934		0.925375393x
> StringIndexOf.advancedWithShortSub1	  1039.081		1053.96		1.014319384x
> StringIndexOf.advancedWithShortSub2	      55.828		110.541		1.980027943x
> StringIndexOf.constantPattern	                9.361		11.906		1.271872663x
> StringIndexOf.searchCharLongSuccess	        4.216		4.218		1.000474383x
> StringIndexOf.searchCharMediumSuccess	3.133		3.216		1.02649218x
> StringIndexOf.searchCharShortSuccess	3.76		        3.761		1.000265957x
> StringIndexOf.success	                                9.186		9.713		1.057369911x
> StringIndexOf.successBig	                      14.341		46.343		3.231504079x
> StringIndexOfChar.latin1_AVX2_String	  6220.918		12154.52		1.953814533x
> StringIndexOfChar.latin1_AVX2_char	  5503.556		5540.044		1.006629895x
> StringIndexOfChar.latin1_SSE4_String	  6978.854		6818.689		0.977049957x
> StringIndexOfChar.latin1_SSE4_char	  5657.499		5474.624		0.967675646x
> StringIndexOfChar.latin1_Short_String	  7132.541		6863.359		0.962260014x
> StringIndexOfChar.latin1_Short_char	16013.389	      16162.437		1.009307711x
> StringIndexOfChar.latin1_mixed_String	  7386.123	      14771.622		1.999915517x
> StringIndexOfChar.latin1_mixed_char	  9901.671		9782.245		0.987938803

Opening up for review.  Fixed last whitespace error.  I will post final performance numbers soon.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16753#issuecomment-1831031294