RFR: 8353786: Migrate Vector API math library support to FFM API
Per Minborg
pminborg at openjdk.org
Mon Apr 7 06:47:11 UTC 2025
On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 22:52:24 GMT, Vladimir Ivanov <vlivanov at openjdk.org> wrote:
> Migrate Vector API math library (SVML and SLEEF) linkage from native code (in JVM) to Java FFM API.
>
> Since FFM API doesn't support vector calling conventions yet, migration affects only symbol lookup for now. But it still enables significant simplifications on JVM side.
>
> The patch consists of the following parts:
> * on-demand symbol lookup in Java code replaces eager lookup from native code during JVM startup;
> * 2 new VM intrinsics for vector calls (support unary and binary shapes) (code separated from unary/binary vector operations);
> * new internal interface to query supported CPU ISA extensions (`jdk.incubator.vector.CPUFeatures`) used for CPU dispatching.
>
> `java.lang.foreign` API is used to perform symbol lookup in vector math library, then the address is cached and fed into corresponding JVM intrinsic, so C2 can turn it into a direct vector call in generated code.
>
> Once `java.lang.foreign` supports vectors & vector calling conventions, VM intrinsics can go away.
>
> Performance is on par with original implementation (tested with microbenchmarks on linux-x64 and macosx-aarch64).
>
> Testing: hs-tier1 - hs-tier6, microbenchmarks (on linux-x64 and macosx-aarch64)
>
> Thanks!
src/jdk.incubator.vector/share/classes/jdk/incubator/vector/VectorMathLibrary.java line 258:
> 256: if (LIBRARY.isSupported(op, vspecies)) {
> 257: String symbol = LIBRARY.symbolName(op, vspecies);
> 258: MemorySegment addr = LOOKUP.find(symbol)
It is better to use `LOOKUP.findOrThrow()` because it does not require lambda creation.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24462#discussion_r2030551872
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