RFR: 8341013: Optimize x86/aarch64 MD5 intrinsics by reducing data dependency

[Oli Gillespie]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:33:00 GMT, Oli Gillespie <ogillespie at openjdk.org> wrote:

> As suggested in https://github.com/animetosho/md5-optimisation?tab=readme-ov-file#dependency-shortcut-in-g-function, we can delay the dependency on 'b' by recognizing that the ((d & b) | (~d & c)) is equivalent to ((d & b) + (~d & c)) in this scenario, and we can perform those additions independently, leaving our dependency on b to the final addition. This speeds it up around 5%.
> 
> Benchmark results on my two hosts:
> 
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> Benchmark                  (algorithm)  (dataSize)  (provider)   Mode  Cnt    Score   Error  Units
> 
> x86 Before:
> MessageDigestBench.digest          MD5     1048576              thrpt   10  636.389 ± 0.240  ops/s
> 
> x86 After:
> MessageDigestBench.digest          MD5     1048576              thrpt   10  671.611 ± 0.226  ops/s (+5.5%)
> 
> 
> aarch64 Before:
> MessageDigestBench.digest          MD5     1048576              thrpt   10  498.613 ± 0.359  ops/s
> 
> aarch64 After:
> MessageDigestBench.digest          MD5     1048576              thrpt   10  526.008 ± 0.491  ops/s (+5.6%)

Looks like there's a bug, at least on macos aarch64. I will investigate.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21203#issuecomment-2377021394