RFR: 8337666: AArch64: SHA3 GPR intrinsic

[Andrew Haley]

On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:55:59 GMT, Dmitry Chuyko <dchuyko at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This is an implementation of SHA3 intrinsics for AArch64 that operates GPRs. It follows the Java implementation algorithm but eagerly uses available registers. For example, FP+R18 are used when it's allowed. On simpler cores like RPi3 or Surface Pro it is 23-53% faster than C2 compiled version; on Graviton 3 it is 8-14% faster than C2 compiled version (which is faster than the current intrinsic); on Apple Silicon it is faster than C2 compiled version but slower than the ARMv8.2-SHA intrinsic. Improvements on a particular CPU depend on the input length. For instance, for Graviton 2:
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> Benchmark (ops/ms)	(digesterName)	(length)	G2
> MessageDigests.digest	SHA3-256	64	28.28%
> MessageDigests.digest	SHA3-256	16384	53.58%
> MessageDigests.digest	SHA3-512	64	27.97%
> MessageDigests.digest	SHA3-512	16384	43.90%
> MessageDigests.getAndDigest	SHA3-256	64	26.18%
> MessageDigests.getAndDigest	SHA3-256	16384	52.82%
> MessageDigests.getAndDigest	SHA3-512	64	24.73%
> MessageDigests.getAndDigest	SHA3-512	16384	44.31%
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> (results for intermediate input lengths look like steps)
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> On Graviton 4 there is still a noticeable difference between the proposed implementation and C2 generated code:
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> Benchmark                    (digesterName)  (length)  Pct
> MessageDigests.digest              SHA3-256        64     8.3%
> MessageDigests.digest              SHA3-256     16384     11%
> MessageDigests.digest              SHA3-512        64     8.4%
> MessageDigests.digest              SHA3-512     16384     11.5%
> MessageDigests.getAndDigest        SHA3-256        64     7.2%
> MessageDigests.getAndDigest        SHA3-256     16384     11%
> MessageDigests.getAndDigest        SHA3-512        64     7.3%
> MessageDigests.getAndDigest        SHA3-512     16384     11.6%
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> and the version that uses the extension is ~1.8x slower than C2
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> Existing intrinsic implementation is put under a flag `UseSIMDForSHA3Intrinsic` which is on by default where the intrinsic is enabled currently.
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> Sanity tests were modified to cover new intrinsic variants (`-XX:-UseSIMDForSHA3Intrinsic -XX:+-PreserveFramePointer`) on aarch64 hw. Existing test cases where intrinsic is enabled are executed with `-XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions -XX:+UseSIMDForSHA3Intrinsic`, on platforms where the sha3 extension is missing they still are cut off by isSHA3IntrinsicAvailable() predicate.
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> The original PR https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20422 has been auto-closed and the branch has been re-created on top of the new master.

So, this is for two now-discontinued computers? Does this patch improve performance on any recently-available hardware, or is it purely for retrocomputers?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24260#issuecomment-2827857882