Vector API performance variation with arrays, byte arrays or byte buffers

Vladimir Ivanov vladimir.x.ivanov at oracle.com
Thu Mar 12 13:41:03 UTC 2020


I made an attempt [1] to disambiguate on-/off-heap cases and got some 
promising results:

Before:
   vectorArrayArray      4324400.963 ± 15860.271  ops/s
   vectorDirectDirectBB  1466029.753 ± 20695.287  ops/s
   vectorHeapHeapBB      1588239.882 ± 26866.547  ops/s
   vectorMixedMixedBB    1562751.985 ±  4030.195  ops/s

vs

After:

   vectorArrayArray      6142945.618 ± 29510.409  ops/s
   vectorDirectDirectBB  9378799.915 ± 75314.175  ops/s
   vectorHeapHeapBB      7470962.611 ± 88597.635  ops/s
   vectorMixedMixedBB    1602557.365 ± 10859.592  ops/s


But profile pollution is still a problem (at least, for on-heap case):

-f 0:
   vectorArrayArray      5700371.818 ±  35667.373  ops/s
   vectorBufferBufferBB  9243089.668 ± 340918.224  ops/s
   vectorHeapHeapBB      1155846.181 ±  12768.211  ops/s
   vectorMixedMixedBB    1492740.924 ±  22736.938  ops/s

Best regards,
Vladimir Ivanov

[1]

diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/nio/X-Buffer.java.template 
b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/nio/X-Buffer.java.template
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/nio/X-Buffer.java.template
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/nio/X-Buffer.java.template
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@

      @Override
      Object base() {
-        return hb;
+        return Objects.requireNonNull(hb);
      }

  #if[byte]
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/module-info.java 
b/src/java.base/share/classes/module-info.java
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/module-info.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/module-info.java
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@
          java.rmi,
          jdk.jlink,
          jdk.net,
-        jdk.incubator.foreign;
+        jdk.incubator.foreign,
+        jdk.incubator.vector;
      exports jdk.internal.access.foreign to
          jdk.incubator.foreign;
      exports jdk.internal.event to
diff --git 
a/src/jdk.incubator.vector/share/classes/jdk/incubator/vector/VectorIntrinsics.java 
b/src/jdk.incubator.vector/share/classes/jdk/incubator/vector/VectorIntrinsics.java
--- 
a/src/jdk.incubator.vector/share/classes/jdk/incubator/vector/VectorIntrinsics.java
+++ 
b/src/jdk.incubator.vector/share/classes/jdk/incubator/vector/VectorIntrinsics.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
  package jdk.incubator.vector;

  import jdk.internal.HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate;
+import jdk.internal.access.JavaNioAccess;
+import jdk.internal.access.SharedSecrets;
  import jdk.internal.misc.Unsafe;
  import jdk.internal.vm.annotation.ForceInline;

@@ -570,16 +572,17 @@
          return U.getMaxVectorSize(etype);
      }

+    private static final JavaNioAccess JNA = 
SharedSecrets.getJavaNioAccess();

      /*package-private*/
      @ForceInline
      static Object bufferBase(ByteBuffer bb) {
-        return U.getReference(bb, BYTE_BUFFER_HB);
+        return JNA.getBufferBase(bb);
      }

      /*package-private*/
      @ForceInline
      static long bufferAddress(ByteBuffer bb, long offset) {
-        return U.getLong(bb, BUFFER_ADDRESS) + offset;
+        return JNA.getBufferAddress(bb) + offset;
      }
  }

On 12.03.2020 11:52, Vladimir Ivanov wrote:
> 
>>> Membars are the culprit, but once they are gone, 
>>
>> Ah, yes! What -XX option dod you use to disable insertion of the barrier?
>> How can we make those go away? IIRC some work was done in Panama to 
>> fix this?
> 
> Unfortunately, no flags are available. Just a quick-n-dirty hack for now 
> [1].
> 
> There was some work to avoid barriers around off-heap accesses [2], but 
> here the problem is with mixed accesses.
> 
> For mixed access, there was additional profiling introduced [3] to 
> enable speculative disambiguation, but even if we enable something 
> similar for VectorIntrinsics.load/store it won't help: profile pollution 
> will defeat it pretty quickly.
> 
> I haven't thought it through yet, but possible answer could be to 
> specialize the implementation for heap and direct buffers. Not sure 
> about the implementation details though, so more experiments are needed.
> 
> Best regards,
> Vladimir Ivanov
> 
> [1]
> diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/opto/library_call.cpp 
> b/src/hotspot/share/opto/library_call.cpp
> --- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/library_call.cpp
> +++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/library_call.cpp
> @@ -7432,6 +7432,8 @@
>     const TypePtr *addr_type = gvn().type(addr)->isa_ptr();
>     const TypeAryPtr* arr_type = addr_type->isa_aryptr();
> 
> +  bool needs_cpu_membar = can_access_non_heap && 
> (_gvn.type(base)->isa_ptr() != TypePtr::NULL_PTR);
> +
>     // Now handle special case where load/store happens from/to byte 
> array but element type is not byte.
>     bool using_byte_array = arr_type != NULL && 
> arr_type->elem()->array_element_basic_type() == T_BYTE && elem_bt != 
> T_BYTE;
>     // Handle loading masks.
> @@ -7473,7 +7475,7 @@
> 
>     const TypeInstPtr* vbox_type = 
> TypeInstPtr::make_exact(TypePtr::NotNull, vbox_klass);
> 
> -  if (can_access_non_heap) {
> +  if (needs_cpu_membar && !UseNewCode) {
>       insert_mem_bar(Op_MemBarCPUOrder);
>     }
> 
> @@ -7517,7 +7519,7 @@
>       set_vector_result(box);
>     }
> 
> -  if (can_access_non_heap) {
> +  if (needs_cpu_membar && !UseNewCode) {
>       insert_mem_bar(Op_MemBarCPUOrder);
>     }
> 
> diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/opto/loopTransform.cpp 
> b/src/hotspot/share/opto/loopTransform.cpp
> --- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/loopTransform.cpp
> +++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/loopTransform.cpp
> @@ -781,7 +781,7 @@
>     }
> 
>     // Check for initial stride being a small enough constant
> -  if (abs(cl->stride_con()) > (1<<2)*future_unroll_cnt) return false;
> +  if (!UseNewCode2 && abs(cl->stride_con()) > (1<<2)*future_unroll_cnt) 
> return false;
> 
>     // Don't unroll if the next round of unrolling would push us
>     // over the expected trip count of the loop.  One is subtracted
> 
> 
> [2] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8226411
> 
> [3] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8181211
> 
>>> C2 unrolling heuristics need some tweaking as well: it doesn't unroll 
>>> loops with large strides (8*8 = 32).
>>>
>>> Once membars are gone and unrolling is fixed, the scores become in 
>>> favor of direct buffers (my guess is due to alignment):
>>>
>>> Before:
>>>
>>>  -Djdk.incubator.vector.VECTOR_ACCESS_OOB_CHECK=2:
>>>    vectorArrayArray      5738494.127 ± 52704.256  ops/s
>>>    vectorBufferBuffer    1584747.638 ± 35644.433  ops/s
>>>
>>>  -Djdk.incubator.vector.VECTOR_ACCESS_OOB_CHECK=0:
>>>    vectorArrayArray      5705607.529 ±  118589.894  ops/s
>>>    vectorBufferBuffer    2573858.340 ±   3322.248  ops/s
>>>
>>> vs
>>>
>>> After (no membars + unrolling):
>>>
>>>  -Djdk.incubator.vector.VECTOR_ACCESS_OOB_CHECK=[0,2]:
>>>    vectorArrayArray      7961232.893 ± 59427.218  ops/s
>>>    vectorBufferBuffer    8600848.228 ± 84322.430  ops/s
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Vladimir Ivanov
>>>
>>>>> On Mar 10, 2020, at 7:51 AM, Antoine Chambille <ach at activeviam.com 
>>>>> <mailto:ach at activeviam.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> First, the new Vector API is -awesome- and it makes Java the best 
>>>>> language
>>>>> for writing data parallel algorithms, a remarkable turnaround. It 
>>>>> reminds
>>>>> me of when Java 5 became the best language for concurrent programming.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm benchmarking a use case where you aggregate element wise an 
>>>>> array of
>>>>> doubles into another array of doubles ( ai += bi for each 
>>>>> coordinate ).
>>>>> There are large performance variations depending on whether the 
>>>>> data is
>>>>> held in arrays, byte arrays or byte buffers. Disabling bounds checking
>>>>> removes some of the overhead but not all. I'm sharing the JMH
>>>>> microbenchmark below if that can help.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are the results of running the benchmark on my laptop with 
>>>>> Windows 10
>>>>> and an Intel core i9-8950HK @2.90GHz
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -Djdk.incubator.vector.VECTOR_ACCESS_OOB_CHECK=2
>>>>>
>>>>> Benchmark                  Mode  Cnt        Score        Error  Units
>>>>> standardArrayArray        thrpt    5  4657680.731 ±  22775.673  ops/s
>>>>> standardArrayBuffer       thrpt    5  1074170.758 ±  28116.666  ops/s
>>>>> standardBufferArray       thrpt    5  1066531.757 ±  39990.913  ops/s
>>>>> standardBufferBuffer      thrpt    5   801500.523 ±  19984.247  ops/s
>>>>> vectorArrayArray          thrpt    5  7107822.743 ± 454478.273  ops/s
>>>>> vectorArrayBuffer         thrpt    5  1922263.407 ±  29921.036  ops/s
>>>>> vectorBufferArray         thrpt    5  2732335.558 ±  81958.886  ops/s
>>>>> vectorBufferBuffer        thrpt    5  1833276.409 ±  59682.441  ops/s
>>>>> vectorByteArrayByteArray  thrpt    5  4618267.357 ± 127141.691  ops/s
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -Djdk.incubator.vector.VECTOR_ACCESS_OOB_CHECK=0
>>>>>
>>>>> Benchmark                  Mode  Cnt        Score        Error  Units
>>>>> standardArrayArray        thrpt    5  4692286.894 ±  67785.058  ops/s
>>>>> standardArrayBuffer       thrpt    5  1073420.025 ±  28216.922  ops/s
>>>>> standardBufferArray       thrpt    5  1066385.323 ±  15700.653  ops/s
>>>>> standardBufferBuffer      thrpt    5   797741.269 ±  15881.590  ops/s
>>>>> vectorArrayArray          thrpt    5  8351594.873 ± 153608.251  ops/s
>>>>> vectorArrayBuffer         thrpt    5  3107638.739 ± 223093.281  ops/s
>>>>> vectorBufferArray         thrpt    5  3653867.093 ±  75307.265  ops/s
>>>>> vectorBufferBuffer        thrpt    5  2224031.876 ±  49263.778  ops/s
>>>>> vectorByteArrayByteArray  thrpt    5  4761018.920 ± 264243.227  ops/s
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers,
>>>>> -Antoine
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> package com.activeviam;
>>>>>
>>>>> import jdk.incubator.vector.DoubleVector;
>>>>> import jdk.incubator.vector.VectorSpecies;
>>>>> import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.*;
>>>>> import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.Runner;
>>>>> import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.Options;
>>>>> import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.OptionsBuilder;
>>>>>
>>>>> import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
>>>>> import java.nio.ByteOrder;
>>>>>
>>>>> /**
>>>>> * Benchmark the element wise aggregation of an array
>>>>> * of doubles into another array of doubles, using
>>>>> * combinations of  java arrays, byte buffers, standard java code
>>>>> * and the new Vector API.
>>>>> */
>>>>> public class AggregationBenchmark {
>>>>>
>>>>>    /** Manually launch JMH */
>>>>>    public static void main(String[] params) throws Exception {
>>>>>        Options opt = new OptionsBuilder()
>>>>>            .include(AggregationBenchmark.class.getSimpleName())
>>>>>            .forks(1)
>>>>>            .build();
>>>>>
>>>>>        new Runner(opt).run();
>>>>>    }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>    @State(Scope.Benchmark)
>>>>>    public static class Data {
>>>>>        final static int SIZE = 1024;
>>>>>        final double[] inputArray;
>>>>>        final double[] outputArray;
>>>>>        final byte[] inputByteArray;
>>>>>        final byte[] outputByteArray;
>>>>>        final ByteBuffer inputBuffer;
>>>>>        final ByteBuffer outputBuffer;
>>>>>
>>>>>        public Data() {
>>>>>            this.inputArray = new double[SIZE];
>>>>>            this.outputArray = new double[SIZE];
>>>>>            this.inputByteArray = new byte[8 * SIZE];
>>>>>            this.outputByteArray = new byte[8 * SIZE];
>>>>>            this.inputBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(8 * SIZE);
>>>>>            this.outputBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(8 * SIZE);
>>>>>        }
>>>>>    }
>>>>>
>>>>>    @Benchmark
>>>>>    public void standardArrayArray(Data state) {
>>>>>        final double[] input = state.inputArray;
>>>>>        final double[] output = state.outputArray;
>>>>>        for(int i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
>>>>>            output[i] += input[i];
>>>>>        }
>>>>>    }
>>>>>
>>>>>    @Benchmark
>>>>>    public void standardArrayBuffer(Data state) {
>>>>>        final double[] input = state.inputArray;
>>>>>        final ByteBuffer output = state.outputBuffer;
>>>>>        for(int i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
>>>>>            output.putDouble(i << 3, output.getDouble(i << 3) + 
>>>>> input[i]);
>>>>>        }
>>>>>    }
>>>>>
>>>>>    @Benchmark
>>>>>    public void standardBufferArray(Data state) {
>>>>>        final ByteBuffer input = state.inputBuffer;
>>>>>        final double[] output = state.outputArray;
>>>>>        for(int i = 0; i < input.capacity(); i+=8) {
>>>>>            output[i >>> 3] += input.getDouble(i);
>>>>>        }
>>>>>    }
>>>>>
>>>>>    @Benchmark
>>>>>    public void standardBufferBuffer(Data state) {
>>>>>        final ByteBuffer input = state.inputBuffer;
>>>>>        final ByteBuffer output = state.outputBuffer;
>>>>>        for(int i = 0; i < input.capacity(); i+=8) {
>>>>>            output.putDouble(i, output.getDouble(i) + 
>>>>> input.getDouble(i));
>>>>>        }
>>>>>    }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>    final static VectorSpecies<Double> SPECIES = 
>>>>> DoubleVector.SPECIES_MAX;
>>>>>
>>>>>    @Benchmark
>>>>>    public void vectorArrayArray(Data state) {
>>>>>        final double[] input = state.inputArray;
>>>>>        final double[] output = state.outputArray;
>>>>>
>>>>>        for (int i = 0; i < input.length; i+=SPECIES.length()) {
>>>>>            DoubleVector a = DoubleVector.fromArray(SPECIES, input, i);
>>>>>            DoubleVector b = DoubleVector.fromArray(SPECIES, output, 
>>>>> i);
>>>>>            a = a.add(b);
>>>>>            a.intoArray(output, i);
>>>>>        }
>>>>>    }
>>>>>
>>>>>    @Benchmark
>>>>>    public void vectorByteArrayByteArray(Data state) {
>>>>>        final byte[] input = state.inputByteArray;
>>>>>        final byte[] output = state.outputByteArray;
>>>>>
>>>>>        for (int i = 0; i < input.length; i += 8 * SPECIES.length()) {
>>>>>            DoubleVector a = DoubleVector.fromByteArray(SPECIES, 
>>>>> input, i);
>>>>>            DoubleVector b = DoubleVector.fromByteArray(SPECIES, 
>>>>> output, i);
>>>>>            a = a.add(b);
>>>>>            a.intoByteArray(output, i);
>>>>>        }
>>>>>    }
>>>>>
>>>>>    @Benchmark
>>>>>    public void vectorBufferBuffer(Data state) {
>>>>>        final ByteBuffer input = state.inputBuffer;
>>>>>        final ByteBuffer output = state.outputBuffer;
>>>>>        for (int i = 0; i < input.capacity(); i += 8 * 
>>>>> SPECIES.length()) {
>>>>>            DoubleVector a = DoubleVector.fromByteBuffer(SPECIES, 
>>>>> input, i,
>>>>> ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
>>>>>            DoubleVector b = DoubleVector.fromByteBuffer(SPECIES, 
>>>>> output,
>>>>> i, ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
>>>>>            a = a.add(b);
>>>>>            a.intoByteBuffer(output, i, ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
>>>>>        }
>>>>>    }
>>>>>
>>>>>    @Benchmark
>>>>>    public void vectorArrayBuffer(Data state) {
>>>>>        final double[] input = state.inputArray;
>>>>>        final ByteBuffer output = state.outputBuffer;
>>>>>
>>>>>        for (int i = 0; i < input.length; i+=SPECIES.length()) {
>>>>>            DoubleVector a = DoubleVector.fromArray(SPECIES, input, i);
>>>>>            DoubleVector b = DoubleVector.fromByteBuffer(SPECIES, 
>>>>> output, i
>>>>> << 3, ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
>>>>>            a = a.add(b);
>>>>>            a.intoByteBuffer(output, i << 3, ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
>>>>>        }
>>>>>    }
>>>>>
>>>>>    @Benchmark
>>>>>    public void vectorBufferArray(Data state) {
>>>>>        final ByteBuffer input = state.inputBuffer;
>>>>>        final double[] output = state.outputArray;
>>>>>        for (int i = 0; i < input.capacity(); i += 8 * 
>>>>> SPECIES.length()) {
>>>>>            DoubleVector a = DoubleVector.fromByteBuffer(SPECIES, 
>>>>> input, i,
>>>>> ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
>>>>>            DoubleVector b = DoubleVector.fromArray(SPECIES, output, 
>>>>> i >>>
>>>>> 3);
>>>>>            a = a.add(b);
>>>>>            a.intoArray(output, i >>> 3);
>>>>>        }
>>>>>    }
>>>>>
>>>>> }
>>


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