Fix gemm() performance for panel matrices

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)   # Need at least 3.10 for gtest_discover_t
 project(blast VERSION 0.1 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 # Enable modern C++
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 23)
 
 # Allow for integration with other tools such as Intellisense
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)

bench/blast/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ add_executable(bench-blast
     math/panel/DynamicGemm.cpp
     math/panel/StaticPotrf.cpp
     math/panel/DynamicPotrf.cpp
+    math/panel/StaticMatrixPointer.cpp
 )
 
 target_compile_definitions(bench-blast

bench/blast/math/panel/StaticMatrixPointer.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019-2020 Mikhail Katliar All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include <blast/math/StaticPanelMatrix.hpp>
+
+#include <bench/Benchmark.hpp>
+
+
+namespace blast :: benchmark
+{
+    template <typename Real, AlignmentFlag AF>
+    static void BM_static_panel_matrix_pointer(State& state)
+    {
+        size_t constexpr M = 8;
+        size_t constexpr N = 4;
+
+        StaticPanelMatrix<Real, M, N, columnMajor> A;
+        auto pA = ptr<AF>(A, 0, 0);
+
+        for (auto _ : state)
+        {
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < M; ++i)
+                for (size_t j = 0; j < N; ++j)
+                    DoNotOptimize(pA(i, j));
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(BM_static_panel_matrix_pointer, double, aligned);
+    BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(BM_static_panel_matrix_pointer, double, unaligned);
+    BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(BM_static_panel_matrix_pointer, float, aligned);
+    BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(BM_static_panel_matrix_pointer, float, unaligned);
+}

bench/common/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ target_link_libraries(bench-blast-common
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
     # More aggressive inlining with Clang
     target_compile_options(bench-blast-common
-        PUBLIC "-mllvm" "-inline-threshold=1000"
+        PUBLIC "-mllvm" "-inline-threshold=4000"
     )
 endif()

include/blast/blaze/math/TypeTraits.hpp

@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@
 #include <blast/blaze/math/typetraits/IsStaticallySpaced.hpp>
 #include <blast/blaze/math/typetraits/IsDenseVector.hpp>
 #include <blast/blaze/math/typetraits/IsDenseMatrix.hpp>
+#include <blast/blaze/math/typetraits/IsAligned.hpp>
+#include <blast/blaze/math/typetraits/IsPadded.hpp>
 #include <blast/blaze/math/typetraits/Spacing.hpp>
 #include <blast/blaze/math/typetraits/StorageOrder.hpp>

include/blast/blaze/math/typetraits/IsAligned.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright 2024 Mikhail Katliar. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <blast/math/typetraits/IsAligned.hpp>
+
+#include <blaze/math/typetraits/IsVector.h>
+#include <blaze/math/typetraits/IsMatrix.h>
+#include <blaze/math/typetraits/IsAligned.h>
+
+
+namespace blast
+{
+    /**
+     * @brief Specialization for Blaze matrix and vector types
+     *
+     * @tparam T matrix or vector type
+     */
+    template <typename T>
+    requires blaze::IsVector_v<T> || blaze::IsMatrix_v<T>
+    struct IsAligned<T> : blaze::IsAligned<T> {};
+}

include/blast/blaze/math/typetraits/IsPadded.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright 2024 Mikhail Katliar. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <blast/math/typetraits/IsPadded.hpp>
+
+#include <blaze/math/typetraits/IsVector.h>
+#include <blaze/math/typetraits/IsMatrix.h>
+#include <blaze/math/typetraits/IsPadded.h>
+
+
+namespace blast
+{
+    /**
+     * @brief Specialization for Blaze matrix and vector types
+     *
+     * @tparam T matrix or vector type
+     */
+    template <typename T>
+    requires blaze::IsVector_v<T> || blaze::IsMatrix_v<T>
+    struct IsPadded<T> : blaze::IsPadded<T> {};
+}

include/blast/math/DynamicPanelMatrix.hpp

@@ -329,8 +329,6 @@ namespace blaze
             , bool SO >
     void makePositiveDefinite( DynamicPanelMatrix<Type, SO>& matrix )
     {
-        using blaze::randomize;
-
         BLAZE_CONSTRAINT_MUST_BE_NUMERIC_TYPE( Type );
 
         if( !isSquare( *matrix ) ) {
@@ -349,16 +347,13 @@ namespace blaze
 
         gemm(A, trans(A), matrix, matrix);
 
-        // TODO: implement it as below after the matrix *= ctrans( matrix ) expression works.
-
-        // randomize( matrix );
-        // matrix *= ctrans( matrix );
-
-        // for( size_t i=0UL; i<n; ++i ) {
-        //     matrix(i,i) += Type(n);
-        // }
-
-        BLAZE_INTERNAL_ASSERT( isHermitian( matrix ), "Non-symmetric matrix detected" );
+        // NOTE: if uncommented, the following line results in a compiler error:
+        // /usr/local/include/blaze/math/Matrix.h:203:13: note: candidate template ignored: invalid explicitly-specified argument for template parameter 'MT'
+        //    203 | inline bool isHermitian( const Matrix<MT,SO>& m )
+        // I could not figure out what causes it, but we are going to decouple DynamicPanelMatrix from Blaze,
+        // so this code will be gone anyway.
+        //
+        // BLAZE_INTERNAL_ASSERT( isHermitian( matrix ), "Non-symmetric matrix detected" );
     }
     /*! \endcond */
     //*************************************************************************************************

include/blast/math/RowColumnVectorPointer.hpp

@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
-// Copyright 2023 Mikhail Katliar
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
+// Copyright (c) 2019-2020 Mikhail Katliar All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #pragma once
 
@@ -78,12 +68,6 @@ namespace blast
         }
 
 
-        SimdVecType broadcast() const noexcept
-        {
-            return ptr_.broadcast();
-        }
-
-
         void store(SimdVecType const& val) const noexcept
         {
             ptr_.store(transposeFlag, val);
@@ -123,13 +107,15 @@ namespace blast
 
 
         /**
-         * @brief Get reference to the pointed value.
+         * @brief Access element at specified offset
          *
-         * @return reference to the pointed value
+         * @param i offset
+         *
+         * @return reference to the element at specified offset
          */
-        ElementType& operator*() noexcept
+        ElementType& operator[](ptrdiff_t i) const noexcept
         {
-            return *ptr_;
+            return transposeFlag == columnVector ? ptr_[i, 0] : ptr_[0, i];
         }
 
 

include/blast/math/algorithm/Gemm.hpp

@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ namespace blast
             M, N,
             [&] (auto& ker, size_t i, size_t j)
             {
-                gemm(ker, K, alpha, A(i, 0), B(0, j), beta, C(i, j), D(i, j));
+                gemm(ker, K, alpha, A(i, 0), (~B)(0, j), beta, C(i, j), D(i, j));
             },
             [&] (auto& ker, size_t i, size_t j, size_t m, size_t n)
             {
-                gemm(ker, K, alpha, A(i, 0), B(0, j), beta, C(i, j), D(i, j), m, n);
+                gemm(ker, K, alpha, A(i, 0), (~B)(0, j), beta, C(i, j), D(i, j), m, n);
             }
         );
     }

include/blast/math/algorithm/Tile.hpp

@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <blast/math/StorageOrder.hpp>
-
-#include <cstdlib>
+#include <blast/util/Types.hpp>
 
 
 namespace blast
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ namespace blast
      * @param f_partial functor to call on partial tiles
      */
     template <typename ET, StorageOrder SO, typename FF, typename FP, typename Arch>
-    inline void tile(Arch arch, StorageOrder traversal_order, std::size_t m, std::size_t n, FF&& f_full, FP&& f_partial)
+    inline void tile(Arch arch, StorageOrder traversal_order, size_t m, size_t n, FF&& f_full, FP&& f_partial)
     {
         detail::tile<ET, SO>(arch, traversal_order, m, n, f_full, f_partial);
     }

include/blast/math/algorithm/arch/avx2/Tile.hpp

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 #include <blast/math/Simd.hpp>
 
-#include <cstdlib>
-
 
 namespace blast :: detail
 {

include/blast/math/dense/DynamicMatrix.hpp

@@ -203,4 +203,12 @@ namespace blast
 
     template <typename T, bool SO>
     struct StorageOrderHelper<DynamicMatrix<T, SO>> : std::integral_constant<StorageOrder, StorageOrder(SO)> {};
+
+
+    template <typename T, bool SO>
+    struct IsAligned<DynamicMatrix<T, SO>> : std::integral_constant<bool, true> {};
+
+
+    template <typename T, bool SO>
+    struct IsPadded<DynamicMatrix<T, SO>> : std::integral_constant<bool, true> {};
 }

include/blast/math/dense/DynamicMatrixPointer.hpp

@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@ namespace blast
         }
 
 
-        SimdVecType broadcast() const noexcept
-        {
-            return *ptr_;
-        }
-
-
         void store(SimdVecType const& val) const noexcept
         {
             val.store(ptr_, AF);
@@ -119,6 +113,20 @@ namespace blast
         }
 
 
+        /**
+         * @brief Access element at specified offset
+         *
+         * @param i row offset
+         * @param j column offset
+         *
+         * @return reference to the element at specified offset
+         */
+        ElementType& operator[](ptrdiff_t i, ptrdiff_t j) const noexcept
+        {
+            return *ptrOffset(i, j);
+        }
+
+
         /**
          * @brief Get reference to the pointed value.
          *
@@ -210,6 +218,20 @@ namespace blast
     struct StorageOrderHelper<DynamicMatrixPointer<T, SO, AF, PF>> : std::integral_constant<StorageOrder, StorageOrder(SO)> {};
 
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Specialization for @a DynamicMatrixPointer
+     */
+    template <typename T, bool SO, bool AF, bool PF>
+    struct IsAligned<DynamicMatrixPointer<T, SO, AF, PF>> : std::integral_constant<bool, AF> {};
+
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Specialization for @a DynamicMatrixPointer
+     */
+    template <typename T, bool SO, bool AF, bool PF>
+    struct IsPadded<DynamicMatrixPointer<T, SO, AF, PF>> : std::integral_constant<bool, PF> {};
+
+
     template <typename T, bool SO, bool AF, bool PF>
     BLAST_ALWAYS_INLINE auto trans(DynamicMatrixPointer<T, SO, AF, PF> const& p) noexcept
     {

include/blast/math/dense/DynamicVectorPointer.hpp

@@ -73,12 +73,6 @@ namespace blast
         }
 
 
-        SimdVecType broadcast() const noexcept
-        {
-            return *ptr_;
-        }
-
-
         void store(IntrinsicType val) const noexcept
         {
             // Non-optimized
@@ -120,6 +114,19 @@ namespace blast
         }
 
 
+        /**
+         * @brief Access element at specified offset
+         *
+         * @param i offset
+         *
+         * @return reference to the element at specified offset
+         */
+        ElementType& operator[](ptrdiff_t i) const noexcept
+        {
+            return *ptrOffset(i);
+        }
+
+
         /**
          * @brief Get reference to the pointed value.
          *

include/blast/math/dense/StaticMatrix.hpp

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <blast/util/Types.hpp>
 
 #include <initializer_list>
+#include <type_traits>
 
 
 namespace blast
@@ -214,4 +215,12 @@ namespace blast
 
     template <typename T, size_t M, size_t N, bool SO>
     struct StorageOrderHelper<StaticMatrix<T, M, N, SO>> : std::integral_constant<StorageOrder, StorageOrder(SO)> {};
+
+
+    template <typename T, size_t M, size_t N, bool SO>
+    struct IsAligned<StaticMatrix<T, M, N, SO>> : std::integral_constant<bool, true> {};
+
+
+    template <typename T, size_t M, size_t N, bool SO>
+    struct IsPadded<StaticMatrix<T, M, N, SO>> : std::integral_constant<bool, true> {};
 }