Hello,
I'm a beginner in D (I come from C++/Python), but I'm having great fun learning the language reading Ali's book. I'm using LDC as compiler, and I would like to use intrinsics, but I have difficulties to find the Intel intrinsics equivalent. Here are the functions I'm looking for :

_mm_cvtsi64x_si128
_mm256_sll_epi64
_mm256_movemask_epi8

Is there a way to call them ? Is there an Intel intrinsics to LDC intrinsics guide somewhere ?
Thanks for your help !

On Tuesday, 15 May 2018 at 17:21:49 UTC, Jeff wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm a beginner in D (I come from C++/Python), but I'm having great fun learning the language reading Ali's book. I'm using LDC as compiler, and I would like to use intrinsics, but I have difficulties to find the Intel intrinsics equivalent. Here are the functions I'm looking for :
>
> _mm_cvtsi64x_si128
> _mm256_sll_epi64
> _mm256_movemask_epi8
>
> Is there a way to call them ? Is there an Intel intrinsics to LDC intrinsics guide somewhere ?
> Thanks for your help !

Hi, you'll want to have a look at LDC's `import/ldc/gccbuiltins_x86.di` file (auto-generated from corresponding LLVM x86 intrinsics). Make sure to enable extended instruction sets via something like `-mattr=+avx2` (or simply `-mcpu=native`).

_mm256_movemask_epi8 => __builtin_ia32_pmovmskb256
_mm256_sll_epi64     => __builtin_ia32_psllqi256

I didn't find the corresponding declaration for _mm_cvtsi64x_si128 (__builtin_ia32_vzeroupper strangely takes no args). You can always resort to LLVM assembly though (grep for `__asm` in import directory to see some examples in druntime/Phobos).

On Tuesday, 15 May 2018 at 17:21:49 UTC, Jeff wrote:
> _mm_cvtsi64x_si128

If it zero extends 64-bit integer to 128-bit integer, it's done by movq instruction. I suppose simple assignment should do it.

On Wednesday, 16 May 2018 at 10:36:01 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
> On Tuesday, 15 May 2018 at 17:21:49 UTC, Jeff wrote:
>> _mm_cvtsi64x_si128
>
> If it zero extends 64-bit integer to 128-bit integer, it's done by movq instruction. I suppose simple assignment should do it.

That's enough indeed: https://run.dlang.io/is/1wJ7mA
[And vzeroupper is unrelated, and no args are correct.]

On Wednesday, 16 May 2018 at 13:11:46 UTC, kinke wrote:
> On Wednesday, 16 May 2018 at 10:36:01 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 15 May 2018 at 17:21:49 UTC, Jeff wrote:
>>> _mm_cvtsi64x_si128
>>
>> If it zero extends 64-bit integer to 128-bit integer, it's done by movq instruction. I suppose simple assignment should do it.
>
> That's enough indeed: https://run.dlang.io/is/1wJ7mA
> [And vzeroupper is unrelated, and no args are correct.]

Thanks, it works perfectly ! Also I discover run.dlang.io, nice to quickly check the ASM output :)

On Wednesday, 16 May 2018 at 19:34:32 UTC, Jeff wrote:
>  Also I discover run.dlang.io, nice to quickly check the ASM output :)

You might like https://d.godbolt.org better if you don't need to execute the code.

-Johan

On Tuesday, 15 May 2018 at 17:21:49 UTC, Jeff wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm a beginner in D (I come from C++/Python), but I'm having great fun learning the language reading Ali's book. I'm using LDC as compiler, and I would like to use intrinsics, but I have difficulties to find the Intel intrinsics equivalent. Here are the functions I'm looking for :
>
> _mm_cvtsi64x_si128
> _mm256_sll_epi64
> _mm256_movemask_epi8
>
> Is there a way to call them ? Is there an Intel intrinsics to LDC intrinsics guide somewhere ?
> Thanks for your help !

I've started doing such a translation as a library here: http://code.dlang.org/packages/intel-intrinsics

However, no AVX yet