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如何在编译时检测SSE / SSE2 / AVX / AVX2 / AVX-512 / AVX-128-FMA / KCVI的可用性?

更新时间:2023-11-26 13:35:58


  __ SSE__ 
__SSE2__
__SSE3__
__AVX__
__AVX2__

等,根据您传递的任何命令行开关。您可以使用gcc(或与gcc兼容的编译器,例如clang)轻松检查此内容:

  $ gcc -msse3  - dM -E  - / dev / null | egrepSSE | AVX| sort 
#define __SSE__ 1
#define __SSE2__ 1
#define __SSE2_MATH__ 1
#define __SSE3__ 1
#define __SSE_MATH__ 1

或:

  $ gcc -mavx2 -dM -E  - < / dev / null | egrepSSE | AVX| sort 
#define __AVX__ 1
#define __AVX2__ 1
#define __SSE__ 1
#define __SSE2__ 1
#define __SSE2_MATH__ 1
#define __SSE3__ 1
#define __SSE4_1__ 1
#define __SSE4_2__ 1
#define __SSE_MATH__ 1
#define __SSSE3__ 1

或只检查预定义的宏以在特定平台上进行默认构建:

  $ gcc -dM -E  - < / dev / null | egrepSSE | AVX| sort 
#define __SSE2_MATH__ 1
#define __SSE2__ 1
#define __SSE3__ 1
#define __SSE_MATH__ 1
#define __SSE__ 1
#define __SSSE3__ 1

更新的英特尔处理器支持AVX-512,它不是单片指令集。你可以在下面的两个例子中看到GCC(版本6.2)提供的支持。



这里是Knights Landing:

  $ gcc -march = knl -dM -E  - < / dev / null | egrepSSE | AVX| sort 
#define __AVX__ 1
#define __AVX2__ 1
#define __AVX512CD__ 1
#define __AVX512ER__ 1
#define __AVX512F__ 1
#define __AVX512PF__ 1
#define __SSE__ 1
#define __SSE2__ 1
#define __SSE2_MATH__ 1
#define __SSE3__ 1
#define __SSE4_1__ 1
#define __SSE4_2__ 1
#define __SSE_MATH__ 1
#define __SSSE3__ 1

以下是Skylake AVX-512:

  $ gcc -march = skylake-avx512 -dM -E  - < / dev / null | egrepSSE | AVX| sort 
#define __AVX__ 1
#define __AVX2__ 1
#define __AVX512BW__ 1
#define __AVX512CD__ 1
#define __AVX512DQ__ 1
#define __AVX512F__ 1
#define __AVX512VL__ 1
#define __SSE__ 1
#define __SSE2__ 1
#define __SSE2_MATH__ 1
#define __SSE3__ 1
#define __SSE4_1__ 1
#define __SSE4_2__ 1
#define __SSE_MATH__ 1
#define __SSSE3__ 1

英特尔已经公布了其他AVX-512子集(请参阅 ISA扩展)。 GCC(版本7)支持与AVX-512的4FMAPS,4VNNIW,IFMA,VBMI和VPOPCNTDQ子集关联的编译器标志和预处理符号:

  for i in 4fmaps 4vnniw ifma vbmi vpopcntdq;做回声==== $ i ====; gcc -mavx512 $ i -dM -E  - < / dev / null | egrepAVX512|排序done 
==== 4fmaps ====
#define __AVX5124FMAPS__ 1
#define __AVX512F__ 1
==== 4vnniw ====
#define __AVX5124VNNIW__ 1
#define __AVX512F__ 1
==== ifma ====
#define __AVX512F__ 1
#define __AVX512IFMA__ 1
==== vbmi === =
#define __AVX512BW__ 1
#define __AVX512F__ 1
#define __AVX512VBMI__ 1
==== vpopcntdq ====
#define __AVX512F__ 1
#define __AVX512VPOPCNTDQ__ 1


I'm trying to optimize some matrix computations and I was wondering if it was possible to detect at compile-time if SSE/SSE2/AVX/AVX2/AVX-512/AVX-128-FMA/KCVI[1] is enabled by the compiler ? Ideally for GCC and Clang, but I can manage with only one of them.

I'm not sure it is possible and perhaps I will use my own macro, but I'd prefer detecting it rather and asking the user to select it.


[1] "KCVI" stands for Knights Corner Vector Instruction optimizations. Libraries like FFTW detect/utilize these newer instruction optimizations.

Most compilers will automatically define:

__SSE__
__SSE2__
__SSE3__
__AVX__
__AVX2__

etc, according to whatever command line switches you are passing. You can easily check this with gcc (or gcc-compatible compilers such as clang), like this:

$ gcc -msse3 -dM -E - < /dev/null | egrep "SSE|AVX" | sort
#define __SSE__ 1
#define __SSE2__ 1
#define __SSE2_MATH__ 1
#define __SSE3__ 1
#define __SSE_MATH__ 1

or:

$ gcc -mavx2 -dM -E - < /dev/null | egrep "SSE|AVX" | sort
#define __AVX__ 1
#define __AVX2__ 1
#define __SSE__ 1
#define __SSE2__ 1
#define __SSE2_MATH__ 1
#define __SSE3__ 1
#define __SSE4_1__ 1
#define __SSE4_2__ 1
#define __SSE_MATH__ 1
#define __SSSE3__ 1

or to just check the pre-defined macros for a default build on your particular platform:

$ gcc -dM -E - < /dev/null | egrep "SSE|AVX" | sort
#define __SSE2_MATH__ 1
#define __SSE2__ 1
#define __SSE3__ 1
#define __SSE_MATH__ 1
#define __SSE__ 1
#define __SSSE3__ 1

More recent Intel processors support AVX-512, which is not a monolithic instruction set. One can see the support available from GCC (version 6.2) for two examples below.

Here is Knights Landing:

$ gcc -march=knl -dM -E - < /dev/null | egrep "SSE|AVX" | sort
#define __AVX__ 1
#define __AVX2__ 1
#define __AVX512CD__ 1
#define __AVX512ER__ 1
#define __AVX512F__ 1
#define __AVX512PF__ 1
#define __SSE__ 1
#define __SSE2__ 1
#define __SSE2_MATH__ 1
#define __SSE3__ 1
#define __SSE4_1__ 1
#define __SSE4_2__ 1
#define __SSE_MATH__ 1
#define __SSSE3__ 1

Here is Skylake AVX-512:

$ gcc -march=skylake-avx512 -dM -E - < /dev/null | egrep "SSE|AVX" | sort
#define __AVX__ 1
#define __AVX2__ 1
#define __AVX512BW__ 1
#define __AVX512CD__ 1
#define __AVX512DQ__ 1
#define __AVX512F__ 1
#define __AVX512VL__ 1
#define __SSE__ 1
#define __SSE2__ 1
#define __SSE2_MATH__ 1
#define __SSE3__ 1
#define __SSE4_1__ 1
#define __SSE4_2__ 1
#define __SSE_MATH__ 1
#define __SSSE3__ 1

Intel has disclosed additional AVX-512 subsets (see ISA extensions). GCC (version 7) supports compiler flags and preprocessor symbols associated with the 4FMAPS, 4VNNIW, IFMA, VBMI and VPOPCNTDQ subsets of AVX-512:

for i in 4fmaps 4vnniw ifma vbmi vpopcntdq ; do echo "==== $i ====" ; gcc -mavx512$i -dM -E - < /dev/null | egrep "AVX512" | sort ; done
==== 4fmaps ====
#define __AVX5124FMAPS__ 1
#define __AVX512F__ 1
==== 4vnniw ====
#define __AVX5124VNNIW__ 1
#define __AVX512F__ 1
==== ifma ====
#define __AVX512F__ 1
#define __AVX512IFMA__ 1
==== vbmi ====
#define __AVX512BW__ 1
#define __AVX512F__ 1
#define __AVX512VBMI__ 1
==== vpopcntdq ====
#define __AVX512F__ 1
#define __AVX512VPOPCNTDQ__ 1