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14 
15 // block_params.h: Logic to choose L1 and L2 block sizes
16 // to optimize cache-friendliness.
17 
18 #ifndef GEMMLOWP_INTERNAL_BLOCK_PARAMS_H_
19 #define GEMMLOWP_INTERNAL_BLOCK_PARAMS_H_
20 
21 #include "common.h"
22 
23 namespace gemmlowp {
24 
25 // A BlockParams instance contains a full description of all the block size
26 // parameters to be used by a Gemm.
27 // There are two nested levels of block subdivisions: first a subdivision
28 // into large blocks that should fit in last-level cache (what we call L2 here)
29 // and then another subdivision into smaller blocks that should fit in
30 // L1 cache. There is then actually a third level of subdivision to fit
31 // in registers, but we are not concerned with that here.
32 struct BlockParams {
33   // L1 block parameters determine the size of small blocks that should
34   // fit in L1 cache.
35   int l1_rows;
36   int l1_cols;
37   int l1_depth;
38 
39   // L2 block parameters determine the size of larger blocks that should
40   // fit in L2 cache.
41   int l2_rows;
42   int l2_cols;
43   int l2_depth;
44 
45   template <typename KernelFormat>
InitBlockParams46   void Init(int rows, int cols, int depth, int num_threads) {
47     FindL2BlockSizes<KernelFormat>(rows, cols, depth, num_threads, &l2_rows,
48                                    &l2_cols, &l2_depth);
49     FindL1BlockSizes<KernelFormat>(l2_rows, l2_cols, l2_depth, &l1_rows,
50                                    &l1_cols, &l1_depth);
51   }
52 
53   template <typename KernelFormat>
FindL2BlockSizesBlockParams54   static void FindL2BlockSizes(int rows, int cols, int depth, int num_threads,
55                                int* out_l2_rows, int* out_l2_cols,
56                                int* out_l2_depth) {
57     int l2_rows = 0;
58     int l2_cols = 0;
59     int l2_depth = 0;
60     // No L2 blocking in the depth dimension at the moment.
61     // Too much loss of accuracy due to storing intermediate results in
62     // low precision.
63     // However, we still want to round l2_depth up to the next multiple
64     // of register size, so as to avoid having to special-case unaligned depths.
65     l2_depth = RoundUp<kRegisterSize>(depth);
66 
67     const int l2_bytes_to_use = kDefaultL2CacheSize;
68     const float l2_rhs_factor = kDefaultL2RhsFactor;
69 
70     {
71       int max_cache_friendly_l2_cols = std::max(
72           1, static_cast<int>(l2_rhs_factor * (l2_bytes_to_use / l2_depth)));
73       int min_l2_cols_blocks =
74           std::max(1, CeilQuotient(cols, max_cache_friendly_l2_cols));
75       l2_cols =
76           RoundUp<KernelFormat::kCols>(CeilQuotient(cols, min_l2_cols_blocks));
77     }
78 
79     // No L2 blocking in the row dimension if l2_rhs_factor is 1.0 as the row
80     // dimension concerns only the LHS. Blocking only RHS matrix for L2 enhances
81     // the performance on x86.
82     if (l2_rhs_factor == 1.0f) {
83       l2_rows = RoundUp<KernelFormat::kRows>(rows);
84     } else {
85       int max_cache_friendly_l2_rows =
86           std::max(1, (l2_bytes_to_use - l2_depth * l2_cols) /
87                           (num_threads * (l2_depth + 4 * l2_cols)));
88       int min_l2_rows_blocks =
89           std::max(1, CeilQuotient(rows, max_cache_friendly_l2_rows));
90       l2_rows =
91           RoundUp<KernelFormat::kRows>(CeilQuotient(rows, min_l2_rows_blocks));
92     }
93 
94     *out_l2_rows = l2_rows;
95     *out_l2_cols = l2_cols;
96     *out_l2_depth = l2_depth;
97   }
98 
99   template <typename KernelFormat>
FindL1BlockSizesBlockParams100   static void FindL1BlockSizes(int rows, int cols, int depth, int* out_l1_rows,
101                                int* out_l1_cols, int* out_l1_depth) {
102     int l1_rows = 0;
103     int l1_cols = 0;
104     int l1_depth = 0;
105 
106     // L2 block sizes should already be multiples of kernel block sizes.
107     assert(rows % KernelFormat::kRows == 0);
108     assert(cols % KernelFormat::kCols == 0);
109     assert(depth % KernelFormat::kDepth == 0);
110 
111     // No L1 blocking in the columns dimension at the moment.
112     // Thought not to be needed. Similar to Eigen.
113     l1_cols = cols;
114 
115     const int l1_bytes_to_use = kDefaultL1CacheSize;
116 
117     {
118       int max_cache_friendly_l1_depth = std::max(
119           1, (l1_bytes_to_use - 4 * KernelFormat::kRows * KernelFormat::kCols) /
120                  (KernelFormat::kRows + KernelFormat::kCols));
121       int min_l1_depth_blocks =
122           std::max(1, CeilQuotient(depth, max_cache_friendly_l1_depth));
123       l1_depth =
124           RoundUp<kRegisterSize>(CeilQuotient(depth, min_l1_depth_blocks));
125     }
126 
127     {
128       int max_cache_friendly_l1_rows =
129           std::max(1, l1_bytes_to_use / (l1_depth + 4 * l1_cols));
130       int min_l1_rows_blocks =
131           std::max(1, CeilQuotient(rows, max_cache_friendly_l1_rows));
132       l1_rows =
133           RoundUp<KernelFormat::kRows>(CeilQuotient(rows, min_l1_rows_blocks));
134     }
135 
136     *out_l1_rows = l1_rows;
137     *out_l1_cols = l1_cols;
138     *out_l1_depth = l1_depth;
139   }
140 };
141 
142 // A SideBlockParams instance contains only the block params relevant to
143 // one side (LHS or RHS), expressed in terms of 'width' instead of
144 // rows/colums. See the explanation in kernel.h: in the LHS, 'width' means
145 // the number of rows, while in the RHS, 'width' means the number of columns.
146 // That allows us to write generic code that applies to either LHS or RHS.
147 struct SideBlockParams {
148   // L1 block parameters determine the size of small blocks that should
149   // fit in L1 cache.
150   int l1_width;
151   int l1_depth;
152 
153   // L2 block parameters determine the size of larger blocks that should
154   // fit in L2 cache.
155   int l2_width;
156   int l2_depth;
157 };
158 
159 enum class Side { Lhs, Rhs };
160 
GetSideBlockParams(Side side,SideBlockParams * side_block_params,const BlockParams & block_params)161 inline void GetSideBlockParams(Side side, SideBlockParams* side_block_params,
162                                const BlockParams& block_params) {
163   side_block_params->l1_width =
164       side == Side::Lhs ? block_params.l1_rows : block_params.l1_cols;
165   side_block_params->l2_width =
166       side == Side::Lhs ? block_params.l2_rows : block_params.l2_cols;
167 
168   side_block_params->l1_depth = block_params.l1_depth;
169   side_block_params->l2_depth = block_params.l2_depth;
170 }
171 
172 }  // namespace gemmlowp
173 
174 #endif  // GEMMLOWP_INTERNAL_BLOCK_PARAMS_H_
175