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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 int l1_bytes_to_use, int l2_bytes_to_use, float l2_rhs_factor) {
48 FindL2BlockSizes<KernelFormat>(rows, cols, depth, num_threads,
49 l2_bytes_to_use, l2_rhs_factor,
50 &l2_rows, &l2_cols, &l2_depth);
51 FindL1BlockSizes<KernelFormat>(l2_rows, l2_cols, l2_depth,
52 l1_bytes_to_use,
53 &l1_rows, &l1_cols, &l1_depth);
54 }
55
56 template <typename KernelFormat>
FindL2BlockSizesBlockParams57 static void FindL2BlockSizes(int rows, int cols, int depth, int num_threads,
58 int l2_bytes_to_use, float l2_rhs_factor,
59 int* out_l2_rows, int* out_l2_cols,
60 int* out_l2_depth) {
61 int l2_rows = 0;
62 int l2_cols = 0;
63 int l2_depth = 0;
64 // No L2 blocking in the depth dimension at the moment.
65 // Too much loss of accuracy due to storing intermediate results in
66 // low precision.
67 // However, we still want to round l2_depth up to the next multiple
68 // of register size, so as to avoid having to special-case unaligned depths.
69 l2_depth = RoundUp<kRegisterSize>(depth);
70
71 {
72 int max_cache_friendly_l2_cols = std::max(
73 1, static_cast<int>(l2_rhs_factor * (l2_bytes_to_use / l2_depth)));
74 int min_l2_cols_blocks =
75 std::max(1, CeilQuotient(cols, max_cache_friendly_l2_cols));
76 l2_cols =
77 RoundUp<KernelFormat::kCols>(CeilQuotient(cols, min_l2_cols_blocks));
78 }
79
80 // No L2 blocking in the row dimension if l2_rhs_factor is 1.0 as the row
81 // dimension concerns only the LHS. Blocking only RHS matrix for L2 enhances
82 // the performance on x86.
83 if (l2_rhs_factor == 1.0f) {
84 l2_rows = RoundUp<KernelFormat::kRows>(rows);
85 } else {
86 int max_cache_friendly_l2_rows =
87 std::max(1, (l2_bytes_to_use - l2_depth * l2_cols) /
88 (num_threads * (l2_depth + 4 * l2_cols)));
89 int min_l2_rows_blocks =
90 std::max(1, CeilQuotient(rows, max_cache_friendly_l2_rows));
91 l2_rows =
92 RoundUp<KernelFormat::kRows>(CeilQuotient(rows, min_l2_rows_blocks));
93 }
94
95 *out_l2_rows = l2_rows;
96 *out_l2_cols = l2_cols;
97 *out_l2_depth = l2_depth;
98 }
99
100 template <typename KernelFormat>
FindL1BlockSizesBlockParams101 static void FindL1BlockSizes(int rows, int cols, int depth,
102 int l1_bytes_to_use, int* out_l1_rows,
103 int* out_l1_cols, int* out_l1_depth) {
104 int l1_rows = 0;
105 int l1_cols = 0;
106 int l1_depth = 0;
107
108 // L2 block sizes should already be multiples of kernel block sizes.
109 assert(rows % KernelFormat::kRows == 0);
110 assert(cols % KernelFormat::kCols == 0);
111 assert(depth % KernelFormat::kDepth == 0);
112
113 // No L1 blocking in the columns dimension at the moment.
114 // Thought not to be needed. Similar to Eigen.
115 l1_cols = cols;
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