[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/2] all: do standards compliant absdiff computation

Clément Bœsch u at pkh.me
Sun Aug 23 23:41:48 CEST 2015


On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 05:33:11PM -0400, Ganesh Ajjanagadde wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Clément Bœsch <u at pkh.me> wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 11:23:54PM +0200, Clément Bœsch wrote:
> >> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 11:58:23AM -0400, Ganesh Ajjanagadde wrote:
> >> [...]
> >> > diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_hqx.c b/libavfilter/vf_hqx.c
> >> > index fa15d9c..0178793 100644
> >> > --- a/libavfilter/vf_hqx.c
> >> > +++ b/libavfilter/vf_hqx.c
> >> > @@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ static av_always_inline int yuv_diff(uint32_t yuv1, uint32_t yuv2)
> >> >  #define YMASK 0xff0000
> >> >  #define UMASK 0x00ff00
> >> >  #define VMASK 0x0000ff
> >> > -    return abs((yuv1 & YMASK) - (yuv2 & YMASK)) > (48 << 16) ||
> >> > -           abs((yuv1 & UMASK) - (yuv2 & UMASK)) > ( 7 <<  8) ||
> >> > -           abs((yuv1 & VMASK) - (yuv2 & VMASK)) > ( 6 <<  0);
> >> > +    return FFUABSDIFF(yuv1 & YMASK, yuv2 & YMASK) > (48 << 16) ||
> >> > +           FFUABSDIFF(yuv1 & UMASK, yuv2 & UMASK) > ( 7 <<  8) ||
> >> > +           FFUABSDIFF(yuv1 & VMASK, yuv2 & VMASK) > ( 6 <<  0);
> >>
> >> This is one of the bottleneck function of the filter. How does it affect
> >> speed? Can you compare the generated ASM?
> >>
> >
> > To answer my second question:
> >
> > [/tmp]☭ cat a.c
> > #include <stdlib.h>
> > #include <stdint.h>
> >
> > #define YMASK 0xff0000
> > #define UMASK 0x00ff00
> > #define VMASK 0x0000ff
> >
> > #define FFUABSDIFF(a,b) (((a) > (b)) ? ((a)-(b)) : ((b)-(a)))
> >
> > int yuv_diff_0(uint32_t yuv1, uint32_t yuv2)
> > {
> >     return abs((yuv1 & YMASK) - (yuv2 & YMASK)) > (48 << 16) ||
> >            abs((yuv1 & UMASK) - (yuv2 & UMASK)) > ( 7 <<  8) ||
> >            abs((yuv1 & VMASK) - (yuv2 & VMASK)) > ( 6 <<  0);
> > }
> >
> > int yuv_diff_1(uint32_t yuv1, uint32_t yuv2)
> > {
> >     return FFUABSDIFF(yuv1 & YMASK, yuv2 & YMASK) > (48 << 16) ||
> >            FFUABSDIFF(yuv1 & UMASK, yuv2 & UMASK) > ( 7 <<  8) ||
> >            FFUABSDIFF(yuv1 & VMASK, yuv2 & VMASK) > ( 6 <<  0);
> > }
> > [/tmp]☭ gcc -Wall -O2 -c a.c && objdump -d -Mintel a.o
> >
> > a.o:     file format elf64-x86-64
> >
> >
> > Disassembly of section .text:
> >
> > 0000000000000000 <yuv_diff_0>:
> >    0:   89 f8                   mov    eax,edi
> >    2:   89 f2                   mov    edx,esi
> >    4:   81 e2 00 00 ff 00       and    edx,0xff0000
> >    a:   25 00 00 ff 00          and    eax,0xff0000
> >    f:   29 d0                   sub    eax,edx
> >   11:   99                      cdq
> >   12:   31 d0                   xor    eax,edx
> >   14:   29 d0                   sub    eax,edx
> >   16:   89 c2                   mov    edx,eax
> >   18:   b8 01 00 00 00          mov    eax,0x1
> >   1d:   81 fa 00 00 30 00       cmp    edx,0x300000
> >   23:   7f 3e                   jg     63 <yuv_diff_0+0x63>
> >   25:   89 fa                   mov    edx,edi
> >   27:   89 f1                   mov    ecx,esi
> >   29:   81 e1 00 ff 00 00       and    ecx,0xff00
> >   2f:   81 e2 00 ff 00 00       and    edx,0xff00
> >   35:   29 ca                   sub    edx,ecx
> >   37:   89 d1                   mov    ecx,edx
> >   39:   c1 f9 1f                sar    ecx,0x1f
> >   3c:   31 ca                   xor    edx,ecx
> >   3e:   29 ca                   sub    edx,ecx
> >   40:   81 fa 00 07 00 00       cmp    edx,0x700
> >   46:   7f 1b                   jg     63 <yuv_diff_0+0x63>
> >   48:   40 0f b6 ff             movzx  edi,dil
> >   4c:   40 0f b6 f6             movzx  esi,sil
> >   50:   29 f7                   sub    edi,esi
> >   52:   89 f8                   mov    eax,edi
> >   54:   c1 f8 1f                sar    eax,0x1f
> >   57:   31 c7                   xor    edi,eax
> >   59:   29 c7                   sub    edi,eax
> >   5b:   31 c0                   xor    eax,eax
> >   5d:   83 ff 06                cmp    edi,0x6
> >   60:   0f 9f c0                setg   al
> >   63:   f3 c3                   repz ret
> >   65:   90                      nop
> >   66:   66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00    nop    WORD PTR cs:[rax+rax*1+0x0]
> >   6d:   00 00 00
> >
> > 0000000000000070 <yuv_diff_1>:
> >   70:   89 fa                   mov    edx,edi
> >   72:   89 f0                   mov    eax,esi
> >   74:   81 e2 00 00 ff 00       and    edx,0xff0000
> >   7a:   25 00 00 ff 00          and    eax,0xff0000
> >   7f:   39 c2                   cmp    edx,eax
> >   81:   76 4d                   jbe    d0 <yuv_diff_1+0x60>
> >   83:   29 c2                   sub    edx,eax
> >   85:   b8 01 00 00 00          mov    eax,0x1
> >   8a:   81 fa 00 00 30 00       cmp    edx,0x300000
> >   90:   77 7e                   ja     110 <yuv_diff_1+0xa0>
> >   92:   89 fa                   mov    edx,edi
> >   94:   89 f0                   mov    eax,esi
> >   96:   81 e2 00 ff 00 00       and    edx,0xff00
> >   9c:   25 00 ff 00 00          and    eax,0xff00
> >   a1:   39 c2                   cmp    edx,eax
> >   a3:   76 43                   jbe    e8 <yuv_diff_1+0x78>
> >   a5:   29 c2                   sub    edx,eax
> >   a7:   b8 01 00 00 00          mov    eax,0x1
> >   ac:   81 fa 00 07 00 00       cmp    edx,0x700
> >   b2:   77 74                   ja     128 <yuv_diff_1+0xb8>
> >   b4:   40 0f b6 ff             movzx  edi,dil
> >   b8:   40 0f b6 f6             movzx  esi,sil
> >   bc:   39 f7                   cmp    edi,esi
> >   be:   76 58                   jbe    118 <yuv_diff_1+0xa8>
> >   c0:   29 f7                   sub    edi,esi
> >   c2:   31 c0                   xor    eax,eax
> >   c4:   83 ff 06                cmp    edi,0x6
> >   c7:   0f 97 c0                seta   al
> >   ca:   c3                      ret
> >   cb:   0f 1f 44 00 00          nop    DWORD PTR [rax+rax*1+0x0]
> >   d0:   29 d0                   sub    eax,edx
> >   d2:   89 c2                   mov    edx,eax
> >   d4:   b8 01 00 00 00          mov    eax,0x1
> >   d9:   81 fa 00 00 30 00       cmp    edx,0x300000
> >   df:   76 b1                   jbe    92 <yuv_diff_1+0x22>
> >   e1:   f3 c3                   repz ret
> >   e3:   0f 1f 44 00 00          nop    DWORD PTR [rax+rax*1+0x0]
> >   e8:   29 d0                   sub    eax,edx
> >   ea:   89 c2                   mov    edx,eax
> >   ec:   b8 01 00 00 00          mov    eax,0x1
> >   f1:   81 fa 00 07 00 00       cmp    edx,0x700
> >   f7:   77 e8                   ja     e1 <yuv_diff_1+0x71>
> >   f9:   40 0f b6 ff             movzx  edi,dil
> >   fd:   40 0f b6 f6             movzx  esi,sil
> >  101:   39 f7                   cmp    edi,esi
> >  103:   76 13                   jbe    118 <yuv_diff_1+0xa8>
> >  105:   eb b9                   jmp    c0 <yuv_diff_1+0x50>
> >  107:   66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00    nop    WORD PTR [rax+rax*1+0x0]
> >  10e:   00 00
> >  110:   f3 c3                   repz ret
> >  112:   66 0f 1f 44 00 00       nop    WORD PTR [rax+rax*1+0x0]
> >  118:   29 fe                   sub    esi,edi
> >  11a:   31 c0                   xor    eax,eax
> >  11c:   83 fe 06                cmp    esi,0x6
> >  11f:   0f 97 c0                seta   al
> >  122:   c3                      ret
> >  123:   0f 1f 44 00 00          nop    DWORD PTR [rax+rax*1+0x0]
> >  128:   f3 c3                   repz ret
> > [/tmp]☭
> >
> > I must say I'm slightly uncomfortable with that change.
> 
> I don't know much assembly at the moment, can you please explain the difference
> and what makes you uncomfortable?
> 

Well, one is almost twice longer, with about 5x more branching. I'm pretty
sure you can guess which one will be way slower (assuming it even behaves
the same)

-- 
Clément B.
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