[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] lavc/aarch64: Add neon implementation for pix_abs8

Hubert Mazur hum at semihalf.com
Mon Jul 25 14:21:16 EEST 2022


Provide optimized implementation of pix_abs8 function for arm64.

Performance comparison tests are shown below.
- pix_abs_1_0_c: 105.2
- pix_abs_1_0_neon: 21.4
- sad_1_c: 107.2
- sad_1_neon: 20.9

Benchmarks and tests are run with checkasm tool on AWS Graviton 3.
---
 libavcodec/aarch64/me_cmp_init_aarch64.c |  4 ++
 libavcodec/aarch64/me_cmp_neon.S         | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libavcodec/aarch64/me_cmp_init_aarch64.c b/libavcodec/aarch64/me_cmp_init_aarch64.c
index 89c817990c..7d7dc38754 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aarch64/me_cmp_init_aarch64.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aarch64/me_cmp_init_aarch64.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ int ff_pix_abs16_x2_neon(MpegEncContext *v, uint8_t *pix1, uint8_t *pix2,
                       ptrdiff_t stride, int h);
 int ff_pix_abs16_y2_neon(MpegEncContext *v, uint8_t *pix1, uint8_t *pix2,
                       ptrdiff_t stride, int h);
+int ff_pix_abs8_neon(MpegEncContext *s, uint8_t *blk1, uint8_t *blk2,
+                      ptrdiff_t stride, int h);
 
 int sse16_neon(MpegEncContext *v, uint8_t *pix1, uint8_t *pix2,
                   ptrdiff_t stride, int h);
@@ -48,8 +50,10 @@ av_cold void ff_me_cmp_init_aarch64(MECmpContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx)
         c->pix_abs[0][1] = ff_pix_abs16_x2_neon;
         c->pix_abs[0][2] = ff_pix_abs16_y2_neon;
         c->pix_abs[0][3] = ff_pix_abs16_xy2_neon;
+        c->pix_abs[1][0] = ff_pix_abs8_neon;
 
         c->sad[0] = ff_pix_abs16_neon;
+        c->sad[1] = ff_pix_abs8_neon;
         c->sse[0] = sse16_neon;
         c->sse[1] = sse8_neon;
         c->sse[2] = sse4_neon;
diff --git a/libavcodec/aarch64/me_cmp_neon.S b/libavcodec/aarch64/me_cmp_neon.S
index dcaffc9b73..f2dd63ced1 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aarch64/me_cmp_neon.S
+++ b/libavcodec/aarch64/me_cmp_neon.S
@@ -72,6 +72,59 @@ function ff_pix_abs16_neon, export=1
         ret
 endfunc
 
+function ff_pix_abs8_neon, export=1
+        // x0           unused
+        // x1           uint8_t *pix1
+        // x2           uint8_t *pix2
+        // x3           ptrdiff_t stride
+        // x4           int h
+
+        movi            d18, #0
+        cmp             w4, #4
+        b.lt            2f
+
+// make 4 iterations at once
+1:
+        ld1             {v0.8b}, [x1], x3               // Load pix1 for first iteration
+        ld1             {v1.8b}, [x2], x3               // Load pix2 for first iteration
+        uabdl           v30.8h, v0.8b, v1.8b            // Absolute difference, first iteration
+        ld1             {v2.8b}, [x1], x3               // Load pix1 for second iteration
+        ld1             {v3.8b}, [x2], x3               // Load pix2 for second iteration
+        uabal           v30.8h, v2.8b, v3.8b            // Absolute difference, second iteration
+        ld1             {v4.8b}, [x1], x3               // Load pix1 for third iteration
+        ld1             {v5.8b}, [x2], x3               // Load pix2 for third iteration
+        uabal           v30.8h, v4.8b, v5.8b            // Absolute difference, third iteration
+        ld1             {v6.8b}, [x1], x3               // Load pix1 for foruth iteration
+        ld1             {v7.8b}, [x2], x3               // Load pix2 for fourth iteration
+        uabal           v30.8h, v6.8b, v7.8b            // Absolute difference, foruth iteration
+
+        sub             w4, w4, #4                      // h -= 4
+        uaddlv          s20, v30.8h                     // Add up vector
+        cmp             w4, #4
+        add             d18, d18, d20
+        b.ge            1b
+        cbnz            w4, 2f
+        fmov            w0, s18
+
+        ret
+
+// iterate by one
+2:
+        ld1             {v0.8b}, [x1], x3               // Load pix1
+        ld1             {v1.8b}, [x2], x3               // Load pix2
+
+        uabdl           v16.8h, v0.8b, v1.8b
+
+        uaddlv          s17, v16.8h
+        add             d18, d18, d17
+        subs            w4, w4, #1
+        b.ne            2b
+        fmov            w0, s18
+
+        ret
+
+endfunc
+
 function ff_pix_abs16_xy2_neon, export=1
         // x0           unused
         // x1           uint8_t *pix1
-- 
2.34.1



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