问题
Is there an intrinsic which allows one to add all of the elements in a lane? I am using Neon to multiply 8 numbers together, and I need to sum the result. Here is some paraphrased code to show what I'm currently doing (this could probably be optimised):
int16_t p[8], q[8], r[8];
int32_t sum;
int16x8_t pneon, qneon, result;
p[0] = some_number;
p[1] = some_other_number;
//etc etc
pneon = vld1q_s16(p);
q[0] = some_other_other_number;
q[1] = some_other_other_other_number;
//etc etc
qneon = vld1q_s16(q);
result = vmulq_s16(p,q);
vst1q_s16(r,result);
sum = ((int32_t) r[0] + (int32_t) r[1] + ... //etc );
Is there a "better" way to do this?
回答1:
If you're targeting the newer arm 64 bit architecture, then ADDV is just the right instruction for you.
Here's how your code will look with it.
qneon = vld1q_s16(q);
result = vmulq_s16(p,q);
sum = vaddvq_s16(result);
That's it. Just one instruction to sum up all of the lanes in the vector register.
Sadly, this instruction doesn't feature in the older 32 bit arm architecture.
回答2:
Something like this should work pretty optimal (caution: not tested)
const int16x4_t result_low = vget_low_s16(result); // Extract low 4 elements
const int16x4_t result_high = vget_high_s16(result); // Extract high 4 elements
const int32x4_t twopartsum = vaddl_s16(result_low, result_high); // Extend to 32 bits and add (4 partial 32-bit sums are formed)
const int32x2_t twopartsum_low = vget_low_s32(twopartsum); // Extract 2 low 32-bit partial sums
const int32x2_t twopartsum_high = vget_high_s32(twopartsum); // Extract 2 high 32-bit partial sums
const int32x2_t fourpartsum = vadd_s32(twopartsum_low, twopartsum_high); // Add partial sums (2 partial 32-bit sum are formed)
const int32x2_t eightpartsum = vpadd_s32(fourpartsum, fourpartsum); // Final reduction
const int32_t sum = vget_lane_s32(eightpartsum, 0); // Move to general-purpose registers
回答3:
temp = vadd_f32(vget_high_f32(variance_n), vget_low_f32(variance_n));
sum = vget_lane_f32(vpadd_f32(variance_temp, variance_temp), 0);
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12171117/add-all-elements-in-a-lane