pgsql: Optimize vector8_has_le() on AArch64.

From: Nathan Bossart <nathan(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Optimize vector8_has_le() on AArch64.
Date: 2025-10-03 19:03:40
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Optimize vector8_has_le() on AArch64.

Presently, the SIMD implementation of this function uses unsigned
saturating subtraction to find bytes less than or equal to the
given value, which is a workaround for the lack of unsigned
comparison instructions on some architectures. However, Neon
offers vminvq_u8(), which returns the minimum (unsigned) value in
the vector. This commit adds a Neon-specific implementation that
uses vminvq_u8() to optimize vector8_has_le() on AArch64.

In passing, adjust the SSE2 implementation to use vector8_min() and
vector8_eq() to find values less than or equal to the given value.
This was the only use of vector8_ssub(), so it has been removed.

Reviewed-by: John Naylor <johncnaylorls(at)gmail(dot)com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aNHDNDSHleq0ogC_%40nathan

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/f8f4afe751fc75e1d3093fa634934018f440c29c

Modified Files
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src/include/port/simd.h | 37 ++++++++++---------------------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

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