Re: [PATCH] Hex-coding optimizations using SVE on ARM. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCH] Hex-coding optimizations using SVE on ARM.
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Msg-id 1787140.1757604720@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [PATCH] Hex-coding optimizations using SVE on ARM.  (Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>)
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Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> writes:
> My current philosophy with this stuff is to favor simplicity,
> maintainability, portability, etc. over extracting the absolute maximum
> amount of performance gain, so I think we should proceed with the simd.h
> approach.  But I'm curious how others feel about this.

+1.  The maintainability aspect is critical over the long run.
Also, there's a very real danger of optimizing for the specific
hardware and test case you are working with, leading to actually
worse performance with future hardware.

            regards, tom lane



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