perf: SIMD neon support

First pass at neon support, building off #132

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -147,3 +147,41 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test
         run: MIRIFLAGS="-Zmiri-tag-raw-pointers -Zmiri-check-number-validity" cargo miri test
+
+  aarch64:
+    name: Test aarch64 (neon)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      CARGO_TARGET_AARCH64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_LINKER: aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup Rust
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
+          target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+      - name: Install QEMU and dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y qemu qemu-user gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu
+
+      - name: Build tests
+        run: cargo build --tests --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+      - name: Run tests with QEMU
+        run: |
+          test_binaries=$(find target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/debug/deps/ -type f -executable -name 'httparse-*')
+          if [ -n "$test_binaries" ]; then
+            for test_binary in $test_binaries
+            do
+              echo "Running tests in ${test_binary}"
+              /usr/bin/qemu-aarch64 -L /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu/ "${test_binary}"
+            done
+          else
+            echo "No test binaries found."
+          fi

src/simd/mod.rs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ mod swar;
     any(
         target_arch = "x86",
         target_arch = "x86_64",
+        target_arch = "aarch64",
     ),
 )))]
 pub use self::swar::*;
@@ -132,3 +133,15 @@ mod avx2_compile_time {
     ),
 ))]
 pub use self::avx2_compile_time::*;
+
+#[cfg(all(
+    httparse_simd,
+    target_arch = "aarch64",
+))]
+mod neon;
+
+#[cfg(all(
+    httparse_simd,
+    target_arch = "aarch64",
+))]
+pub use self::neon::*;

src/simd/neon.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+use crate::iter::Bytes;
+use core::arch::aarch64::*;
+
+#[inline]
+pub fn match_header_name_vectored(bytes: &mut Bytes) {
+    while bytes.as_ref().len() >= 16 {
+        unsafe {
+            let advance = match_header_name_char_16_neon(bytes.as_ref().as_ptr());
+            bytes.advance(advance);
+
+            if advance != 16 {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    super::swar::match_header_name_vectored(bytes);
+}
+
+#[inline]
+pub fn match_header_value_vectored(bytes: &mut Bytes) {
+    while bytes.as_ref().len() >= 16 {
+        unsafe {
+            let advance = match_header_value_char_16_neon(bytes.as_ref().as_ptr());
+            bytes.advance(advance);
+
+            if advance != 16 {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    super::swar::match_header_value_vectored(bytes);
+}
+
+#[inline]
+pub fn match_uri_vectored(bytes: &mut Bytes) {
+    while bytes.as_ref().len() >= 16 {
+        unsafe {
+            let advance = match_url_char_16_neon(bytes.as_ref().as_ptr());
+            bytes.advance(advance);
+
+            if advance != 16 {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    super::swar::match_uri_vectored(bytes);
+}
+
+const fn bit_set(x: u8) -> bool {
+    // Validates if a byte is a valid header name character
+    // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2.6
+    matches!(x, b'0'..=b'9' | b'a'..=b'z' | b'A'..=b'Z' | b'!' | b'#' | b'$' | b'%' | b'&' | b'\'' | b'*' | b'+' | b'-' | b'.' | b'^' | b'_' | b'`' | b'|' | b'~')
+}
+
+// A 256-bit bitmap, split into two halves
+// lower half contains bits whose higher nibble is <= 7
+// higher half contains bits whose higher nibble is >= 8
+const fn build_bitmap() -> ([u8; 16], [u8; 16]) {
+    let mut bitmap_0_7 = [0u8; 16]; // 0x00..0x7F
+    let mut bitmap_8_15 = [0u8; 16]; // 0x80..0xFF
+    let mut i = 0;
+    while i < 256 {
+        if bit_set(i as u8) {
+            // Nibbles
+            let (lo, hi) = (i & 0x0F, i >> 4);
+            if i < 128 {
+                bitmap_0_7[lo] |= 1 << hi;
+            } else {
+                bitmap_8_15[lo] |= 1 << hi;
+            }
+        }
+        i += 1;
+    }
+    (bitmap_0_7, bitmap_8_15)
+}
+
+const BITMAPS: ([u8; 16], [u8; 16]) = build_bitmap();
+
+// NOTE: adapted from 256-bit version, with upper 128-bit ops commented out
+#[inline]
+unsafe fn match_header_name_char_16_neon(ptr: *const u8) -> usize {
+    let bitmaps = BITMAPS;
+    // NOTE: ideally compile-time constants
+    let (bitmap_0_7, _bitmap_8_15) = bitmaps;
+    let bitmap_0_7 = vld1q_u8(bitmap_0_7.as_ptr());
+    // let bitmap_8_15 = vld1q_u8(bitmap_8_15.as_ptr());
+
+    // Initialize the bitmask_lookup.
+    const BITMASK_LOOKUP_DATA: [u8; 16] =
+        [1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128];
+    let bitmask_lookup = vld1q_u8(BITMASK_LOOKUP_DATA.as_ptr());
+
+    // Load 16 input bytes.
+    let input = vld1q_u8(ptr);
+
+    // Extract indices for row_0_7.
+    let indices_0_7 = vandq_u8(input, vdupq_n_u8(0x8F)); // 0b1000_1111;
+
+    // Extract indices for row_8_15.
+    // let msb = vandq_u8(input, vdupq_n_u8(0x80));
+    // let indices_8_15 = veorq_u8(indices_0_7, msb);
+
+    // Fetch row_0_7 and row_8_15.
+    let row_0_7 = vqtbl1q_u8(bitmap_0_7, indices_0_7);
+    // let row_8_15 = vqtbl1q_u8(bitmap_8_15, indices_8_15);
+
+    // Calculate a bitmask, i.e. (1 << hi_nibble % 8).
+    let bitmask = vqtbl1q_u8(bitmask_lookup, vshrq_n_u8(input, 4));
+
+    // Choose rows halves depending on higher nibbles.
+    // let bitsets = vorrq_u8(row_0_7, row_8_15);
+    let bitsets = row_0_7;
+
+    // Finally check which bytes belong to the set.
+    let tmp = vandq_u8(bitsets, bitmask);
+    let result = vceqq_u8(tmp, bitmask);
+
+    offsetz(result) as usize
+}
+
+#[inline]
+unsafe fn match_url_char_16_neon(ptr: *const u8) -> usize {
+    let input = vld1q_u8(ptr);
+
+    // Check that b'!' <= input <= b'~'
+    let result = vandq_u8(
+        vcleq_u8(vdupq_n_u8(b'!'), input),
+        vcleq_u8(input, vdupq_n_u8(b'~')),
+    );
+    // Check that input != b'<' and input != b'>'
+    let lt = vceqq_u8(input, vdupq_n_u8(b'<'));
+    let gt = vceqq_u8(input, vdupq_n_u8(b'>'));
+    let ltgt = vorrq_u8(lt, gt);
+    // Nand with result
+    let result = vbicq_u8(result, ltgt);
+
+    offsetz(result) as usize
+}
+
+#[inline]
+unsafe fn match_header_value_char_16_neon(ptr: *const u8) -> usize {
+    let input = vld1q_u8(ptr);
+
+    // Check that b' ' <= and b != 127 or b == 9
+    let result = vcleq_u8(vdupq_n_u8(b' '), input);
+
+    // Allow tab
+    let tab = vceqq_u8(input, vdupq_n_u8(0x09));
+    let result = vorrq_u8(result, tab);
+
+    // Disallow del
+    let del = vceqq_u8(input, vdupq_n_u8(0x7F));
+    let result = vbicq_u8(result, del);
+
+    offsetz(result) as usize
+}
+
+#[inline]
+unsafe fn offsetz(x: uint8x16_t) -> u32 {
+    // NOT the vector since it's faster to operate with zeros instead
+    offsetnz(vmvnq_u8(x))
+}
+
+#[inline]
+unsafe fn offsetnz(x: uint8x16_t) -> u32 {
+    // Extract two u64
+    let x = vreinterpretq_u64_u8(x);
+    let low: u64 = std::mem::transmute(vget_low_u64(x));
+    let high: u64 = std::mem::transmute(vget_high_u64(x));
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn clz(x: u64) -> u32 {
+        // perf: rust will unroll this loop
+        // and it's much faster than rbit + clz so voila
+        for (i, b) in x.to_ne_bytes().iter().copied().enumerate() {
+            if b != 0 {
+                return i as u32;
+            }
+        }
+        8 // Technically not reachable since zero-guarded
+    }
+
+    if low != 0 {
+        return clz(low);
+    } else if high != 0 {
+        return 8 + clz(high);
+    } else {
+        return 16;
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn neon_code_matches_uri_chars_table() {
+    unsafe {
+        assert!(byte_is_allowed(b'_', match_uri_vectored));
+
+        for (b, allowed) in crate::URI_MAP.iter().cloned().enumerate() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                byte_is_allowed(b as u8, match_uri_vectored),
+                allowed,
+                "byte_is_allowed({:?}) should be {:?}",
+                b,
+                allowed,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn neon_code_matches_header_value_chars_table() {
+    unsafe {
+        assert!(byte_is_allowed(b'_', match_header_value_vectored));
+
+        for (b, allowed) in crate::HEADER_VALUE_MAP.iter().cloned().enumerate() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                byte_is_allowed(b as u8, match_header_value_vectored),
+                allowed,
+                "byte_is_allowed({:?}) should be {:?}",
+                b,
+                allowed,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn neon_code_matches_header_name_chars_table() {
+    unsafe {
+        assert!(byte_is_allowed(b'_', match_header_name_vectored));
+
+        for (b, allowed) in crate::HEADER_NAME_MAP.iter().cloned().enumerate() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                byte_is_allowed(b as u8, match_header_name_vectored),
+                allowed,
+                "byte_is_allowed({:?}) should be {:?}",
+                b,
+                allowed,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+unsafe fn byte_is_allowed(byte: u8, f: unsafe fn(bytes: &mut Bytes<'_>)) -> bool {
+    let mut slice = [b'_'; 16];
+    slice[10] = byte;
+    let mut bytes = Bytes::new(&slice);
+
+    f(&mut bytes);
+
+    match bytes.pos() {
+        16 => true,
+        10 => false,
+        x => panic!("unexpected pos: {}", x),
+    }
+}