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Re: [boost] Reply to questions about FFT template class
by Nathan Bliss 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi, Just to answer the previous questions about my FFT code... I'm afraid it's only a basic FFT implementation. It may not be up to the standard of Boost and I was always prepared for this, so I may then have to submit it to a less prestigious open source forum on the web somewhere. I made a mistake before about the precision. Mine agrees with the FFTW 2048-point results to a max error of 3 parts per million (max diff with FFTW value is 2.53E-06). Most of the outputs show zero or infinitesimal diffs. I've checked by math many times and I can only think it's because of performance-related approximations in FFTW, as the diffs seem too small to be algorithmic errors. Unfortunately, the FFTW implementation is ~20 times faster than mine. FFTW can run a 2048-point in 6ms on my Ubuntu installation whereas mine takes approx. 140ms. On Windows, both implementations are an order of magnitude slower (5secs for mine versus 250ms for FFTW). The boost multi-threading appears to make no difference to the speed, even though I've run it through GDB and with printfs to check that my code automatically spawns the optimal number of threads up to the max value given as the template parameter. Some compilers may be able to optimise the C++ code and multi-threading to increase performance, though I do not know if it could ever approach FFTW's. I have not implemented more advanced FFT features such as multi-dimensional FFTs or real-value-only optimisations, but I think the current API could facilitate users extending it to include forward/reverse FFT, bit-reversal, multi-dimensional FFTS (by manipulating the input and output vectors), etc. I've tried to make the code well organised, structured and commented so that hopefully users could customise it with their own optimisations for specific processor architectures. I'll understand if the consensus is that it is not really good enough for Boost. Alternatively, I would be happy to share my code and share the credit if anyone else wants to help. Kind regards,Nathan > From: boost-request(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Boost Digest, Vol 4012, Issue 1 > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 05:38:51 -0400 > > Send Boost mailing list submissions to > boost(a)lists.boost.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > boost-request(a)lists.boost.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > boost-owner(a)lists.boost.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Boost digest..." > > > The boost archives may be found at: http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/ > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Aditya Avinash) > 2. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Karsten Ahnert) > 3. Re: Request to contribute boost::FFT (Karsten Ahnert) > 4. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Aditya Avinash) > 5. Boost on ARM using NEON (Aditya Avinash) > 6. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Antony Polukhin) > 7. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Aditya Avinash) > 8. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Tim Blechmann) > 9. Re: Request to contribute boost::FFT (Paul A. Bristow) > 10. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Victor Hiairrassary) > 11. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Andrey Semashev) > 12. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Tim Blechmann) > 13. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Andrey Semashev) > 14. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (David Bellot) > 15. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Rob Stewart) > 16. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Mathias Gaunard) > 17. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Aditya Avinash) > 18. Re: Request to contribute boost::FFT (Mathias Gaunard) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:03:50 +0530 > From: Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: > <CABocMVpiKTED=tPZ4QtXBZAVdbwHMv+26LE+YXx9u2+HyWAFag(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > @Gaetano: Thank you for the comments. I'll change accordingly and post it > back. I am using T because, the code need to run double precision float > also. > @Joel: The Boost.SIMD is generalized. Designing algorithms specific to > uBLAS increases the performance. Odeint have their own simd backend. > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Joel Falcou <joel.falcou(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 29/05/2013 06:45, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > > > >> On 29/05/2013 06.13, Aditya Avinash wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, i have developed vector addition algorithm which exploits the > >>> hardware > >>> parallelism (SSE implementation). > >>> > >> > >> A few comments: > >> > >> - That is not C++ but just C in disguise of C++ code > >> . SSE1 CTOR doesn't use initialization list > >> . SSE1 doesn't have a DTOR and the user has to > >> explicit call the Free method > >> > >> - const-correctness is not in place > >> - The SSE namespace should have been put in a "detail" > >> namespace > >> - Use memcpy instead of explicit for > >> - Why is SSE1 template when it works only when T is a > >> single-precision, floating-point value ? > >> > >> > >> Also I believe a nice interface whould have been: > >> > >> SSE1::vector A(1024); > >> SSE1::vector B(1024); > >> SSE1::vector C(1024); > >> > >> C = A + B; > >> > >> > >> Regards > >> Gaetano Mendola > >> > >> > > See our work on Boost.SIMD ... > > > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/** > > mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost<http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost> > > > > > > -- > ---------------- > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > India. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 08:27:40 +0200 > From: Karsten Ahnert <karsten.ahnert(a)googlemail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: <51A59FDC.5050409(a)googlemail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 05/29/2013 07:33 AM, Aditya Avinash wrote: > > @Gaetano: Thank you for the comments. I'll change accordingly and post it > > back. I am using T because, the code need to run double precision float > > also. > > @Joel: The Boost.SIMD is generalized. Designing algorithms specific to > > uBLAS increases the performance. Odeint have their own simd backend. > > odeint has no simd backend, At least i am not aware of an simd backend. > Having one would be really great. > > > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Joel Falcou <joel.falcou(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 29/05/2013 06:45, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > >> > >>> On 29/05/2013 06.13, Aditya Avinash wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi, i have developed vector addition algorithm which exploits the > >>>> hardware > >>>> parallelism (SSE implementation). > >>>> > >>> > >>> A few comments: > >>> > >>> - That is not C++ but just C in disguise of C++ code > >>> . SSE1 CTOR doesn't use initialization list > >>> . SSE1 doesn't have a DTOR and the user has to > >>> explicit call the Free method > >>> > >>> - const-correctness is not in place > >>> - The SSE namespace should have been put in a "detail" > >>> namespace > >>> - Use memcpy instead of explicit for > >>> - Why is SSE1 template when it works only when T is a > >>> single-precision, floating-point value ? > >>> > >>> > >>> Also I believe a nice interface whould have been: > >>> > >>> SSE1::vector A(1024); > >>> SSE1::vector B(1024); > >>> SSE1::vector C(1024); > >>> > >>> C = A + B; > >>> > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> Gaetano Mendola > >>> > >>> > >> See our work on Boost.SIMD ... > >> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/** > >> mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost<http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost> > >> > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 08:32:15 +0200 > From: Karsten Ahnert <karsten.ahnert(a)googlemail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Request to contribute boost::FFT > Message-ID: <51A5A0EF.9000806(a)googlemail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 05/29/2013 12:12 AM, Nathan Bliss wrote: > > Dear Boost Community Members, > > I am writing to ask if I could contribute a C++ FFT implementation to the boost library. I noticed that there is a boost::CRC so I thought it would be a good addition to have boost::FFT as well. MIT have an existing open-source FFTW library, but it is GPL-licensed which is much more restrictive than the Boost license. I should imagine a commercial FFTW license would be very expensive. > > I have working FFT code which I have tested on Ubuntu Linux GNU gcc and also Visual Studio Express 2012 (MS VC++) for Windows. My code, when run as a 2048-point FFT, agrees with the MIT FFTW one to a max error margin of 6 parts per million. > > I would really like to see an FFT implementation in boost. It should of > course focus on performance. I also think that interoperability with > different vector and storage types would be really great. It prevents > that the user has to convert its data types in different formats (which > can be really painful if you use different libraries, for example > odeint, ublas, fftw, ...). > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:05:24 +0530 > From: Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: > <CABocMVpBesKaSTznHmKACxNpPUwYtTs50vUaWeZo5qUUaK9K+Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Am sorry. My bad. It's boost.simd. Why isn't it included in boost? I have > heard about it recently. Is there a chance that it is added to boost in the > near future? > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Karsten Ahnert < > karsten.ahnert(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > > > On 05/29/2013 07:33 AM, Aditya Avinash wrote: > > > >> @Gaetano: Thank you for the comments. I'll change accordingly and post it > >> back. I am using T because, the code need to run double precision float > >> also. > >> @Joel: The Boost.SIMD is generalized. Designing algorithms specific to > >> uBLAS increases the performance. Odeint have their own simd backend. > >> > > > > odeint has no simd backend, At least i am not aware of an simd backend. > > Having one would be really great. > > > > > > > >> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Joel Falcou <joel.falcou(a)gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> On 29/05/2013 06:45, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > >>> > >>> On 29/05/2013 06.13, Aditya Avinash wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi, i have developed vector addition algorithm which exploits the > >>>>> hardware > >>>>> parallelism (SSE implementation). > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> A few comments: > >>>> > >>>> - That is not C++ but just C in disguise of C++ code > >>>> . SSE1 CTOR doesn't use initialization list > >>>> . SSE1 doesn't have a DTOR and the user has to > >>>> explicit call the Free method > >>>> > >>>> - const-correctness is not in place > >>>> - The SSE namespace should have been put in a "detail" > >>>> namespace > >>>> - Use memcpy instead of explicit for > >>>> - Why is SSE1 template when it works only when T is a > >>>> single-precision, floating-point value ? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Also I believe a nice interface whould have been: > >>>> > >>>> SSE1::vector A(1024); > >>>> SSE1::vector B(1024); > >>>> SSE1::vector C(1024); > >>>> > >>>> C = A + B; > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Regards > >>>> Gaetano Mendola > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> See our work on Boost.SIMD ... > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ______________________________****_________________ > >>> Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/** > >>> mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost<htt**p://lists.boost.org/mailman/** > >>> listinfo.cgi/boost <http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/** > > mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost<http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost> > > > > > > -- > ---------------- > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > India. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:19:39 +0530 > From: Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CABocMVpQqBGqduE6jj-KG=O5faV08GcoV=TOS_bXFLYWTkzKjA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > implemented on ARM. > > -- > ---------------- > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > India. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:45:12 +0400 > From: Antony Polukhin <antoshkka(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CAKqmYPbt+wq92BvLLn-5GUhFfmvWiWsAoqfpXK6XOmnRK7EtwQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 2013/5/29 Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com>: > > Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > > implemented on ARM. > > Hi, > > Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > > > -- > Best regards, > Antony Polukhin > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 13:20:15 +0530 > From: Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CABocMVo_DbCaxRPDOK4_1KMw8m7O54gXKgOqX+cmYRcBndNYDA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Thank you! > Can i develop a new kernel for uBLAS using NEON? > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Antony Polukhin <antoshkka(a)gmail.com>wrote: > > > 2013/5/29 Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com>: > > > Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > > > implemented on ARM. > > > > Hi, > > > > Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > > But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > > at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Antony Polukhin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Unsubscribe & other changes: > > http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > > > > > > -- > ---------------- > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > India. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 09:52:57 +0200 > From: Tim Blechmann <tim(a)klingt.org> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: <51A5B3D9.2010807(a)klingt.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > >> Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > >> implemented on ARM. > > > > Hi, > > > > Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > > But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > > at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > > from https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/issues/180: "It is quite unsure at > this stage whether NEON will be provided as an open-source module" > > tim > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 08:55:41 +0100 > From: "Paul A. Bristow" <pbristow(a)hetp.u-net.com> > To: <boost(a)lists.boost.org> > Subject: Re: [boost] Request to contribute boost::FFT > Message-ID: <001f01ce5c41$ea88da30$bf9a8e90$(a)hetp.u-net.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Nathan Bliss > > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 11:12 PM > > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > > Subject: [boost] Request to contribute boost::FFT > > > > I am writing to ask if I could contribute a C++ FFT implementation to the boost library. > > Definitely, a good templated C++ FFT would be very welcome. > > Would/does it work with Boost.Multiprecision to give much higher precision ? (at a snail's pace of > course). > > Paul > > --- > Paul A. Bristow, > Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal LA8 8AB UK > +44 1539 561830 07714330204 > pbristow(a)hetp.u-net.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 09:15:36 +0200 > From: Victor Hiairrassary <victor.hiairrassary.ml(a)gmail.com> > To: "boost(a)lists.boost.org" <boost(a)lists.boost.org> > Cc: "boost(a)lists.boost.org" <boost(a)lists.boost.org> > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: <22F316D0-E311-4BE3-94FB-11DE688C9CAB(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > boost already works very well on ARM ! > > If you want to use Neon extension, look at boost simd (I do not know if Neon is implemented yet, feel free to do it) ! > > https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2 > > On 29 mai 2013, at 08:49, Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > > implemented on ARM. > > > > -- > > ---------------- > > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > > India. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:11:31 +0400 > From: Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CAEhD+6BfavRaGgok9eMbDebCP1Hdg2T3Z3be7BWZTAZ1EDpfzg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Tim Blechmann <tim(a)klingt.org> wrote: > > > >> Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > > >> implemented on ARM. > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > > > But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > > > at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > > > > from https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/issues/180: "It is quite unsure at > > this stage whether NEON will be provided as an open-source module" > > > > Even if it's not openly provided by developers of NT2, nothing prevents you > from implementing it yourself. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 10:37:48 +0200 > From: Tim Blechmann <tim(a)klingt.org> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: <51A5BE5C.6000705(a)klingt.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > >>>> Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > >>>> implemented on ARM. > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > >>> But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > >>> at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > >> > >> from https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/issues/180: "It is quite unsure at > >> this stage whether NEON will be provided as an open-source module" > > > > Even if it's not openly provided by developers of NT2, nothing prevents you > > from implementing it yourself. > > yes and no ... if the nt2 devs submit boost.simd to become an official > part of boost, it is the question if they'd merge an independently > developed arm/neon support, if it conflicts with their business > interests ... the situation is a bit unfortunate ... > > tim > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:52:29 +0400 > From: Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CAEhD+6D8h43AyTvg65ntZZm804R9p0fiOtARPp2G8cOJC64zog(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Tim Blechmann <tim(a)klingt.org> wrote: > > > >>>> Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > > >>>> implemented on ARM. > > >>> > > >>> Hi, > > >>> > > >>> Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > > >>> But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > > >>> at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > > >> > > >> from https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/issues/180: "It is quite unsure > > at > > >> this stage whether NEON will be provided as an open-source module" > > > > > > Even if it's not openly provided by developers of NT2, nothing prevents > > you > > > from implementing it yourself. > > > > yes and no ... if the nt2 devs submit boost.simd to become an official > > part of boost, it is the question if they'd merge an independently > > developed arm/neon support, if it conflicts with their business > > interests ... the situation is a bit unfortunate ... > > > > I realize that it may be inconvenient for them to expose their > implementation of NEON module (if there is one) for various reasons. But as > long as Boost.SIMD is licensed under BSL, anyone can use and improve this > code if he likes to, even if it means implementing functionality similar to > the proprietary solution. > > It doesn't necessarily mean that the open solution will take the market > share of the proprietary one. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 09:59:04 +0100 > From: David Bellot <david.bellot(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CAOE6ZJEVebMZF90SHC_yHNxmBWy=uC3K1OFokcPrF2RM7=uYrQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > again, as I said, you develop and propose a patch to the ublas > mailing-list. We're happy to see contributions from anybody. > > Now I must say that we are interested in Neon instructions for ublas. > It has been on the todo list for quite a long time too: > http://ublas.sf.net > > What I want to say is, apart from the 2 GSOC students and myself > (general maintenance, official releases), nobody has a specific task > assigned to. > > So if you want to contribute, you just work on it and talk about it on > the mailing list so that people can be involved and help you. > > If little by little you contribute with amazing ARM Neon code, then > people will naturally take for granted that you are the ARM Neon > specialist for ublas. As simple as that. > > If someone comes with a better code than you then we will choose the > other code. If you come with a better code than someone else, then we > will choose your code. > > So please, contribute. > > > Are you testing your code on a specific machine or a virtual one ? > What's about things like Raspberry Pi ? I'd like to see benchmark on > this little things. Maybe you can start benchmarking ublas on a tiny > machine like that and/or an Android device and see how gcc is able to > generate auto-vectorized code for this machine. Check the assembly > code to see if Neon instructions have been correctly generated. > > Best, > David > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Aditya Avinash > <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you! > > Can i develop a new kernel for uBLAS using NEON? > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Antony Polukhin <antoshkka(a)gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> 2013/5/29 Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com>: > >> > Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > >> > implemented on ARM. > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > >> But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > >> at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Best regards, > >> Antony Polukhin > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Unsubscribe & other changes: > >> http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > ---------------- > > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > > India. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 05:27:02 -0400 > From: Rob Stewart <robertstewart(a)comcast.net> > To: "boost(a)lists.boost.org" <boost(a)lists.boost.org> > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: <8ED4CF8D-139A-4232-9C18-968AD38161E7(a)comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On May 29, 2013, at 2:35 AM, Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Am sorry. My bad. It's boost.simd. Why isn't it included in boost? I have heard about it recently. Is there a chance that it is added to boost in the near future? > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Karsten Ahnert < > > karsten.ahnert(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 05/29/2013 07:33 AM, Aditya Avinash wrote: > > [snip lots of quoted text] > > >>> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Joel Falcou <joel.falcou(a)gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> On 29/05/2013 06:45, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On 29/05/2013 06.13, Aditya Avinash wrote: > > [snip even more quoted text] > > >>>>> Regards > >>>>> Gaetano Mendola > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> See our work on Boost.SIMD ... > > [snip multiple sigs and ML footers] > > > Please read http://www.boost.org/community/policy.html#quoting before posting. > > ___ > Rob > > (Sent from my portable computation engine) > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:34:14 +0200 > From: Mathias Gaunard <mathias.gaunard(a)ens-lyon.org> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: <51A5CB96.3040404(a)ens-lyon.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 29/05/13 06:13, Aditya Avinash wrote: > > Hi, i have developed vector addition algorithm which exploits the hardware > > parallelism (SSE implementation). > > That's something trivial to do, and unfortunately even that trivial code > is broken (it's written for a generic T but clearly does not work for > any T beside float). > It still has nothing to do with uBLAS. > > Bringing SIMD to uBLAS could be fairly difficult. Is this part of the > GSoC projects? Who's in charge of this? > I'd like to know what the plan is: optimize very specific operations > with SIMD or try to provide a framework to use SIMD in expression templates? > > The former is better adressed by simply binding BLAS, the latter is > certainly not as easy as it sounds. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:04:51 +0530 > From: Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: > <CABocMVr1k13N6iBK7VOR4-G8ZPavf6eZL5qd=8cEFLGxDJ_waw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Am sorry. My bad. It's boost.simd. Why isn't it included in boost? I have > heard about it recently. Is there a chance that it is added to boost in the > near future? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 18 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:38:45 +0200 > From: Mathias Gaunard <mathias.gaunard(a)ens-lyon.org> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Request to contribute boost::FFT > Message-ID: <51A5CCA5.80605(a)ens-lyon.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 29/05/13 00:12, Nathan Bliss wrote: > > Dear Boost Community Members, > > I am writing to ask if I could contribute a C++ FFT implementation to the boost library. I noticed that there is a boost::CRC so I thought it would be a good addition to have boost::FFT as well. MIT have an existing open-source FFTW library, but it is GPL-licensed which is much more restrictive than the Boost license. I should imagine a commercial FFTW license would be very expensive. > > I have working FFT code which I have tested on Ubuntu Linux GNU gcc and also Visual Studio Express 2012 (MS VC++) for Windows. My code, when run as a 2048-point FFT, agrees with the MIT FFTW one to a max error margin of 6 parts per million. > > It is implemented using templates in a .hpp file and is very easy to use: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[fft.hpp] > > template<class FLOAT_TYPE, int FFT_SIZE, int NUM_THREADS>class FFT;///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[Invocation example] > > typedef double My_type;FFT<My_type, 2048, 4> user_fft;user_fft.initialise_FFT();get_input_samples(*user_fft.input_value_array, user_fft.m_fft_size);user_fft.execute_FFT();print_output_csv(user_fft.output_value_array, 2048);------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > It's uniqueness compared to other FFT implementations is that it fully utilises the boost::thread library, to the extent that the user can give the number of threads they want to use as a parameter to the class template (above case is for 4 parallel threads). > > It is structured and organised so that users could customise/optimise it to specific processor architectures. > > I've also tried to develop it in the spirit of Boost in that all class members which users should not access are private, only making public what is necessary to the API. My code is a decimation-in-time radix-2 FFT, and users could in theory use the existing API as a basis to extend it to more complex implementations such as the Reverse/Inverse FFT, bit-reversal of inputs/outputs and multi-dimensional FFTs. > > I look forward to your reply. > > Kind regards,Nathan Bliss > > You may want to give a look to the FFT functions bundled with NT2 > courtesy of Domagoj Saric. > > They also generate a FFT for a given compile-time size and use > Boost.SIMD for vectorization (but no threads). Unfortunately the code is > not so generic that it can work with arbitrary vector sizes, so it > limits portability somewhat. > > <https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/blob/master/modules/core/signal/include/nt…> > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > > ------------------------------ > > End of Boost Digest, Vol 4012, Issue 1 > **************************************

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Re: [boost] Reply to questions about FFT template class
by Nathan Bliss 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi, Just to answer the previous questions about my FFT code... I'm afraid it's only a basic FFT implementation. It may not be up to the standard of Boost and I was always prepared for this, so I may then have to submit it to a less prestigious open source forum on the web somewhere. I made a mistake before about the precision. Mine agrees with the FFTW 2048-point results to a max error of 3 parts per million (max diff with FFTW value is 2.53E-06). Most of the outputs show zero or infinitesimal diffs. I've checked by math many times and I can only think it's because of performance-related approximations in FFTW, as the diffs seem too small to be algorithmic errors. Unfortunately, the FFTW implementation is ~20 times faster than mine. FFTW can run a 2048-point in 6ms on my Ubuntu installation whereas mine takes approx. 140ms. On Windows, both implementations are an order of magnitude slower (5secs for mine versus 250ms for FFTW). The boost multi-threading appears to make no difference to the speed, even though I've run it through GDB and with printfs to check that my code automatically spawns the optimal number of threads up to the max value given as the template parameter. Some compilers may be able to optimise the C++ code and multi-threading to increase performance, though I do not know if it could ever approach FFTW's. I have not implemented more advanced FFT features such as multi-dimensional FFTs or real-value-only optimisations, but I think the current API could facilitate users extending it to include forward/reverse FFT, bit-reversal, multi-dimensional FFTS (by manipulating the input and output vectors), etc. I've tried to make the code well organised, structured and commented so that hopefully users could customise it with their own optimisations for specific processor architectures. I'll understand if the consensus is that it is not really good enough for Boost. Alternatively, I would be happy to share my code and share the credit if anyone else wants to help. Kind regards,Nathan > From: boost-request(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Boost Digest, Vol 4012, Issue 1 > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 05:38:51 -0400 > > Send Boost mailing list submissions to > boost(a)lists.boost.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > boost-request(a)lists.boost.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > boost-owner(a)lists.boost.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Boost digest..." > > > The boost archives may be found at: http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/ > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Aditya Avinash) > 2. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Karsten Ahnert) > 3. Re: Request to contribute boost::FFT (Karsten Ahnert) > 4. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Aditya Avinash) > 5. Boost on ARM using NEON (Aditya Avinash) > 6. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Antony Polukhin) > 7. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Aditya Avinash) > 8. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Tim Blechmann) > 9. Re: Request to contribute boost::FFT (Paul A. Bristow) > 10. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Victor Hiairrassary) > 11. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Andrey Semashev) > 12. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Tim Blechmann) > 13. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Andrey Semashev) > 14. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (David Bellot) > 15. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Rob Stewart) > 16. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Mathias Gaunard) > 17. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Aditya Avinash) > 18. Re: Request to contribute boost::FFT (Mathias Gaunard) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:03:50 +0530 > From: Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: > <CABocMVpiKTED=tPZ4QtXBZAVdbwHMv+26LE+YXx9u2+HyWAFag(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > @Gaetano: Thank you for the comments. I'll change accordingly and post it > back. I am using T because, the code need to run double precision float > also. > @Joel: The Boost.SIMD is generalized. Designing algorithms specific to > uBLAS increases the performance. Odeint have their own simd backend. > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Joel Falcou <joel.falcou(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 29/05/2013 06:45, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > > > >> On 29/05/2013 06.13, Aditya Avinash wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, i have developed vector addition algorithm which exploits the > >>> hardware > >>> parallelism (SSE implementation). > >>> > >> > >> A few comments: > >> > >> - That is not C++ but just C in disguise of C++ code > >> . SSE1 CTOR doesn't use initialization list > >> . SSE1 doesn't have a DTOR and the user has to > >> explicit call the Free method > >> > >> - const-correctness is not in place > >> - The SSE namespace should have been put in a "detail" > >> namespace > >> - Use memcpy instead of explicit for > >> - Why is SSE1 template when it works only when T is a > >> single-precision, floating-point value ? > >> > >> > >> Also I believe a nice interface whould have been: > >> > >> SSE1::vector A(1024); > >> SSE1::vector B(1024); > >> SSE1::vector C(1024); > >> > >> C = A + B; > >> > >> > >> Regards > >> Gaetano Mendola > >> > >> > > See our work on Boost.SIMD ... > > > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/** > > mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost<http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost> > > > > > > -- > ---------------- > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > India. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 08:27:40 +0200 > From: Karsten Ahnert <karsten.ahnert(a)googlemail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: <51A59FDC.5050409(a)googlemail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 05/29/2013 07:33 AM, Aditya Avinash wrote: > > @Gaetano: Thank you for the comments. I'll change accordingly and post it > > back. I am using T because, the code need to run double precision float > > also. > > @Joel: The Boost.SIMD is generalized. Designing algorithms specific to > > uBLAS increases the performance. Odeint have their own simd backend. > > odeint has no simd backend, At least i am not aware of an simd backend. > Having one would be really great. > > > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Joel Falcou <joel.falcou(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 29/05/2013 06:45, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > >> > >>> On 29/05/2013 06.13, Aditya Avinash wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi, i have developed vector addition algorithm which exploits the > >>>> hardware > >>>> parallelism (SSE implementation). > >>>> > >>> > >>> A few comments: > >>> > >>> - That is not C++ but just C in disguise of C++ code > >>> . SSE1 CTOR doesn't use initialization list > >>> . SSE1 doesn't have a DTOR and the user has to > >>> explicit call the Free method > >>> > >>> - const-correctness is not in place > >>> - The SSE namespace should have been put in a "detail" > >>> namespace > >>> - Use memcpy instead of explicit for > >>> - Why is SSE1 template when it works only when T is a > >>> single-precision, floating-point value ? > >>> > >>> > >>> Also I believe a nice interface whould have been: > >>> > >>> SSE1::vector A(1024); > >>> SSE1::vector B(1024); > >>> SSE1::vector C(1024); > >>> > >>> C = A + B; > >>> > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> Gaetano Mendola > >>> > >>> > >> See our work on Boost.SIMD ... > >> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/** > >> mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost<http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost> > >> > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 08:32:15 +0200 > From: Karsten Ahnert <karsten.ahnert(a)googlemail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Request to contribute boost::FFT > Message-ID: <51A5A0EF.9000806(a)googlemail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 05/29/2013 12:12 AM, Nathan Bliss wrote: > > Dear Boost Community Members, > > I am writing to ask if I could contribute a C++ FFT implementation to the boost library. I noticed that there is a boost::CRC so I thought it would be a good addition to have boost::FFT as well. MIT have an existing open-source FFTW library, but it is GPL-licensed which is much more restrictive than the Boost license. I should imagine a commercial FFTW license would be very expensive. > > I have working FFT code which I have tested on Ubuntu Linux GNU gcc and also Visual Studio Express 2012 (MS VC++) for Windows. My code, when run as a 2048-point FFT, agrees with the MIT FFTW one to a max error margin of 6 parts per million. > > I would really like to see an FFT implementation in boost. It should of > course focus on performance. I also think that interoperability with > different vector and storage types would be really great. It prevents > that the user has to convert its data types in different formats (which > can be really painful if you use different libraries, for example > odeint, ublas, fftw, ...). > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:05:24 +0530 > From: Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: > <CABocMVpBesKaSTznHmKACxNpPUwYtTs50vUaWeZo5qUUaK9K+Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Am sorry. My bad. It's boost.simd. Why isn't it included in boost? I have > heard about it recently. Is there a chance that it is added to boost in the > near future? > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Karsten Ahnert < > karsten.ahnert(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > > > On 05/29/2013 07:33 AM, Aditya Avinash wrote: > > > >> @Gaetano: Thank you for the comments. I'll change accordingly and post it > >> back. I am using T because, the code need to run double precision float > >> also. > >> @Joel: The Boost.SIMD is generalized. Designing algorithms specific to > >> uBLAS increases the performance. Odeint have their own simd backend. > >> > > > > odeint has no simd backend, At least i am not aware of an simd backend. > > Having one would be really great. > > > > > > > >> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Joel Falcou <joel.falcou(a)gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> On 29/05/2013 06:45, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > >>> > >>> On 29/05/2013 06.13, Aditya Avinash wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi, i have developed vector addition algorithm which exploits the > >>>>> hardware > >>>>> parallelism (SSE implementation). > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> A few comments: > >>>> > >>>> - That is not C++ but just C in disguise of C++ code > >>>> . SSE1 CTOR doesn't use initialization list > >>>> . SSE1 doesn't have a DTOR and the user has to > >>>> explicit call the Free method > >>>> > >>>> - const-correctness is not in place > >>>> - The SSE namespace should have been put in a "detail" > >>>> namespace > >>>> - Use memcpy instead of explicit for > >>>> - Why is SSE1 template when it works only when T is a > >>>> single-precision, floating-point value ? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Also I believe a nice interface whould have been: > >>>> > >>>> SSE1::vector A(1024); > >>>> SSE1::vector B(1024); > >>>> SSE1::vector C(1024); > >>>> > >>>> C = A + B; > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Regards > >>>> Gaetano Mendola > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> See our work on Boost.SIMD ... > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ______________________________****_________________ > >>> Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/** > >>> mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost<htt**p://lists.boost.org/mailman/** > >>> listinfo.cgi/boost <http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/** > > mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost<http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost> > > > > > > -- > ---------------- > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > India. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:19:39 +0530 > From: Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CABocMVpQqBGqduE6jj-KG=O5faV08GcoV=TOS_bXFLYWTkzKjA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > implemented on ARM. > > -- > ---------------- > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > India. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:45:12 +0400 > From: Antony Polukhin <antoshkka(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CAKqmYPbt+wq92BvLLn-5GUhFfmvWiWsAoqfpXK6XOmnRK7EtwQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 2013/5/29 Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com>: > > Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > > implemented on ARM. > > Hi, > > Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > > > -- > Best regards, > Antony Polukhin > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 13:20:15 +0530 > From: Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CABocMVo_DbCaxRPDOK4_1KMw8m7O54gXKgOqX+cmYRcBndNYDA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Thank you! > Can i develop a new kernel for uBLAS using NEON? > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Antony Polukhin <antoshkka(a)gmail.com>wrote: > > > 2013/5/29 Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com>: > > > Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > > > implemented on ARM. > > > > Hi, > > > > Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > > But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > > at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Antony Polukhin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Unsubscribe & other changes: > > http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > > > > > > -- > ---------------- > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > India. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 09:52:57 +0200 > From: Tim Blechmann <tim(a)klingt.org> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: <51A5B3D9.2010807(a)klingt.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > >> Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > >> implemented on ARM. > > > > Hi, > > > > Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > > But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > > at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > > from https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/issues/180: "It is quite unsure at > this stage whether NEON will be provided as an open-source module" > > tim > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 08:55:41 +0100 > From: "Paul A. Bristow" <pbristow(a)hetp.u-net.com> > To: <boost(a)lists.boost.org> > Subject: Re: [boost] Request to contribute boost::FFT > Message-ID: <001f01ce5c41$ea88da30$bf9a8e90$(a)hetp.u-net.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Nathan Bliss > > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 11:12 PM > > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > > Subject: [boost] Request to contribute boost::FFT > > > > I am writing to ask if I could contribute a C++ FFT implementation to the boost library. > > Definitely, a good templated C++ FFT would be very welcome. > > Would/does it work with Boost.Multiprecision to give much higher precision ? (at a snail's pace of > course). > > Paul > > --- > Paul A. Bristow, > Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal LA8 8AB UK > +44 1539 561830 07714330204 > pbristow(a)hetp.u-net.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 09:15:36 +0200 > From: Victor Hiairrassary <victor.hiairrassary.ml(a)gmail.com> > To: "boost(a)lists.boost.org" <boost(a)lists.boost.org> > Cc: "boost(a)lists.boost.org" <boost(a)lists.boost.org> > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: <22F316D0-E311-4BE3-94FB-11DE688C9CAB(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > boost already works very well on ARM ! > > If you want to use Neon extension, look at boost simd (I do not know if Neon is implemented yet, feel free to do it) ! > > https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2 > > On 29 mai 2013, at 08:49, Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > > implemented on ARM. > > > > -- > > ---------------- > > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > > India. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:11:31 +0400 > From: Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CAEhD+6BfavRaGgok9eMbDebCP1Hdg2T3Z3be7BWZTAZ1EDpfzg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Tim Blechmann <tim(a)klingt.org> wrote: > > > >> Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > > >> implemented on ARM. > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > > > But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > > > at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > > > > from https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/issues/180: "It is quite unsure at > > this stage whether NEON will be provided as an open-source module" > > > > Even if it's not openly provided by developers of NT2, nothing prevents you > from implementing it yourself. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 10:37:48 +0200 > From: Tim Blechmann <tim(a)klingt.org> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: <51A5BE5C.6000705(a)klingt.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > >>>> Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > >>>> implemented on ARM. > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > >>> But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > >>> at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > >> > >> from https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/issues/180: "It is quite unsure at > >> this stage whether NEON will be provided as an open-source module" > > > > Even if it's not openly provided by developers of NT2, nothing prevents you > > from implementing it yourself. > > yes and no ... if the nt2 devs submit boost.simd to become an official > part of boost, it is the question if they'd merge an independently > developed arm/neon support, if it conflicts with their business > interests ... the situation is a bit unfortunate ... > > tim > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:52:29 +0400 > From: Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CAEhD+6D8h43AyTvg65ntZZm804R9p0fiOtARPp2G8cOJC64zog(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Tim Blechmann <tim(a)klingt.org> wrote: > > > >>>> Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > > >>>> implemented on ARM. > > >>> > > >>> Hi, > > >>> > > >>> Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > > >>> But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > > >>> at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > > >> > > >> from https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/issues/180: "It is quite unsure > > at > > >> this stage whether NEON will be provided as an open-source module" > > > > > > Even if it's not openly provided by developers of NT2, nothing prevents > > you > > > from implementing it yourself. > > > > yes and no ... if the nt2 devs submit boost.simd to become an official > > part of boost, it is the question if they'd merge an independently > > developed arm/neon support, if it conflicts with their business > > interests ... the situation is a bit unfortunate ... > > > > I realize that it may be inconvenient for them to expose their > implementation of NEON module (if there is one) for various reasons. But as > long as Boost.SIMD is licensed under BSL, anyone can use and improve this > code if he likes to, even if it means implementing functionality similar to > the proprietary solution. > > It doesn't necessarily mean that the open solution will take the market > share of the proprietary one. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 09:59:04 +0100 > From: David Bellot <david.bellot(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CAOE6ZJEVebMZF90SHC_yHNxmBWy=uC3K1OFokcPrF2RM7=uYrQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > again, as I said, you develop and propose a patch to the ublas > mailing-list. We're happy to see contributions from anybody. > > Now I must say that we are interested in Neon instructions for ublas. > It has been on the todo list for quite a long time too: > http://ublas.sf.net > > What I want to say is, apart from the 2 GSOC students and myself > (general maintenance, official releases), nobody has a specific task > assigned to. > > So if you want to contribute, you just work on it and talk about it on > the mailing list so that people can be involved and help you. > > If little by little you contribute with amazing ARM Neon code, then > people will naturally take for granted that you are the ARM Neon > specialist for ublas. As simple as that. > > If someone comes with a better code than you then we will choose the > other code. If you come with a better code than someone else, then we > will choose your code. > > So please, contribute. > > > Are you testing your code on a specific machine or a virtual one ? > What's about things like Raspberry Pi ? I'd like to see benchmark on > this little things. Maybe you can start benchmarking ublas on a tiny > machine like that and/or an Android device and see how gcc is able to > generate auto-vectorized code for this machine. Check the assembly > code to see if Neon instructions have been correctly generated. > > Best, > David > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Aditya Avinash > <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you! > > Can i develop a new kernel for uBLAS using NEON? > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Antony Polukhin <antoshkka(a)gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> 2013/5/29 Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com>: > >> > Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > >> > implemented on ARM. > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > >> But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > >> at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Best regards, > >> Antony Polukhin > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Unsubscribe & other changes: > >> http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > ---------------- > > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > > India. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 05:27:02 -0400 > From: Rob Stewart <robertstewart(a)comcast.net> > To: "boost(a)lists.boost.org" <boost(a)lists.boost.org> > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: <8ED4CF8D-139A-4232-9C18-968AD38161E7(a)comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On May 29, 2013, at 2:35 AM, Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Am sorry. My bad. It's boost.simd. Why isn't it included in boost? I have heard about it recently. Is there a chance that it is added to boost in the near future? > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Karsten Ahnert < > > karsten.ahnert(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 05/29/2013 07:33 AM, Aditya Avinash wrote: > > [snip lots of quoted text] > > >>> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Joel Falcou <joel.falcou(a)gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> On 29/05/2013 06:45, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On 29/05/2013 06.13, Aditya Avinash wrote: > > [snip even more quoted text] > > >>>>> Regards > >>>>> Gaetano Mendola > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> See our work on Boost.SIMD ... > > [snip multiple sigs and ML footers] > > > Please read http://www.boost.org/community/policy.html#quoting before posting. > > ___ > Rob > > (Sent from my portable computation engine) > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:34:14 +0200 > From: Mathias Gaunard <mathias.gaunard(a)ens-lyon.org> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: <51A5CB96.3040404(a)ens-lyon.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 29/05/13 06:13, Aditya Avinash wrote: > > Hi, i have developed vector addition algorithm which exploits the hardware > > parallelism (SSE implementation). > > That's something trivial to do, and unfortunately even that trivial code > is broken (it's written for a generic T but clearly does not work for > any T beside float). > It still has nothing to do with uBLAS. > > Bringing SIMD to uBLAS could be fairly difficult. Is this part of the > GSoC projects? Who's in charge of this? > I'd like to know what the plan is: optimize very specific operations > with SIMD or try to provide a framework to use SIMD in expression templates? > > The former is better adressed by simply binding BLAS, the latter is > certainly not as easy as it sounds. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:04:51 +0530 > From: Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: > <CABocMVr1k13N6iBK7VOR4-G8ZPavf6eZL5qd=8cEFLGxDJ_waw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Am sorry. My bad. It's boost.simd. Why isn't it included in boost? I have > heard about it recently. Is there a chance that it is added to boost in the > near future? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 18 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:38:45 +0200 > From: Mathias Gaunard <mathias.gaunard(a)ens-lyon.org> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Request to contribute boost::FFT > Message-ID: <51A5CCA5.80605(a)ens-lyon.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 29/05/13 00:12, Nathan Bliss wrote: > > Dear Boost Community Members, > > I am writing to ask if I could contribute a C++ FFT implementation to the boost library. I noticed that there is a boost::CRC so I thought it would be a good addition to have boost::FFT as well. MIT have an existing open-source FFTW library, but it is GPL-licensed which is much more restrictive than the Boost license. I should imagine a commercial FFTW license would be very expensive. > > I have working FFT code which I have tested on Ubuntu Linux GNU gcc and also Visual Studio Express 2012 (MS VC++) for Windows. My code, when run as a 2048-point FFT, agrees with the MIT FFTW one to a max error margin of 6 parts per million. > > It is implemented using templates in a .hpp file and is very easy to use: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[fft.hpp] > > template<class FLOAT_TYPE, int FFT_SIZE, int NUM_THREADS>class FFT;///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[Invocation example] > > typedef double My_type;FFT<My_type, 2048, 4> user_fft;user_fft.initialise_FFT();get_input_samples(*user_fft.input_value_array, user_fft.m_fft_size);user_fft.execute_FFT();print_output_csv(user_fft.output_value_array, 2048);------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > It's uniqueness compared to other FFT implementations is that it fully utilises the boost::thread library, to the extent that the user can give the number of threads they want to use as a parameter to the class template (above case is for 4 parallel threads). > > It is structured and organised so that users could customise/optimise it to specific processor architectures. > > I've also tried to develop it in the spirit of Boost in that all class members which users should not access are private, only making public what is necessary to the API. My code is a decimation-in-time radix-2 FFT, and users could in theory use the existing API as a basis to extend it to more complex implementations such as the Reverse/Inverse FFT, bit-reversal of inputs/outputs and multi-dimensional FFTs. > > I look forward to your reply. > > Kind regards,Nathan Bliss > > You may want to give a look to the FFT functions bundled with NT2 > courtesy of Domagoj Saric. > > They also generate a FFT for a given compile-time size and use > Boost.SIMD for vectorization (but no threads). Unfortunately the code is > not so generic that it can work with arbitrary vector sizes, so it > limits portability somewhat. > > <https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/blob/master/modules/core/signal/include/nt…> > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > > ------------------------------ > > End of Boost Digest, Vol 4012, Issue 1 > **************************************

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Re: [boost] Reply to questions about FFT template class
by Nathan Bliss 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi, Just to answer the previous questions about my FFT code... I'm afraid it's only a basic FFT implementation. It may not be up to the standard of Boost and I was always prepared for this, so I may then have to submit it to a less prestigious open source forum on the web somewhere. I made a mistake before about the precision. Mine agrees with the FFTW 2048-point results to a max error of 3 parts per million (max diff with FFTW value is 2.53E-06). Most of the outputs show zero or infinitesimal diffs. I've checked by math many times and I can only think it's because of performance-related approximations in FFTW, as the diffs seem too small to be algorithmic errors. Unfortunately, the FFTW implementation is ~20 times faster than mine. FFTW can run a 2048-point in 6ms on my Ubuntu installation whereas mine takes approx. 140ms. On Windows, both implementations are an order of magnitude slower (5secs for mine versus 250ms for FFTW). The boost multi-threading appears to make no difference to the speed, even though I've run it through GDB and with printfs to check that my code automatically spawns the optimal number of threads up to the max value given as the template parameter. Some compilers may be able to optimise the C++ code and multi-threading to increase performance, though I do not know if it could ever approach FFTW's. I have not implemented more advanced FFT features such as multi-dimensional FFTs or real-value-only optimisations, but I think the current API could facilitate users extending it to include forward/reverse FFT, bit-reversal, multi-dimensional FFTS (by manipulating the input and output vectors), etc. I've tried to make the code well organised, structured and commented so that hopefully users could customise it with their own optimisations for specific processor architectures. I'll understand if the consensus is that it is not really good enough for Boost. Alternatively, I would be happy to share my code and share the credit if anyone else wants to help. Kind regards,Nathan > From: boost-request(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Boost Digest, Vol 4012, Issue 1 > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 05:38:51 -0400 > > Send Boost mailing list submissions to > boost(a)lists.boost.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > boost-request(a)lists.boost.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > boost-owner(a)lists.boost.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Boost digest..." > > > The boost archives may be found at: http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/ > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Aditya Avinash) > 2. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Karsten Ahnert) > 3. Re: Request to contribute boost::FFT (Karsten Ahnert) > 4. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Aditya Avinash) > 5. Boost on ARM using NEON (Aditya Avinash) > 6. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Antony Polukhin) > 7. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Aditya Avinash) > 8. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Tim Blechmann) > 9. Re: Request to contribute boost::FFT (Paul A. Bristow) > 10. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Victor Hiairrassary) > 11. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Andrey Semashev) > 12. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Tim Blechmann) > 13. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (Andrey Semashev) > 14. Re: Boost on ARM using NEON (David Bellot) > 15. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Rob Stewart) > 16. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Mathias Gaunard) > 17. Re: SIMD implementation of uBLAS (Aditya Avinash) > 18. Re: Request to contribute boost::FFT (Mathias Gaunard) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:03:50 +0530 > From: Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: > <CABocMVpiKTED=tPZ4QtXBZAVdbwHMv+26LE+YXx9u2+HyWAFag(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > @Gaetano: Thank you for the comments. I'll change accordingly and post it > back. I am using T because, the code need to run double precision float > also. > @Joel: The Boost.SIMD is generalized. Designing algorithms specific to > uBLAS increases the performance. Odeint have their own simd backend. > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Joel Falcou <joel.falcou(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 29/05/2013 06:45, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > > > >> On 29/05/2013 06.13, Aditya Avinash wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, i have developed vector addition algorithm which exploits the > >>> hardware > >>> parallelism (SSE implementation). > >>> > >> > >> A few comments: > >> > >> - That is not C++ but just C in disguise of C++ code > >> . SSE1 CTOR doesn't use initialization list > >> . SSE1 doesn't have a DTOR and the user has to > >> explicit call the Free method > >> > >> - const-correctness is not in place > >> - The SSE namespace should have been put in a "detail" > >> namespace > >> - Use memcpy instead of explicit for > >> - Why is SSE1 template when it works only when T is a > >> single-precision, floating-point value ? > >> > >> > >> Also I believe a nice interface whould have been: > >> > >> SSE1::vector A(1024); > >> SSE1::vector B(1024); > >> SSE1::vector C(1024); > >> > >> C = A + B; > >> > >> > >> Regards > >> Gaetano Mendola > >> > >> > > See our work on Boost.SIMD ... > > > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/** > > mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost<http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost> > > > > > > -- > ---------------- > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > India. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 08:27:40 +0200 > From: Karsten Ahnert <karsten.ahnert(a)googlemail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: <51A59FDC.5050409(a)googlemail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 05/29/2013 07:33 AM, Aditya Avinash wrote: > > @Gaetano: Thank you for the comments. I'll change accordingly and post it > > back. I am using T because, the code need to run double precision float > > also. > > @Joel: The Boost.SIMD is generalized. Designing algorithms specific to > > uBLAS increases the performance. Odeint have their own simd backend. > > odeint has no simd backend, At least i am not aware of an simd backend. > Having one would be really great. > > > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Joel Falcou <joel.falcou(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 29/05/2013 06:45, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > >> > >>> On 29/05/2013 06.13, Aditya Avinash wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi, i have developed vector addition algorithm which exploits the > >>>> hardware > >>>> parallelism (SSE implementation). > >>>> > >>> > >>> A few comments: > >>> > >>> - That is not C++ but just C in disguise of C++ code > >>> . SSE1 CTOR doesn't use initialization list > >>> . SSE1 doesn't have a DTOR and the user has to > >>> explicit call the Free method > >>> > >>> - const-correctness is not in place > >>> - The SSE namespace should have been put in a "detail" > >>> namespace > >>> - Use memcpy instead of explicit for > >>> - Why is SSE1 template when it works only when T is a > >>> single-precision, floating-point value ? > >>> > >>> > >>> Also I believe a nice interface whould have been: > >>> > >>> SSE1::vector A(1024); > >>> SSE1::vector B(1024); > >>> SSE1::vector C(1024); > >>> > >>> C = A + B; > >>> > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> Gaetano Mendola > >>> > >>> > >> See our work on Boost.SIMD ... > >> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/** > >> mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost<http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost> > >> > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 08:32:15 +0200 > From: Karsten Ahnert <karsten.ahnert(a)googlemail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Request to contribute boost::FFT > Message-ID: <51A5A0EF.9000806(a)googlemail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 05/29/2013 12:12 AM, Nathan Bliss wrote: > > Dear Boost Community Members, > > I am writing to ask if I could contribute a C++ FFT implementation to the boost library. I noticed that there is a boost::CRC so I thought it would be a good addition to have boost::FFT as well. MIT have an existing open-source FFTW library, but it is GPL-licensed which is much more restrictive than the Boost license. I should imagine a commercial FFTW license would be very expensive. > > I have working FFT code which I have tested on Ubuntu Linux GNU gcc and also Visual Studio Express 2012 (MS VC++) for Windows. My code, when run as a 2048-point FFT, agrees with the MIT FFTW one to a max error margin of 6 parts per million. > > I would really like to see an FFT implementation in boost. It should of > course focus on performance. I also think that interoperability with > different vector and storage types would be really great. It prevents > that the user has to convert its data types in different formats (which > can be really painful if you use different libraries, for example > odeint, ublas, fftw, ...). > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:05:24 +0530 > From: Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: > <CABocMVpBesKaSTznHmKACxNpPUwYtTs50vUaWeZo5qUUaK9K+Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Am sorry. My bad. It's boost.simd. Why isn't it included in boost? I have > heard about it recently. Is there a chance that it is added to boost in the > near future? > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Karsten Ahnert < > karsten.ahnert(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > > > On 05/29/2013 07:33 AM, Aditya Avinash wrote: > > > >> @Gaetano: Thank you for the comments. I'll change accordingly and post it > >> back. I am using T because, the code need to run double precision float > >> also. > >> @Joel: The Boost.SIMD is generalized. Designing algorithms specific to > >> uBLAS increases the performance. Odeint have their own simd backend. > >> > > > > odeint has no simd backend, At least i am not aware of an simd backend. > > Having one would be really great. > > > > > > > >> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Joel Falcou <joel.falcou(a)gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> On 29/05/2013 06:45, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > >>> > >>> On 29/05/2013 06.13, Aditya Avinash wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi, i have developed vector addition algorithm which exploits the > >>>>> hardware > >>>>> parallelism (SSE implementation). > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> A few comments: > >>>> > >>>> - That is not C++ but just C in disguise of C++ code > >>>> . SSE1 CTOR doesn't use initialization list > >>>> . SSE1 doesn't have a DTOR and the user has to > >>>> explicit call the Free method > >>>> > >>>> - const-correctness is not in place > >>>> - The SSE namespace should have been put in a "detail" > >>>> namespace > >>>> - Use memcpy instead of explicit for > >>>> - Why is SSE1 template when it works only when T is a > >>>> single-precision, floating-point value ? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Also I believe a nice interface whould have been: > >>>> > >>>> SSE1::vector A(1024); > >>>> SSE1::vector B(1024); > >>>> SSE1::vector C(1024); > >>>> > >>>> C = A + B; > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Regards > >>>> Gaetano Mendola > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> See our work on Boost.SIMD ... > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ______________________________****_________________ > >>> Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/** > >>> mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost<htt**p://lists.boost.org/mailman/** > >>> listinfo.cgi/boost <http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/** > > mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost<http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost> > > > > > > -- > ---------------- > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > India. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:19:39 +0530 > From: Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CABocMVpQqBGqduE6jj-KG=O5faV08GcoV=TOS_bXFLYWTkzKjA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > implemented on ARM. > > -- > ---------------- > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > India. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:45:12 +0400 > From: Antony Polukhin <antoshkka(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CAKqmYPbt+wq92BvLLn-5GUhFfmvWiWsAoqfpXK6XOmnRK7EtwQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 2013/5/29 Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com>: > > Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > > implemented on ARM. > > Hi, > > Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > > > -- > Best regards, > Antony Polukhin > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 13:20:15 +0530 > From: Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CABocMVo_DbCaxRPDOK4_1KMw8m7O54gXKgOqX+cmYRcBndNYDA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Thank you! > Can i develop a new kernel for uBLAS using NEON? > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Antony Polukhin <antoshkka(a)gmail.com>wrote: > > > 2013/5/29 Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com>: > > > Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > > > implemented on ARM. > > > > Hi, > > > > Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > > But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > > at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Antony Polukhin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Unsubscribe & other changes: > > http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > > > > > > -- > ---------------- > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > India. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 09:52:57 +0200 > From: Tim Blechmann <tim(a)klingt.org> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: <51A5B3D9.2010807(a)klingt.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > >> Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > >> implemented on ARM. > > > > Hi, > > > > Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > > But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > > at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > > from https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/issues/180: "It is quite unsure at > this stage whether NEON will be provided as an open-source module" > > tim > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 08:55:41 +0100 > From: "Paul A. Bristow" <pbristow(a)hetp.u-net.com> > To: <boost(a)lists.boost.org> > Subject: Re: [boost] Request to contribute boost::FFT > Message-ID: <001f01ce5c41$ea88da30$bf9a8e90$(a)hetp.u-net.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Nathan Bliss > > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 11:12 PM > > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > > Subject: [boost] Request to contribute boost::FFT > > > > I am writing to ask if I could contribute a C++ FFT implementation to the boost library. > > Definitely, a good templated C++ FFT would be very welcome. > > Would/does it work with Boost.Multiprecision to give much higher precision ? (at a snail's pace of > course). > > Paul > > --- > Paul A. Bristow, > Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal LA8 8AB UK > +44 1539 561830 07714330204 > pbristow(a)hetp.u-net.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 09:15:36 +0200 > From: Victor Hiairrassary <victor.hiairrassary.ml(a)gmail.com> > To: "boost(a)lists.boost.org" <boost(a)lists.boost.org> > Cc: "boost(a)lists.boost.org" <boost(a)lists.boost.org> > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: <22F316D0-E311-4BE3-94FB-11DE688C9CAB(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > boost already works very well on ARM ! > > If you want to use Neon extension, look at boost simd (I do not know if Neon is implemented yet, feel free to do it) ! > > https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2 > > On 29 mai 2013, at 08:49, Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > > implemented on ARM. > > > > -- > > ---------------- > > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > > India. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:11:31 +0400 > From: Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CAEhD+6BfavRaGgok9eMbDebCP1Hdg2T3Z3be7BWZTAZ1EDpfzg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Tim Blechmann <tim(a)klingt.org> wrote: > > > >> Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > > >> implemented on ARM. > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > > > But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > > > at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > > > > from https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/issues/180: "It is quite unsure at > > this stage whether NEON will be provided as an open-source module" > > > > Even if it's not openly provided by developers of NT2, nothing prevents you > from implementing it yourself. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 10:37:48 +0200 > From: Tim Blechmann <tim(a)klingt.org> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: <51A5BE5C.6000705(a)klingt.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > >>>> Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > >>>> implemented on ARM. > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > >>> But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > >>> at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > >> > >> from https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/issues/180: "It is quite unsure at > >> this stage whether NEON will be provided as an open-source module" > > > > Even if it's not openly provided by developers of NT2, nothing prevents you > > from implementing it yourself. > > yes and no ... if the nt2 devs submit boost.simd to become an official > part of boost, it is the question if they'd merge an independently > developed arm/neon support, if it conflicts with their business > interests ... the situation is a bit unfortunate ... > > tim > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:52:29 +0400 > From: Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CAEhD+6D8h43AyTvg65ntZZm804R9p0fiOtARPp2G8cOJC64zog(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Tim Blechmann <tim(a)klingt.org> wrote: > > > >>>> Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > > >>>> implemented on ARM. > > >>> > > >>> Hi, > > >>> > > >>> Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > > >>> But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > > >>> at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > > >> > > >> from https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/issues/180: "It is quite unsure > > at > > >> this stage whether NEON will be provided as an open-source module" > > > > > > Even if it's not openly provided by developers of NT2, nothing prevents > > you > > > from implementing it yourself. > > > > yes and no ... if the nt2 devs submit boost.simd to become an official > > part of boost, it is the question if they'd merge an independently > > developed arm/neon support, if it conflicts with their business > > interests ... the situation is a bit unfortunate ... > > > > I realize that it may be inconvenient for them to expose their > implementation of NEON module (if there is one) for various reasons. But as > long as Boost.SIMD is licensed under BSL, anyone can use and improve this > code if he likes to, even if it means implementing functionality similar to > the proprietary solution. > > It doesn't necessarily mean that the open solution will take the market > share of the proprietary one. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 09:59:04 +0100 > From: David Bellot <david.bellot(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on ARM using NEON > Message-ID: > <CAOE6ZJEVebMZF90SHC_yHNxmBWy=uC3K1OFokcPrF2RM7=uYrQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > again, as I said, you develop and propose a patch to the ublas > mailing-list. We're happy to see contributions from anybody. > > Now I must say that we are interested in Neon instructions for ublas. > It has been on the todo list for quite a long time too: > http://ublas.sf.net > > What I want to say is, apart from the 2 GSOC students and myself > (general maintenance, official releases), nobody has a specific task > assigned to. > > So if you want to contribute, you just work on it and talk about it on > the mailing list so that people can be involved and help you. > > If little by little you contribute with amazing ARM Neon code, then > people will naturally take for granted that you are the ARM Neon > specialist for ublas. As simple as that. > > If someone comes with a better code than you then we will choose the > other code. If you come with a better code than someone else, then we > will choose your code. > > So please, contribute. > > > Are you testing your code on a specific machine or a virtual one ? > What's about things like Raspberry Pi ? I'd like to see benchmark on > this little things. Maybe you can start benchmarking ublas on a tiny > machine like that and/or an Android device and see how gcc is able to > generate auto-vectorized code for this machine. Check the assembly > code to see if Neon instructions have been correctly generated. > > Best, > David > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Aditya Avinash > <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you! > > Can i develop a new kernel for uBLAS using NEON? > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Antony Polukhin <antoshkka(a)gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> 2013/5/29 Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com>: > >> > Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is > >> > implemented on ARM. > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Boost works well on arm, so nothing should be really developed. > >> But if you ate talking about SIMD for ARM, that you shall take a look > >> at Boost.SIMD and maybe propose library developer your help. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Best regards, > >> Antony Polukhin > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Unsubscribe & other changes: > >> http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > ---------------- > > Atluri Aditya Avinash, > > India. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 05:27:02 -0400 > From: Rob Stewart <robertstewart(a)comcast.net> > To: "boost(a)lists.boost.org" <boost(a)lists.boost.org> > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: <8ED4CF8D-139A-4232-9C18-968AD38161E7(a)comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On May 29, 2013, at 2:35 AM, Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Am sorry. My bad. It's boost.simd. Why isn't it included in boost? I have heard about it recently. Is there a chance that it is added to boost in the near future? > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Karsten Ahnert < > > karsten.ahnert(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 05/29/2013 07:33 AM, Aditya Avinash wrote: > > [snip lots of quoted text] > > >>> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Joel Falcou <joel.falcou(a)gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> On 29/05/2013 06:45, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On 29/05/2013 06.13, Aditya Avinash wrote: > > [snip even more quoted text] > > >>>>> Regards > >>>>> Gaetano Mendola > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> See our work on Boost.SIMD ... > > [snip multiple sigs and ML footers] > > > Please read http://www.boost.org/community/policy.html#quoting before posting. > > ___ > Rob > > (Sent from my portable computation engine) > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:34:14 +0200 > From: Mathias Gaunard <mathias.gaunard(a)ens-lyon.org> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: <51A5CB96.3040404(a)ens-lyon.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 29/05/13 06:13, Aditya Avinash wrote: > > Hi, i have developed vector addition algorithm which exploits the hardware > > parallelism (SSE implementation). > > That's something trivial to do, and unfortunately even that trivial code > is broken (it's written for a generic T but clearly does not work for > any T beside float). > It still has nothing to do with uBLAS. > > Bringing SIMD to uBLAS could be fairly difficult. Is this part of the > GSoC projects? Who's in charge of this? > I'd like to know what the plan is: optimize very specific operations > with SIMD or try to provide a framework to use SIMD in expression templates? > > The former is better adressed by simply binding BLAS, the latter is > certainly not as easy as it sounds. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:04:51 +0530 > From: Aditya Avinash <adityaavinash143(a)gmail.com> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] SIMD implementation of uBLAS > Message-ID: > <CABocMVr1k13N6iBK7VOR4-G8ZPavf6eZL5qd=8cEFLGxDJ_waw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Am sorry. My bad. It's boost.simd. Why isn't it included in boost? I have > heard about it recently. Is there a chance that it is added to boost in the > near future? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 18 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:38:45 +0200 > From: Mathias Gaunard <mathias.gaunard(a)ens-lyon.org> > To: boost(a)lists.boost.org > Subject: Re: [boost] Request to contribute boost::FFT > Message-ID: <51A5CCA5.80605(a)ens-lyon.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 29/05/13 00:12, Nathan Bliss wrote: > > Dear Boost Community Members, > > I am writing to ask if I could contribute a C++ FFT implementation to the boost library. I noticed that there is a boost::CRC so I thought it would be a good addition to have boost::FFT as well. MIT have an existing open-source FFTW library, but it is GPL-licensed which is much more restrictive than the Boost license. I should imagine a commercial FFTW license would be very expensive. > > I have working FFT code which I have tested on Ubuntu Linux GNU gcc and also Visual Studio Express 2012 (MS VC++) for Windows. My code, when run as a 2048-point FFT, agrees with the MIT FFTW one to a max error margin of 6 parts per million. > > It is implemented using templates in a .hpp file and is very easy to use: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[fft.hpp] > > template<class FLOAT_TYPE, int FFT_SIZE, int NUM_THREADS>class FFT;///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[Invocation example] > > typedef double My_type;FFT<My_type, 2048, 4> user_fft;user_fft.initialise_FFT();get_input_samples(*user_fft.input_value_array, user_fft.m_fft_size);user_fft.execute_FFT();print_output_csv(user_fft.output_value_array, 2048);------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > It's uniqueness compared to other FFT implementations is that it fully utilises the boost::thread library, to the extent that the user can give the number of threads they want to use as a parameter to the class template (above case is for 4 parallel threads). > > It is structured and organised so that users could customise/optimise it to specific processor architectures. > > I've also tried to develop it in the spirit of Boost in that all class members which users should not access are private, only making public what is necessary to the API. My code is a decimation-in-time radix-2 FFT, and users could in theory use the existing API as a basis to extend it to more complex implementations such as the Reverse/Inverse FFT, bit-reversal of inputs/outputs and multi-dimensional FFTs. > > I look forward to your reply. > > Kind regards,Nathan Bliss > > You may want to give a look to the FFT functions bundled with NT2 > courtesy of Domagoj Saric. > > They also generate a FFT for a given compile-time size and use > Boost.SIMD for vectorization (but no threads). Unfortunately the code is > not so generic that it can work with arbitrary vector sizes, so it > limits portability somewhat. > > <https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/blob/master/modules/core/signal/include/nt…> > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > > ------------------------------ > > End of Boost Digest, Vol 4012, Issue 1 > **************************************

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Boost on ARM using NEON
by Aditya Avinash 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi, i want to develop boost.arm or boost.neon library so that boost is implemented on ARM. -- ---------------- Atluri Aditya Avinash, India.

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[thread] ~mutex and BOOST_VERIFY
by Gaetano Mendola 28 May '13

28 May '13

Hi, I saw that the destructor of ~mutex doesn't have a BOOST_VERIFY anymore on the return value of pthread_mutex_destroy. From SVN logs I can see it was removed in the commit 75882 to manage the EINTR due to some bugged POSIX implementation. I will reintroduce the BOOST_VERIFY like this: ~mutex() { int ret; do { ret = pthread_mutex_destroy(&m); } while (ret == EINTR); BOOST_VERIFY(!ret); } while we are at it consider the fact that for the same reason ~mutex needs to check for that EINTR return value the same should do timed_mutex. Regards Gaetano Mendola

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JSON Parser + Boost Fusion + adapted structs
by Stephan Bourgeois 28 May '13

28 May '13

Hi everybody, I am writing a prototype for the JSON parser for the GSoC with the support of Bjorn Reese. When discussing the proposal, Michael Marcin suggested an interface that allows the user to define a struct reflecting the JSON data structure. I have been looking at Boost.Fusion to enable the parser to "fill in" the values in the struct. It looks like I'm after a solution described in the following post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13830792/simulate-compile-time-reflectio… Could anyone tell me if this is a good starting point, and/or if there are other ways of achieving this. Thank you, Stephan.

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[context] make_fcontext stack pointer unclear from documentation
by Michael Marcin 28 May '13

28 May '13

The function make_fcontext takes a stack pointer. However it is not clear at all from the documentation that the stack pointer should actually point to the end of the stack buffer. AFAICT it takes close examination of the simple_stack_allocator helper in the examples folder to figure this out. This led to several hours of debugging when I naively passed in the pointer to the start of the stack buffer and random application memory got stomped. I guess you're supposed to glean it from the note at the bottom of the stack allocation page [1]. This should at least be mentioned in the make_fcontext reference [2]. [1] http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/libs/context/doc/html/context/stack.ht… [2] http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/libs/context/doc/html/context/context/…

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Re: [boost] JSON Parser + Boost Fusion + adapted structs
by Niall Douglas 28 May '13

28 May '13

> Then, there's boost.mirror that hasn't given much news recently, but that > had one thing right: you need something to generate the metadata to avoid > the pitfalls of writing the macro by hand. I had in mind a tool based on > clang to do that but never had time to care about it since my very naive > perl code was enough for my small needs. Easiest of all is to expose the compiler's internal state via a magic namespace in the form of pseudo-template definitions. Then one has, at metaprogramming stage, access to everything the compiler knows at that point. I posited that idea to Chandler Carruth for clang at C++ Now. He didn't seem adamantly opposed. Third party libraries (e.g. a Boost one) could wrap up each compiler's internal magic namespace into something portable and therefore useful. Niall

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[MSM] Compile-time error using SubMachines and events that carries some data
by Fernando Pelliccioni 28 May '13

28 May '13

Hi, I have a Main State Machine (state_machine_) and two SubMachines. I want to start the first SubMachine and when it finished I want to start the second SubMachine. Here is the code. http://pastebin.com/sBdS1wvJ I have a compile-time error on some States of the second SubMachine. error: no member named 'element' in 'exit_introduction' std::cout << "event.element(): " << event.element() << std::endl; ~~~~~ ^ This is on state "StaringGame" and according the Transition Table of GameSM, only the event "character_selected" is used. I don't know why is trying to use the event "exit_introduction". Is this a bug of MSM? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks and regards, Fernando Pelliccioni.

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GSoC: Seven proposals accepted
by Boris Schaeling 28 May '13

28 May '13

Google just announced the seven proposals which were accepted for Boost. The (entire) list can be found here: <http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/projects/list/google/gsoc2013> Congratulations to the successful students! Good luck and much fun in this summer's Boost C++ projects! :) For those students who were not selected: Feel free to contact me for the details! We actually asked Google for more than seven slots because we got more than seven amazing proposals. Unfortunately the number of slots is just limited. And so we had to make some tough decisions. :/ I also thank everyone who had volunteered to mentor a project! I know that not everyone could get the project they wanted. But maybe there is still enough motivation to move forward with some projects outside of the Google Summer of Code program. :) Boris

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Algorithmic Skeletons, Parallelism Patterns & Actors
by Suminda Dharmasena 28 May '13

28 May '13

Hi, Is it possible to introduce Algorithmic Skeletons, Parallelism Patterns & Actors in Boost? Any plans for this? Suminda -- Suminda Sirinath Salpitikorala Dharmasena, B.Sc. Comp. & I.S. (Hon.) Lond., P.G.Dip. Ind. Maths. J'Pura, MIEEE, MACM, CEO Sakrīō! ▣ *Address*: 6G • 1st Lane • Pagoda Road • Nugegoda 10250 • Sri Lanka. ▣ *Mobile* : +94-(0)711007945 ▣ *Tele*: +94-(0)11-5 864614 / 5 875614 / 2 825908 ▣ *Web *: http://www.sakrio.com ▣ This email is subjected to the email Terms of Use and Disclaimer: http://www.sakrio.com/email-legal. Please read this first. --

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[type_erasure] compile error with gcc 4.8
by Christophe Henry 27 May '13

27 May '13

Hi Steven, the following code used to compile with older gcc versions (I just tried with 4.5 and I used the same construct with 4.7) but no more with gcc 4.8, but I don't know whether it's a gcc or type_erasure problem (or mine). The problem seems to be with rvalue refs. If I use the commented out version, it compiles fine on both compilers. Any idea? If you have no gcc 4.8, I can attach the error. Thanks, Christophe #include <iostream> #include <boost/type_erasure/any.hpp> #include <boost/type_erasure/builtin.hpp> #include <boost/type_erasure/operators.hpp> #include <boost/type_erasure/constructible.hpp> #include <boost/type_erasure/relaxed.hpp> #include <boost/type_erasure/member.hpp> #include <boost/mpl/vector.hpp> #include <boost/function.hpp> BOOST_TYPE_ERASURE_MEMBER((has_post), post); struct any_post_concept: ::boost::mpl::vector< //has_post<void(boost::function<void()>), const boost::type_erasure::_self>, has_post<void(boost::function<void()>&&), const boost::type_erasure::_self>, boost::type_erasure::relaxed, boost::type_erasure::copy_constructible<> >{} ; typedef boost::type_erasure::any<any_post_concept> any_post; struct any_impl { //void post(boost::function<void()> f)const {f();} void post(boost::function<void()> && f)const {f();} }; int main() { any_impl s; any_post p (s); boost::function<void()> f = [](){std::cout << "ok" << std::endl;}; //p.post(f); p.post(std::move(f)); return 0; }

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[thread] countdown_latch
by Michael Marcin 27 May '13

27 May '13

I recently ran across the need to spawn a thread and wait for it to finish its setup before continuing. The accepted answer seems to be using a mutex and condition variable to achieve this. However that work clutters up the code quite a bit with the implementation details. I came across Java's CountDownLatch which does basically the same work but bundles it up into a tidy package. It seems to be a fairly trivial but useful abstraction. implementation: http://codepad.org/E8kd2Eb8 usage: class widget { public: widget() : latch( 1 ) , thread_( [&]{ thread_func(); } ) { latch.wait(); } private: void setup(); void run(); void thread_func() { setup(); latch.count_down(); run(); } countdown_latch latch; std::thread thread_; };

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Proposal for a new assert macro which stores the failed values ("informative assert")
by Viktor Sehr 27 May '13

27 May '13

I'd like some opinions about this assert implementation which I'd like to propose as an update of the old BOOST_ASSERT. Basically it stores the failed values next to the expression string, instead of just the expression string: "INFORMATIVE_ASSERT(5*5 < 2*2);" "5*5 < 2*2 | 25 | 4" "INFORMATIVE_ASSERT(std::vector<int>(10).size() == std::vector<int>(12).size());" "std::vector<int>(10).size() > std::vector<int>(12).size() | 10 | 12" Notes - If the class can't be serialized, the byte-data is logged instead. - It writes the values to the expression string in order to be compliant with any assert implementations Easy to read implementation available here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B69BCPzak52DcnF5dmhRRno3V2M/edit?usp=sharing Modified version of BOOST_ASSERT available here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B69BCPzak52DZW1oX1AtREM4eVU/edit?usp=sharing /Viktor Sehr

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Documenting and checking template parameters
by Paul A. Bristow 26 May '13

26 May '13

I am just refactoring the venerable circular_buffer documentation. The docs describe the Template parameter T and specify it thus: The type of the elements stored in the circular_buffer. The T has to be SGIAssignable (SGI STL defined combination of Assignable and CopyConstructible). Moreover T has to be DefaultConstructible if supplied as a default parameter when invoking some of the circular_buffer's methods e.g. insert(iterator pos, const value_type& item = value_type()). And EqualityComparable and/or LessThanComparable if the circular_buffer will be compared with another container. This looks a bit out of date? Questions: How should a parameter like this *best* be described in documentation and enforced in software? http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/doc/html/Assignable.html ? http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/libs/concept_check/concept_check.htm ? Should these concepts be checked using BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT? Should *All* these be checked, even though not required for all uses? Suggestions welcome. Thanks Paul --- Paul A. Bristow, Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal LA8 8AB UK +44 1539 561830 07714330204 pbristow(a)hetp.u-net.com

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[githelp] Can't clone superproject..
by Rene Rivera 26 May '13

26 May '13

Not sure if it's just because I'm using Eclipse JGit for this but I get: === Git repository clone failed. Missing unknown 57ec5d1534810090649b18c88e66a46f48cdcf1c === When I attempt to import/clone the superproject plus submodules. -- -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com -- 102708583/icq - grafikrobot/aim - grafikrobot/yahoo

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[githelp] forwarding headers?
by legalize+jeeves＠mail.xmission.com 26 May '13

26 May '13

[Please do not mail me a copy of your followup] OK, I can recursively cloen the git repo and with a little editing of bootstrap.sh to remove the presence of '/v2', I am able to finish the bootstrap script. However, actually building libraries fails because there is no 'boost' subdirectory and presumably no forwarding headers in that directory. So how are those built? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline> The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org> The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org> Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

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[regex][config] BOOST_FALLTHROUGH not on the release branch
by Daniel James 26 May '13

26 May '13

The implementation of the new BOOST_FALLTHROUGH macro hasn't been merged to release yet, but the regex merge from yesterday included some code which uses it, so that isn't compiling now. The test results are a bit behind, so it hasn't shown up there yet.

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Boost.Thread Co-authoring
by Vicente J. Botet Escriba 26 May '13

26 May '13

Hi, I'm the main maintainer of Boost.Thread since Nov 2011. I've fixed a lot of bugs and added a lot of new features (mainly conformance with C++11, but also others). Could my name appear as co-author of Boost.Thread in http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/? Best, Vicente

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[trac] New component for type_erasure.
by Daniel James 25 May '13

25 May '13

Please can someone create a component for 'type_erasure', user 'steven_watanabe'? Thanks.

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[bind][function][lamda][signals][variant][boostbook] PDF doc builds broken?
by John Maddock 25 May '13

25 May '13

The libs bind, lambda, signals, variant and boostbook all have: project boost/doc ; In their Jamfiles, and Boost.Build is now treating that duplication as an error. Is there any reason these project ID's can't be just commented out / removed? Thanks, John.

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[multi-array] warning on mingw caused by assert macro
by Ronan Trépos 24 May '13

24 May '13

Hello boost comunity, I found a warning using boost/multi-array (boost 1.53) on mingw. The warning message : boost/multi_array/base.hpp:503:13: attention : unused variable 'bound_adjustment' When compiling a simple example including muti-array with the command line : c:\MinGW\bin\g++.exe -Wall -Wextra -O2 -DNDEBUG -g -Ic:/natifvle/install/boost/include/boost-1_53 -o MyExample.o -c MyExample.cpp The reason is that a locale variable bound_adjustement, before line 503 of multi_array/base.hpp, is defined and computed only if BOOST_DISABLE_ASSERT is not set. The line after, a BOOST_ASSERT is called using bound_adjustement. Since BOOST_DISABLE_ASSERT is not set, BOOST_ASSERT is defined as the mingw macro "assert" in boost/assert.hpp. Finally, mingw assert macro (see Mingw/include/assert.h) is defined as ((void) 0) if NDEBUG is defined (this is the case in my example). It took me a long time to see the problem. So my questions are : - Do I miss use the combination of NDEBUG and BOOST_DISABLE_ASSERTS ? Eg. if NDEBUG and BOOST_DISABLE_ASSERTS are set (or unset) together, then I have no warning. Should they be set to the same value ? - Or should boost/assert.hpp take into account NDEBUG for defining the macro BOOST_ASSERT (only for mingw ?) Best regards Ronan Trépos -- Trépos Ronan INRA unité MIAT, équipe RECORD, Toulouse http://carlit.toulouse.inra.fr/wikiz/index.php/Ronan_TREPOS tel : 05 61 28 51 89

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[ASIO] Issue with epoll reactor? Callback handler not executed.
by Arpan Sen 24 May '13

24 May '13

Hi folks, I am using the latest version of Boost ASIO on a Suse11 box. I recently upgraded from an older version of Boost, and life since then has been unusually harsh. **** I have a piece of ASIO code that worked just fine earlier but doesn't do so now. Here's the offending snippet, rather simple looking: **** boost::asio::streambuf response; ... // code for deadline timer tcp::socket socket(io_service); socket.async_connect(*iterator, &conn_handler); io_service.reset(); io_service.run_one(); async_write(socket, buffer(command.c_str()), &write_handler); io_service.reset(); io_service.run_one(); async_read_until(socket, response, '\n', &read_handler); io_service.reset(); io_service.run_one(); Everything works fine till async_write. During async_read_until I can see that the response buffer does have some data by the time it returns. However, when io_service.run_one() happens the read_handler is NOT ALWAYS called which is very surprising. The function calling the read_handler (internal to ASIO) also does a commit to the streambuf so streambuf.size() becomes non-zero, i.e. ready for consumption by something like istream. All of that is missing now. Debugging this in some detail, I see that run_one is in fact responsible for calling read_handler. That is NOT happening and in epoll_reactor I am not seeing any real activity. Something there is activity and the behavior is as expected but 9/10 times completion handler won’t be called. The io_service object runs in a specific thread (I have a bunch of threads in my app) and no other thread accesses it. The Linux kernel running previous version has not been changed when I upgraded the Boost libraries. Instead of epoll, if I use select everything looks good. Any thoughts? Arpan

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[git][property_tree] Conversion Looks Good, Lots of Redundant Branches
by Sebastian Redl 24 May '13

24 May '13

Reviewed the PropertyTree git history. Apart from the existence of all these redundant branches it looks good. Is there a way to modify the conversion script so that the branch commit itself doesn't show up if there are no follow-ups? Not a big thing, I can easily kill those branches afterwards, but they look so useless. Sebastian

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[githelp] modular boost instructions?
by legalize+jeeves＠mail.xmission.com 24 May '13

24 May '13

[Please do not mail me a copy of your followup] OK, we've already established that the 'Experimenting with Modular Boost' instructions are woefully stale. Can someone please briefly describe what submodules I need to manually add just to get something bootstrapped? In the svn boost there is <root>/build and <root>/tools/build; neither of these is present in boostorg/boost and while there is a build repo, it seems to define a structure that creates <root>/build/build, so I'm confused. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline> The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org> The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org> Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

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