Enable SIMD optimizations by default with auto-detection (#982)

* Enable SIMD optimizations by default with automatic CPU detection

This commit enables SIMD optimizations automatically based on CPU capabilities,
providing significant performance improvements for JSON string parsing without
requiring manual configuration via --with-sse42 flag.

Key changes:

1. Simplified extconf.rb for auto-detection:
   - Automatically tries -msse4.2, falls back to -msse2
   - No user configuration needed - works out of the box
   - Removed unnecessary platform-specific logic

2. Enhanced simd.h with unified architecture detection:
   - Defines HAVE_SIMD_SSE4_2, HAVE_SIMD_SSE2, HAVE_SIMD_NEON
   - Provides SIMD_TYPE macro for debugging
   - Uses compiler defines for cleaner conditional compilation
   - Priority: SSE4.2 > NEON > SSE2 > scalar

3. Added SSE2 fallback implementation:
   - Uses SSE2 instructions available on all x86_64 CPUs
   - Provides SIMD benefits even on older processors
   - Uses bit manipulation for efficient character matching

4. Updated parse.c to use new SIMD architecture:
   - scan_string_SSE42() for SSE4.2 capable CPUs
   - scan_string_SSE2() for older x86_64 CPUs
   - Automatic selection at initialization

Performance:
- Equivalent performance to baseline with --with-sse42
- All tests pass (445 runs, 986 assertions, 0 failures)
- SIMD now enabled by default without any flags

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

* Optimize SIMD string scanning with prefetching and parallel processing

This commit improves SIMD performance by processing 64 bytes per iteration
with prefetching and branch hints for better CPU utilization.

Optimizations:
1. Process 64 bytes (4x16-byte chunks) per iteration instead of 16
2. Prefetch next cache line with __builtin_prefetch()
3. Load all chunks before comparing (better instruction-level parallelism)
4. Add __builtin_expect() branch hints (matches are unlikely in long strings)
5. Applied to both SSE4.2 and SSE2 implementations

Performance improvements (50K iterations):
- Strings with escape sequences: 8.3% faster (0.166s -> 0.152s)
- Long strings (~2KB): 3.8% faster (0.145s -> 0.140s)
- Short strings: 0.8% faster (1.945s -> 1.929s)

All tests pass: 445 runs, 986 assertions, 0 failures

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

* Remove deprecated OJ_USE_SSE4_2 define

Use only compiler-provided __SSE4_2__ define for SIMD detection.
The old OJ_USE_SSE4_2 macro is no longer needed since we rely on
compiler flags (-msse4.2) which automatically define __SSE4_2__.

This simplifies the code and removes legacy configuration.

---------

Co-authored-by: Claude <[email protected]>

Author: sebyx07

ext/oj/extconf.rb

@@ -35,13 +35,12 @@
 
 dflags['OJ_DEBUG'] = true unless ENV['OJ_DEBUG'].nil?
 
-if with_config('--with-sse42')
-  if try_cflags('-msse4.2')
-    $CPPFLAGS += ' -msse4.2'
-    dflags['OJ_USE_SSE4_2'] = 1
-  else
-    warn 'SSE 4.2 is not supported on this platform.'
-  end
+# Enable SIMD optimizations - try SSE4.2 on x86_64 for best performance
+# Falls back to SSE2 or compiler defaults if not available
+if try_cflags('-msse4.2')
+  $CPPFLAGS += ' -msse4.2'
+elsif try_cflags('-msse2')
+  $CPPFLAGS += ' -msse2'
 end
 
 if enable_config('trace-log', false)

ext/oj/parse.c

@@ -15,12 +15,9 @@
 #include "mem.h"
 #include "oj.h"
 #include "rxclass.h"
+#include "simd.h"
 #include "val_stack.h"
 
-#ifdef OJ_USE_SSE4_2
-#include <nmmintrin.h>
-#endif
-
 // Workaround in case INFINITY is not defined in math.h or if the OS is CentOS
 #define OJ_INFINITY (1.0 / 0.0)
 
@@ -202,23 +199,118 @@ static inline const char *scan_string_noSIMD(const char *str, const char *end) {
     return str;
 }
 
-#ifdef OJ_USE_SSE4_2
-static inline const char *scan_string_SIMD(const char *str, const char *end) {
+#ifdef HAVE_SIMD_SSE4_2
+// Optimized SIMD string scanner using SSE4.2 instructions
+// Uses prefetching and processes multiple chunks in parallel to reduce latency
+static inline const char *scan_string_SSE42(const char *str, const char *end) {
     static const char chars[16] = "\x00\\\"";
     const __m128i     terminate = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)&chars[0]);
-    const char       *_end      = (const char *)(end - 16);
+    const char       *safe_end_64 = end - 64;
+    const char       *safe_end_16 = end - 16;
+
+    // Process 64 bytes at a time with parallel SIMD operations
+    // This reduces pipeline stalls and improves instruction-level parallelism
+    while (str <= safe_end_64) {
+        // Prefetch next cache line for better memory throughput
+        __builtin_prefetch(str + 64, 0, 0);
+
+        // Load and compare 4 chunks in parallel
+        const __m128i chunk0 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(str));
+        const __m128i chunk1 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(str + 16));
+        const __m128i chunk2 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(str + 32));
+        const __m128i chunk3 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(str + 48));
+
+        const int r0 = _mm_cmpestri(terminate, 3, chunk0, 16,
+                                    _SIDD_UBYTE_OPS | _SIDD_CMP_EQUAL_ANY | _SIDD_LEAST_SIGNIFICANT);
+        if (__builtin_expect(r0 != 16, 0)) return str + r0;
+
+        const int r1 = _mm_cmpestri(terminate, 3, chunk1, 16,
+                                    _SIDD_UBYTE_OPS | _SIDD_CMP_EQUAL_ANY | _SIDD_LEAST_SIGNIFICANT);
+        if (__builtin_expect(r1 != 16, 0)) return str + 16 + r1;
+
+        const int r2 = _mm_cmpestri(terminate, 3, chunk2, 16,
+                                    _SIDD_UBYTE_OPS | _SIDD_CMP_EQUAL_ANY | _SIDD_LEAST_SIGNIFICANT);
+        if (__builtin_expect(r2 != 16, 0)) return str + 32 + r2;
+
+        const int r3 = _mm_cmpestri(terminate, 3, chunk3, 16,
+                                    _SIDD_UBYTE_OPS | _SIDD_CMP_EQUAL_ANY | _SIDD_LEAST_SIGNIFICANT);
+        if (__builtin_expect(r3 != 16, 0)) return str + 48 + r3;
+
+        str += 64;
+    }
 
-    for (; str <= _end; str += 16) {
+    // Handle remaining 16-byte chunks
+    for (; str <= safe_end_16; str += 16) {
         const __m128i string = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)str);
-        const int     r      = _mm_cmpestri(terminate,
-                                   3,
-                                   string,
-                                   16,
+        const int     r      = _mm_cmpestri(terminate, 3, string, 16,
                                    _SIDD_UBYTE_OPS | _SIDD_CMP_EQUAL_ANY | _SIDD_LEAST_SIGNIFICANT);
-        if (r != 16) {
-            str = (char *)(str + r);
-            return str;
-        }
+        if (r != 16) return str + r;
+    }
+
+    return scan_string_noSIMD(str, end);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SIMD_SSE2
+// Optimized SSE2 string scanner (fallback for older x86_64 CPUs)
+// Uses SSE2 instructions with prefetching and parallel processing
+static inline const char *scan_string_SSE2(const char *str, const char *end) {
+    const char *safe_end_64 = end - 64;
+    const char *safe_end_16 = end - 16;
+
+    // Create comparison vectors for our three special characters
+    const __m128i null_char = _mm_setzero_si128();
+    const __m128i backslash = _mm_set1_epi8('\\');
+    const __m128i quote     = _mm_set1_epi8('"');
+
+    // Process 64 bytes at a time for better throughput
+    while (str <= safe_end_64) {
+        __builtin_prefetch(str + 64, 0, 0);
+
+        // Load 4 chunks
+        const __m128i chunk0 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(str));
+        const __m128i chunk1 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(str + 16));
+        const __m128i chunk2 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(str + 32));
+        const __m128i chunk3 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(str + 48));
+
+        // Compare all chunks (allows CPU to parallelize)
+        const __m128i cmp0 = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk0, null_char),
+                                                       _mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk0, backslash)),
+                                         _mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk0, quote));
+        const __m128i cmp1 = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk1, null_char),
+                                                       _mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk1, backslash)),
+                                         _mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk1, quote));
+        const __m128i cmp2 = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk2, null_char),
+                                                       _mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk2, backslash)),
+                                         _mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk2, quote));
+        const __m128i cmp3 = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk3, null_char),
+                                                       _mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk3, backslash)),
+                                         _mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk3, quote));
+
+        // Convert to masks
+        int mask0 = _mm_movemask_epi8(cmp0);
+        if (__builtin_expect(mask0 != 0, 0)) return str + __builtin_ctz(mask0);
+
+        int mask1 = _mm_movemask_epi8(cmp1);
+        if (__builtin_expect(mask1 != 0, 0)) return str + 16 + __builtin_ctz(mask1);
+
+        int mask2 = _mm_movemask_epi8(cmp2);
+        if (__builtin_expect(mask2 != 0, 0)) return str + 32 + __builtin_ctz(mask2);
+
+        int mask3 = _mm_movemask_epi8(cmp3);
+        if (__builtin_expect(mask3 != 0, 0)) return str + 48 + __builtin_ctz(mask3);
+
+        str += 64;
+    }
+
+    // Handle remaining 16-byte chunks
+    for (; str <= safe_end_16; str += 16) {
+        const __m128i chunk = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)str);
+        const __m128i matches = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk, null_char),
+                                                          _mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk, backslash)),
+                                            _mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk, quote));
+        int mask = _mm_movemask_epi8(matches);
+        if (mask != 0) return str + __builtin_ctz(mask);
     }
 
     return scan_string_noSIMD(str, end);
@@ -228,9 +320,12 @@ static inline const char *scan_string_SIMD(const char *str, const char *end) {
 static const char *(*scan_func)(const char *str, const char *end) = scan_string_noSIMD;
 
 void oj_scanner_init(void) {
-#ifdef OJ_USE_SSE4_2
-    scan_func = scan_string_SIMD;
+#ifdef HAVE_SIMD_SSE4_2
+    scan_func = scan_string_SSE42;
+#elif defined(HAVE_SIMD_SSE2)
+    scan_func = scan_string_SSE2;
 #endif
+    // Note: ARM NEON string scanning would be added here if needed
 }
 
 // entered at /

ext/oj/simd.h

@@ -1,10 +1,47 @@
 #ifndef OJ_SIMD_H
 #define OJ_SIMD_H
 
+// SIMD architecture detection and configuration
+// This header provides unified SIMD support across different CPU architectures
+
+// x86/x86_64 SIMD detection
+#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__) || defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_X64)
+#define HAVE_SIMD_X86 1
+
+    // SSE4.2 support (Intel Core i7+, AMD Bulldozer+)
+    // Enabled automatically when compiler has -msse4.2 flag
+    #if defined(__SSE4_2__)
+    #define HAVE_SIMD_SSE4_2 1
+    #include <nmmintrin.h>
+    #endif
+
+    // SSE2 support (fallback for older x86_64 CPUs - all x86_64 CPUs support SSE2)
+    #if defined(__SSE2__) && !defined(HAVE_SIMD_SSE4_2)
+    #define HAVE_SIMD_SSE2 1
+    #include <emmintrin.h>
+    #endif
+
+#endif  // x86/x86_64
+
+// ARM NEON detection
 #if defined(__ARM_NEON) || defined(__ARM_NEON__) || defined(__aarch64__) || defined(_M_ARM64)
 #define HAVE_SIMD_NEON 1
 #define SIMD_MINIMUM_THRESHOLD 6
 #include <arm_neon.h>
 #endif
 
+// Define which SIMD implementation to use (priority order: SSE4.2 > NEON > SSE2)
+#if defined(HAVE_SIMD_SSE4_2)
+#define HAVE_SIMD_STRING_SCAN 1
+#define SIMD_TYPE "SSE4.2"
+#elif defined(HAVE_SIMD_NEON)
+#define HAVE_SIMD_STRING_SCAN 1
+#define SIMD_TYPE "NEON"
+#elif defined(HAVE_SIMD_SSE2)
+#define HAVE_SIMD_STRING_SCAN 1
+#define SIMD_TYPE "SSE2"
+#else
+#define SIMD_TYPE "none"
+#endif
+
 #endif /* OJ_SIMD_H */