_mm_shuffle

[k3nn4nt]

Hello there,

I have no idea how _mm_shuffleXXXXX works. Does anyone out there know?

I especially having problem with the _mm_shuffle_epi32(), _mm_shufflehi_epi16() and _mm_shufflelo_epi16(). I have read numerous explaination on those instrinsics on the net, but they seem to be too difficult for me to understand including this one, the most comprehensive one that I have found. http://www.tommesani.com/SSE2MMX.html

Regards,

Kennant

[lingchuanmeng]

Hi Kennant,

I found your question when searching for code examples on shuffle. It has been more than 6 years, and I hope this can still be helpful.

_mm_shuffle_epi32() shuffles a 128bit vector that consists for 4 signed/unsigned integers. It usually works together with the _MM_SHUFFLE() macro. You can view _MM_SHUFFLE() as a permutation, that is, it permutes elements based the operands of _MM_SHUFFLE().

Here is a code snippet that better explains how it works:

[cpp]void test(int32_t *Y, int32_t *X)
{
	__m128i *v1, *v2;
	__m128i v3, v4;
	int32_t * rslt;
	int64_t * rslt64;
	v1 = (__m128i *) X;
	v2 = (__m128i *) Y; 
 rslt = (int32_t * ) v1;	
      printf("In test, V1  after MUL  SHUFFLE: %dt%dt%dt%dtn", rslt[0], rslt[1], rslt[2], rslt[3]);
      rslt = (int32_t * ) v2;
      printf("In test, V2 before  MUL SHUFFLE: %dt%dt%dt%dtn", rslt[0], rslt[1], rslt[2], rslt[3]);
	v3 = _mm_mul_epi32(*v1, *v2);
	v4 = _mm_mul_epi32(_mm_shuffle_epi32(*v1, _MM_SHUFFLE(2, 3, 0, 1)), _mm_shuffle_epi32(*v2, _MM_SHUFFLE(2, 3, 0, 1)));		

	rslt64 = (int64_t * ) &v3;
	printf("In REDC, product before SHUFFLE: %ldt%ldn", rslt64[0], rslt64[1]);

	rslt64 = (int64_t * ) &v4;		
	printf("In REDC, product after  SHUFFLE: %ldt%ldn", rslt64[0], rslt64[1]);

	rslt = (int32_t * ) v1;		
	printf("In REDC, 4-way vect before  SHUFFLE: %dt%dt%dt%dtn", rslt[0], rslt[1], rslt[2], rslt[3]);
	
	*v1 = _mm_shuffle_epi32(*v1, _MM_SHUFFLE(2, 3, 0, 1));
	rslt = (int32_t * ) v1;	
	printf("In REDC, 4-way vect after  SHUFFLE: %dt%dt%dt%dtn", rslt[0], rslt[1], rslt[2], rslt[3]);

}[/cpp]

_MM_SHUFFLE(2, 3, 0, 1) permutes [a3, a2, a1, a0] to [a2, a3, a0, a1].


LC