The last three will become 1 lat-cycle (0.25ns) faster once #76066 is fixed.
The Select being that fast with the old code is really impressive.
I am pretty sure this happens because my CPU has BMI1&2 support and
a fusing unit able to translate non BMI code into BMI code.
This benchmark doesn't capture the CACHE gains from the shorter assembly.
It currently compiles as:
v17 = TESTQ <flags> v31 v31 // v != 0
v20 = CMOVQNE <int> v32 v33 v17 (y[int])
It is possible to remove the `TESTQ` by compiletime fusing it with the
compare in a pattern like this:
subtle.ConstantTimeSelect(subtle.ConstantTimeLessOrEq(left, right), right, left)
Saving 2 latency-cycles (1 with #76066 fixed).
Updates #76056
Change-Id: I61a1df99e97a1506f75dae13db529f43846d8f1e
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/715045 Reviewed-by: Keith Randall <khr@golang.org>
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