计算机科学 ›› 2015, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (11): 240-247.doi: 10.11896/j.issn.1002-137X.2015.11.049
孙回回,赵荣彩,高伟,李雁冰
SUN Hui-hui, ZHAO Rong-cai, GAO Wei and LI Yan-bing
摘要： 现代编译器越来越依赖SIMD指令来提高向量化性能,但控制流的复杂性严重阻碍了SIMD向量化的发掘。现有的控制流向量化方法对于单层控制流的向量化很有效,但对嵌套等复杂控制流无法取得令人满意的效果。因此,提出了一种基于条件分类的控制流向量化方法。该方法对条件为循环不变量的控制流,以层次遍历的顺序实施IF外提；对条件为循环变量的控制流,结合语句匹配和条件合并递归地进行IF转换,生成相应的SIMD指令,从而实现嵌套控制流的向量化。实验结果表明,该方法能够有效消除循环中的嵌套控制流,提高向量化发掘的能力, 有效提升 测试程序的性能。
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