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Follow-up to #6995.

Proposed changes

  • Rewrite the datapar sequential_search_n implementation as a sliding-window SIMD scan, with scalar verification only for mixed packs.
  • Rewrite datapar sequential_search to scan for the first needle element with SIMD and verify complete candidates scalarly.
  • Preserve scalar compatibility for predicates and projections that cannot be invoked with a vector pack.
  • Avoid indexing scalable SIMD masks and avoid relying on the SVE backend's broken none_of adapter.
  • Add deterministic regression coverage for one-element ranges, the last valid match, SIMD-boundary crossings, and false initial candidates.
  • Add focused search and search_n performance tests with validated command-line inputs; only register them when datapar support is enabled.

The unaligned load/store fix originally included in this PR was split out and has already been merged as #7435. This keeps this PR focused on the search algorithm changes.

Validation

  • search_datapar_test
  • search_n_datapar_test
  • search_larger_2nd_range
  • search_zerolength
  • vector_pack_unaligned_load_store_7287
  • Smoke runs of benchmark_search_test and benchmark_search_n_test

Benchmark results

Times in seconds, 16 threads, average of 10 runs.

hpx::search

Vector size Needle std seq par simd par_simd par_simd vs std
10M 8 0.0046 0.0210 0.0021 0.0235 0.0017 2.68x
200M 8 0.0714 0.3199 0.0436 0.4076 0.0423 1.69x
500M 8 0.1645 0.8037 0.1105 1.0274 0.0942 1.75x
500M 32 0.1729 0.8562 0.1030 1.0725 0.0884 1.96x
1B 8 0.3536 1.8358 0.2194 2.1655 0.1850 1.91x

hpx::search_n

Vector size Needle std seq par simd par_simd par_simd vs std
10M 8 0.0046 0.0135 0.0047 0.0095 0.0043 1.07x
200M 8 0.0877 0.2352 0.0417 0.1631 0.0362 2.42x
500M 8 0.0808 0.5852 0.1059 0.4080 0.0981 0.82x
500M 32 0.0826 0.6208 0.1404 0.4883 0.1022 0.81x
1B 8 0.2509 1.5681 0.2424 1.8128 0.1747 1.44x

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  • The bug fixes have regression coverage.
  • New boundary tests are deterministic.
  • Changed C++ sources are clang-formatted.

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This PR improves SIMD/datapar behavior for search and search_n, and adds performance benchmarks to compare HPX execution policies against the standard library.

Changes:

  • Updated SIMD vector pack unaligned load/store to use explicit (element-aligned) pointer-based loads/stores for non-scalar packs.
  • Reworked datapar implementations in search.hpp to use SIMD prefiltering (for search) and a sliding-window SIMD scan (for search_n).
  • Added new performance benchmarks for search and search_n and registered them in the performance CMake target list.

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libs/core/execution/include/hpx/execution/traits/detail/simd/vector_pack_load_store.hpp Adjusts unaligned vector pack load/store to use pointer-based element-aligned operations for non-scalar packs.
libs/core/algorithms/include/hpx/parallel/datapar/search.hpp Introduces new SIMD-accelerated scanning strategies for search and search_n.
libs/core/algorithms/tests/performance/benchmark_search.cpp Adds a benchmark comparing hpx::search policies vs std::search.
libs/core/algorithms/tests/performance/benchmark_search_n.cpp Adds a benchmark comparing hpx::search_n policies vs std::search_n.
libs/core/algorithms/tests/performance/CMakeLists.txt Registers the new benchmark executables.

Comment thread libs/core/algorithms/tests/performance/benchmark_search.cpp
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Could you please apply the same fix for the other datapar backends (if necessary)?

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@ArivoliR Also, could you please add a test that verifies your unaligned load fix?

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@ArivoliR Also, could you please add a test that verifies your unaligned load fix?

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Hi @ArivoliR — this looks like solid work, especially the search/search_n rewrites with the benchmark data. I was looking at #7287 and noticed this PR covers the unaligned load/store fix as part of a larger change, but it's been quiet since June.

Just checking: is this still active on your end? If you're still working on it, no action needed from me — happy to leave it with you. If it's stalled for now, I'd be glad to pick up just the vector_pack_load/vector_pack_store unaligned fix (EVE + std-experimental-simd backends) as a smaller, separate PR against #7287, and leave the search/search_n rewrite for you to bring back whenever you're ready. Let me know either way.

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Hi @ArivoliR — this looks like solid work, especially the search/search_n rewrites with the benchmark data. I was looking at #7287 and noticed this PR covers the unaligned load/store fix as part of a larger change, but it's been quiet since June.

Just checking: is this still active on your end? If you're still working on it, no action needed from me — happy to leave it with you. If it's stalled for now, I'd be glad to pick up just the vector_pack_load/vector_pack_store unaligned fix (EVE + std-experimental-simd backends) as a smaller, separate PR against #7287, and leave the search/search_n rewrite for you to bring back whenever you're ready. Let me know either way.

Yeah sure, do go ahead with that PR :D
Had gotten caught up with my summer bootcamp and on-campus internship post that. Will prolly get to the search/search_n rewrites soon. You can for sure go with the fix for #7287 though! Have fun

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@ArivoliR Would you have the time to address the clang-format and inspect issues:

/libs/core/algorithms/include/hpx/parallel/datapar/search.hpp:
    Apple macro clash: verify(line 86)

I assume that the EVE problems are being addressed by #7435

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@ArivoliR Would you have the time to address the clang-format and inspect issues:

/libs/core/algorithms/include/hpx/parallel/datapar/search.hpp:
    Apple macro clash: verify(line 86)

I assume that the EVE problems are being addressed by #7435

Will work on this soon! Switched devices, yet to set the toolchains on it

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@ArivoliR please have a look at all the comments posted by the bots. You may want to carefully assess them (they might be wrong). Please either address them or mark them as resolved with a comment why they don't apply.

The SIMD scan reads count - 1 elements past the last start position.
Checking was_cancelled at those positions returned true for indices
>= max_start, cutting the scan short and missing runs that end at the
last element. Check against the earliest start of the current run
instead.

Also add search_n boundary tests and fail the benchmarks on invalid
parameters.

Signed-off-by: ArivoliR <[email protected]>
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🔵 Needs a closer look

The SIMD path eagerly copies projected needle results, breaking valid non-copyable or mutable-reference projection and predicate cases.

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libs/core/algorithms/tests/performance/benchmark_search.cpp: 1

99-107: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Alternate the policy order between samples.

The benchmark completes every std sample before it starts the seq samples, and it runs the remaining policies in the same fixed order. Cache state and CPU clock changes can therefore bias the reported comparison. Interleave samples and rotate or randomize the policy order. Record that order with the timings. Based on learnings, fixed sample order can systematically bias benchmark comparisons.

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Update the benchmark sampling flow around run_search_benchmark_std and
run_search_benchmark to interleave policy samples and rotate or randomize policy
order between samples, rather than running each policy in a fixed batch. Record
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95-103: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Alternate the policy order between samples.

The benchmark completes each policy's samples before it starts the next policy. Cache state and CPU clock changes can therefore bias the reported comparison. Interleave samples and rotate or randomize the policy order. Record that order with the timings. Based on learnings, fixed sample order can systematically bias benchmark comparisons.

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Update the benchmark sampling flow around run_search_n_benchmark_std and
run_search_n so policy samples are interleaved and their execution order is
rotated or randomized across samples; record each sample’s policy order
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Comment thread libs/core/algorithms/include/hpx/parallel/datapar/search.hpp Outdated
The guard checked iterator_datapar_compatible on a zip_iterator, which
is never random access, so search always fell back to the scalar loop.
Only the haystack is loaded as packs, so check that iterator alone.

Name the pack type only after the compatibility check passes, and
re-project the first needle element at each use instead of copying it
so projections returning non-copyable types work.

Add tests that the SIMD path is taken for search and search_n, and a
non-copyable projection test.

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🔵 Needs a closer look

Add the missing <iterator> includes to both benchmark files.

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Medium severity Add missing <iterator> header

libs/​core/​algorithms/​tests/​performance/​benchmark_search.cpp:19

This benchmark uses std::begin, std::end, and std::distance below, but it does not include <iterator>. Those declarations are not guaranteed to be provided transitively by <algorithm>, so add the standard header to keep this executable portable across standard library implementations.

Medium severity Add missing <iterator> header

libs/​core/​algorithms/​tests/​performance/​benchmark_search_n.cpp:19

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libs/core/algorithms/tests/unit/datapar_algorithms/search_datapar.cpp: 1

240-245: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a one-element haystack case for hpx::search.

The current case uses a one-element needle but a multi-element haystack. Add a direct assertion with a one-element haystack to exercise the singleton-range path changed by this PR.

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Add a direct `hpx::search` test with a one-element haystack in the search test
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219-230: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a one-element haystack case for search_n.

The count == 1 cases use haystacks of pack_size * 4 + 2 elements. They enter the SIMD bulk loop before the scalar tail. They do not exercise the scalar-only path used when a one-element haystack skips the bulk loop. Add a direct one-element assertion with count == 1.

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     for (std::size_t const count : counts)
     {
         std::size_t const size = pack_size * 4 + count + 1;
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             check_search_n_result(policy, haystack, count, 1);
         }
     }
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+    {
+        std::vector<int> haystack{1};
+        check_search_n_result(policy, haystack, 1, 1);
+    }
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The SIMD loads read pack_size elements straight from memory, which is
only valid for contiguous ranges. Random-access iterators such as
std::deque<int>::iterator were admitted and read across block
boundaries. Require is_contiguous_iterator for search and search_n, as
the datapar loops do, and add deque tests that check the SIMD path is
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the 3 CI failures are unrelated to this PR

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