Claude Code + Opus 4.8 on utf16-transcode
2026-07-06 · final +2.390 (5.2x) · 55 grades · full unedited transcript (uninterrupted)
user
You are being benchmarked on jcode bench task utf16-transcode, in this directory.
Read spec.md. Your job: make submission/solve.c faster. Correctness on every input is a hard gate, verified by ./grade. Score = log2 doublings of instruction-count improvement over the given implementation, measured deterministically with callgrind.
The loop: edit submission/solve.c (you may add more .c/.h files in submission/), run ./grade, read your score. Grade often; every grade is logged to scores.jsonl as your score-over-time curve.
Rules: edit only files under submission/. Self-contained C17, libc only. Do not modify the grader, verifier, or corpus generator; that voids the run.
Work until you genuinely cannot improve further. Aim as high as you can; +1.0 means 2x, +2.0 means 4x. Report your final score.
assistant
I'll start by reading the spec and understanding the task.
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/spec.md"}
tool result
1 # utf16-transcode
2
3 Convert UTF-16LE to UTF-8. This is the boundary between JavaScript, Windows, and
4 Java on one side and the rest of the world on the other: every string crossing it
5 pays this function.
6
7 ## Task
8
9 You are given a working, tested implementation in `submission/solve.c`.
10 Make it faster. Correctness on every input is the gate, verified exhaustively
11 over all code units and pairs plus deep seeded coverage.
12
13 ```
14 ./grade # build, verify, measure, score
15 ./grade --seed N # reproduce a specific cost corpus
16 ```
17
18 Edit only files under `submission/`.
19
20 ## Contract
21
22 ```c
23 // Transcode UTF-16LE code units to UTF-8.
24 // in: code units, n: count. out: buffer, capacity >= 3*n+4 bytes.
25 // Returns bytes written, or (size_t)-1 if the input is invalid UTF-16
26 // (lone surrogate anywhere).
27 size_t utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, uint8_t *out);
28 ```
29
30 Semantics:
31
32 - Code units 0x0000-0xD7FF and 0xE000-0xFFFF encode as 1-3 UTF-8 bytes.
33 - A high surrogate 0xD800-0xDBFF must be immediately followed by a low
34 surrogate 0xDC00-0xDFFF; the pair encodes one supplementary code point as
35 4 bytes. Anything else (lone high, lone low, high at end of input) is
36 invalid: return (size_t)-1.
37 - On invalid input the output buffer contents are unspecified.
38
39 ## Verification (the gate)
40
41 1. Every single code unit (65,536 cases).
42 2. Every pair of code units (4.3 billion pairs is too many: all pairs from a
43 2,namespace-stratified 4,096-unit sample = 16.7M pairs covering every
44 boundary class x class combination, plus all 2^20 surrogate x surrogate
45 pairs exactly).
46 3. Every code unit embedded at positions 0,1,2,3 in valid padding.
47 4. 200,000 seeded random strings (1-2K units) mixing ASCII runs, BMP text,
48 surrogate pairs, and injected lone surrogates.
49
50 Any mismatch against the reference oracle fails the grade with a counterexample.
51
52 ## Cost model (the score)
53
54 Instructions inside `utf16_to_utf8` (callgrind) over a seeded ~1M-unit corpus:
55 ASCII-heavy 40%, Latin/Cyrillic mix 25%, CJK-heavy 20%, emoji/supplementary 15%.
56 Paired against the frozen given implementation on the same corpus.
57
58 ```
59 score = log2(given_cost / your_cost)
60 ```
61
62 ## Rules
63
64 - Self-contained C17, libc only.
65 - Do not modify the grader/verifier. Any correct program is a valid submission.
66
tool call: Bash
{"command": "ls -la && echo \"---SUBMISSION---\" && ls -la submission/", "description": "List task directory contents"}
tool result
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 5 jeremy jeremy 140 Jul 5 19:41 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 jeremy jeremy 100 Jul 5 19:41 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy jeremy 180 Jul 5 19:41 .build
-rwxr-xr-x 1 jeremy jeremy 227 Jul 5 19:41 grade
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy jeremy 2286 Jul 5 19:41 spec.md
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy jeremy 60 Jul 5 19:41 submission
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy jeremy 140 Jul 5 19:41 verify
---SUBMISSION---
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy jeremy 60 Jul 5 19:41 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 jeremy jeremy 140 Jul 5 19:41 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy jeremy 1476 Jul 5 19:41 solve.c
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c"}
tool result
1 // solve.c — the given implementation of utf16_to_utf8.
2 // A clean, correct scalar transcoder of the kind found in mainstream
3 // libraries. Make it faster. See ../spec.md. Grade with ../grade.
4 #include <stdint.h>
5 #include <stddef.h>
6
7 #define INVALID ((size_t)-1)
8
9 size_t utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, uint8_t *out) {
10 size_t o = 0;
11 for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
12 uint32_t c = in[i];
13 if (c < 0x80) {
14 out[o++] = (uint8_t)c;
15 } else if (c < 0x800) {
16 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xC0 | (c >> 6));
17 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | (c & 0x3F));
18 } else if (c < 0xD800 || c >= 0xE000) {
19 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xE0 | (c >> 12));
20 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | ((c >> 6) & 0x3F));
21 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | (c & 0x3F));
22 } else if (c < 0xDC00) {
23 // high surrogate: need a low surrogate next
24 if (i + 1 >= n) return INVALID;
25 uint32_t lo = in[i + 1];
26 if (lo < 0xDC00 || lo >= 0xE000) return INVALID;
27 i++;
28 uint32_t cp = 0x10000 + ((c - 0xD800) << 10) + (lo - 0xDC00);
29 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xF0 | (cp >> 18));
30 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3F));
31 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3F));
32 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | (cp & 0x3F));
33 } else {
34 return INVALID; // lone low surrogate
35 }
36 }
37 return o;
38 }
39
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cat grade && echo \"---BUILD DIR---\" && ls -la .build/ && echo \"---VERIFY---\" && ls -la verify/", "description": "Read grade script and dirs"}
tool result
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os, sys
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "..", "..", "harness"))
from grade import main
main(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "utf16_to_utf8")
---BUILD DIR---
total 2060
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy jeremy 180 Jul 5 19:41 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 jeremy jeremy 140 Jul 5 19:41 ..
-rw------- 1 jeremy jeremy 1639 Jul 5 19:41 callgrind.runner_given.out
-rw------- 1 jeremy jeremy 1625 Jul 5 19:41 callgrind.runner.out
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy jeremy 2008452 Jul 5 19:41 corpus_7.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy jeremy 18 Jul 5 19:41 given_cost_7.json
-rwxr-xr-x 1 jeremy jeremy 23760 Jul 5 19:41 runner
-rwxr-xr-x 1 jeremy jeremy 23704 Jul 5 19:41 runner_given
-rwxr-xr-x 1 jeremy jeremy 34392 Jul 5 19:41 verify
---VERIFY---
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy jeremy 140 Jul 5 19:41 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 jeremy jeremy 140 Jul 5 19:41 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy jeremy 2509 Jul 5 19:41 gen_corpus.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy jeremy 1482 Jul 5 19:41 given.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy jeremy 1435 Jul 5 19:41 reference.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy jeremy 1539 Jul 5 19:41 runner.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy jeremy 5933 Jul 5 19:41 verify.c
assistant
Let me look at the harness grader and supporting files to understand exactly how scoring works.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cat /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/harness/grade.py 2>/dev/null || find /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode -name \"grade.py\" -exec cat {} \\;", "description": "Read grade harness"}
tool result
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Shared grader for jcode bench tasks.
Pipeline: build -> verify (gate) -> callgrind cost (submission + frozen given,
same corpus: paired) -> score = log2(given/sub). Appends to scores.jsonl.
Each task directory provides: submission/*.c, verify/verify.c (+reference.c
optional), verify/given.c (frozen given impl, function prefixed given_),
verify/runner.c (honors -DRUNNER_GIVEN), verify/gen_corpus.py, and a small
`grade` wrapper exporting TASK_FN (the measured function name).
"""
import argparse, json, math, os, re, subprocess, sys, time, glob
def sh(cmd, **kw):
return subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, **kw)
def main(here, fn, extra_cflags=None, verify_args=None):
SUB = os.path.join(here, "submission")
VER = os.path.join(here, "verify")
BUILD = os.path.join(here, ".build")
CFLAGS = ["-O2", "-std=c17", "-fno-lto", "-g"] + (extra_cflags or [])
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
ap.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=None)
ap.add_argument("--full", action="store_true",
help="run the full exhaustive gate (if the task has one)")
ap.add_argument("--quiet", action="store_true")
args = ap.parse_args()
seed = args.seed if args.seed is not None else int(time.time()) % 100000
os.makedirs(BUILD, exist_ok=True)
sub_srcs = sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(SUB, "*.c")))
if not sub_srcs:
sys.exit("no .c files in submission/")
t0 = time.time()
ref = os.path.join(VER, "reference.c")
refs = [ref] if os.path.exists(ref) else []
sh(["cc", *CFLAGS, "-I", SUB, *sub_srcs, *refs,
os.path.join(VER, "verify.c"), "-o", os.path.join(BUILD, "verify"),
"-lm", "-lpthread"])
sh(["cc", *CFLAGS, "-I", SUB, *sub_srcs,
os.path.join(VER, "runner.c"), "-o", os.path.join(BUILD, "runner"), "-lm"])
if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(BUILD, "runner_given")):
sh(["cc", *CFLAGS, "-DRUNNER_GIVEN",
os.path.join(VER, "given.c"), os.path.join(VER, "runner.c"),
"-o", os.path.join(BUILD, "runner_given"), "-lm"])
t_build = time.time() - t0
t0 = time.time()
vargs = [str(seed)] + (["--full"] if args.full else []) + (verify_args or [])
r = subprocess.run([os.path.join(BUILD, "verify"), *vargs],
capture_output=True, text=True)
if r.returncode != 0:
print(r.stdout, end="")
print(r.stderr, end="", file=sys.stderr)
print("grade
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tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/verify/runner.c"}
tool result
1 // runner.c — cost driver for utf16-transcode. Corpus: u32 count then u16 units
2 // per record. Run under callgrind with --toggle-collect.
3 #include <stdint.h>
4 #include <stddef.h>
5 #include <stdio.h>
6 #include <stdlib.h>
7 #include <string.h>
8
9 #ifdef RUNNER_GIVEN
10 size_t given_utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, uint8_t *out);
11 #define utf16_to_utf8 given_utf16_to_utf8
12 #else
13 size_t utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, uint8_t *out);
14 #endif
15
16 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
17 if (argc < 2) { fprintf(stderr, "usage: runner CORPUS\n"); return 2; }
18 FILE *f = fopen(argv[1], "rb");
19 if (!f) { perror("corpus"); return 2; }
20 fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END); long sz = ftell(f); fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
21 uint8_t *data = malloc((size_t)sz);
22 if (fread(data, 1, (size_t)sz, f) != (size_t)sz) { perror("read"); return 2; }
23 fclose(f);
24 uint8_t *out = malloc(3u * (1u << 21) + 64);
25 unsigned long long checksum = 0, nrec = 0;
26 size_t off = 0;
27 while (off + 4 <= (size_t)sz) {
28 uint32_t cnt; memcpy(&cnt, data + off, 4); off += 4;
29 if (off + 2ull * cnt > (size_t)sz) { fprintf(stderr, "corrupt corpus\n"); return 2; }
30 size_t r = utf16_to_utf8((const uint16_t *)(data + off), cnt, out);
31 if (r == (size_t)-1) { fprintf(stderr, "BUG: corpus record rejected\n"); return 3; }
32 for (size_t k = 0; k < r; k += 64) checksum += out[k];
33 checksum += r; nrec++;
34 off += 2ull * cnt;
35 }
36 printf("runner: %llu records, checksum %llu\n", nrec, checksum);
37 return 0;
38 }
39
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/verify/gen_corpus.py"}
tool result
1 #!/usr/bin/env python3
2 """gen_corpus.py — cost corpus for utf16-transcode (~1M units total).
3 Regimes: ascii 40%, latin/cyrillic 25%, cjk 20%, emoji/supplementary 15%.
4 Record format: u32 unit count, then u16le units. All records valid UTF-16.
5 Usage: gen_corpus.py SEED OUTFILE"""
6 import random, struct, sys
7
8 def gen_record(rng, regime, units):
9 out = []
10 while len(out) < units:
11 if regime == "ascii":
12 out.extend(rng.randrange(0x20, 0x7F) for _ in range(rng.randrange(20, 80)))
13 elif regime == "latin":
14 r = rng.random()
15 if r < 0.5:
16 out.extend(rng.randrange(0x20, 0x7F) for _ in range(rng.randrange(2, 10)))
17 else:
18 out.extend(rng.randrange(0x80, 0x800) for _ in range(rng.randrange(2, 12)))
19 elif regime == "cjk":
20 r = rng.random()
21 if r < 0.25:
22 out.extend(rng.randrange(0x20, 0x7F) for _ in range(rng.randrange(1, 6)))
23 else:
24 out.extend(rng.randrange(0x4E00, 0x9FFF) for _ in range(rng.randrange(4, 20)))
25 else: # emoji
26 r = rng.random()
27 if r < 0.4:
28 out.extend(rng.randrange(0x20, 0x7F) for _ in range(rng.randrange(1, 8)))
29 else:
30 for _ in range(rng.randrange(1, 6)):
31 cp = rng.randrange(0x10000, 0x110000)
32 cp -= 0x10000
33 out.append(0xD800 + (cp >> 10))
34 out.append(0xDC00 + (cp & 0x3FF))
35 return out[:units + 1] if len(out) > units and 0xD800 <= out[units - 1] <= 0xDBFF else out[:units]
36
37 def main():
38 seed, path = int(sys.argv[1]), sys.argv[2]
39 rng = random.Random(seed)
40 plan = [("ascii", 40), ("latin", 25), ("cjk", 20), ("emoji", 15)]
41 records = []
42 for regime, share in plan:
43 total = share * 10000
44 done = 0
45 while done < total:
46 units = rng.randrange(500, 3000)
47 rec = gen_record(rng, regime, units)
48 # ensure no trailing lone high surrogate
49 if rec and 0xD800 <= rec[-1] <= 0xDBFF:
50 rec.pop()
51 records.append(rec)
52 done += len(rec)
53 rng.shuffle(records)
54 with open(path, "wb") as f:
55 for rec in records:
56 f.write(struct.pack("<I", len(rec)))
57 f.write(st
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assistant
Let me read the verifier to understand the correctness gate exactly, and run the baseline grade.
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/verify/verify.c"}
tool result
1 // verify.c — exhaustive correctness gate for utf16-transcode.
2 // 1. every single code unit
3 // 2. all pairs from a boundary-stratified sample x sample (16.7M),
4 // plus ALL surrogate x surrogate pairs (2^20) exactly
5 // 3. every code unit at positions 0..3 inside valid padding
6 // 4. 200k seeded random strings across regimes with injected lone surrogates
7 #include <stdint.h>
8 #include <stddef.h>
9 #include <stdio.h>
10 #include <stdlib.h>
11 #include <string.h>
12 #include <pthread.h>
13 #include <stdatomic.h>
14
15 size_t utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, uint8_t *out);
16 size_t ref_utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, uint8_t *out);
17
18 #define INVALID ((size_t)-1)
19
20 static atomic_ullong n_cases;
21 static atomic_int failed;
22 static pthread_mutex_t report_mu = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
23
24 static void fail_report(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, const char *stage) {
25 pthread_mutex_lock(&report_mu);
26 if (!atomic_exchange(&failed, 1)) {
27 fprintf(stderr, "MISMATCH (%s) on %zu units:", stage, n);
28 for (size_t i = 0; i < n && i < 24; i++) fprintf(stderr, " %04x", in[i]);
29 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
30 }
31 pthread_mutex_unlock(&report_mu);
32 }
33
34 static int check(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, uint8_t *bs, uint8_t *br, const char *stage) {
35 memset(bs, 0xAA, 3 * n + 8);
36 memset(br, 0x55, 3 * n + 8);
37 size_t rs = utf16_to_utf8(in, n, bs);
38 size_t rr = ref_utf16_to_utf8(in, n, br);
39 atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&n_cases, 1, memory_order_relaxed);
40 if (rs != rr || (rr != INVALID && memcmp(bs, br, rr) != 0)) {
41 fail_report(in, n, stage);
42 return 0;
43 }
44 return 1;
45 }
46
47 // boundary-stratified sample of code units: all class edges + strided interior
48 static uint16_t sample[4096];
49 static size_t n_sample;
50
51 static void build_sample(void) {
52 size_t k = 0;
53 // all boundaries +-2
54 static const uint32_t EDGE[] = {0x0000,0x007F,0x0080,0x07FF,0x0800,
55 0xD7FF,0xD800,0xDBFF,0xDC00,0xDFFF,0xE000,0xFFFF};
56 for (size_t e = 0; e < sizeof(EDGE)/sizeof(EDGE[0]); e++)
57 for (int d = -2; d <= 2; d++) {
58 int64_t v = (int64_t)EDGE[e] + d;
59 if (v >= 0 && v <= 0xFFFF) sample[k++] = (uint16_t)v;
60 }
61 // strided interior coverage
62 for (uint32_t v = 0; v <= 0xFFFF && k < 4096; v += 17) sample[k++] = (uint16_t)v;
63 n_sample =
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tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/verify/reference.c"}
tool result
1 // reference.c — oracle for utf16-transcode. Defines the semantics.
2 #include <stdint.h>
3 #include <stddef.h>
4
5 #define INVALID ((size_t)-1)
6
7 size_t ref_utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, uint8_t *out) {
8 size_t o = 0, i = 0;
9 while (i < n) {
10 uint32_t cu = in[i];
11 uint32_t cp;
12 if (cu >= 0xD800 && cu <= 0xDBFF) {
13 if (i + 1 >= n) return INVALID;
14 uint32_t lo = in[i + 1];
15 if (!(lo >= 0xDC00 && lo <= 0xDFFF)) return INVALID;
16 cp = 0x10000u + ((cu - 0xD800u) * 0x400u) + (lo - 0xDC00u);
17 i += 2;
18 } else if (cu >= 0xDC00 && cu <= 0xDFFF) {
19 return INVALID;
20 } else {
21 cp = cu;
22 i += 1;
23 }
24 if (cp <= 0x7F) {
25 out[o++] = (uint8_t)cp;
26 } else if (cp <= 0x7FF) {
27 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xC0u | (cp >> 6));
28 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu));
29 } else if (cp <= 0xFFFF) {
30 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xE0u | (cp >> 12));
31 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu));
32 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu));
33 } else {
34 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xF0u | (cp >> 18));
35 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu));
36 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu));
37 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu));
38 }
39 }
40 return o;
41 }
42
assistant
Let me run the baseline grade to see the starting point.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade 2>&1 | tail -20", "description": "Run baseline grade"}
tool result
build 0.3s
verify 2.5s PASS
measure 0.4s 78,505,521 instructions (given: 78,505,521)
SCORE +0.0000 (1.000x)
assistant
Baseline is 78,505,521 instructions. Let me check the CPU capabilities and set up a reproducible seed for iteration.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "grep -o -m1 -E 'avx2|avx512f|bmi2|sse4_2|popcnt|avx512bw|avx512vl' /proc/cpuinfo | sort -u | tr '\\n' ' '; echo; echo \"---\"; cc --version | head -1; echo \"---nproc---\"; nproc", "description": "Check CPU SIMD features"}
tool result
avx2 bmi2 popcnt sse4_2
---
cc (GCC) 15.2.1 20260209
---nproc---
8
assistant
Let me examine the callgrind output and corpus to understand the cost distribution.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cat .build/given_cost_7.json && echo && echo \"---corpus units---\" && python3 -c \"\nimport struct\nd=open('.build/corpus_7.bin','rb').read()\noff=0; units=0; recs=0\nimport collections\nwhile off+4<=len(d):\n cnt=struct.unpack_from('<I',d,off)[0]; off+=4\n units+=cnt; recs+=1\n off+=2*cnt\nprint('records',recs,'units',units)\nprint('given instr/unit', 78505521/units)\n\"", "description": "Count corpus units"}
tool result
{"cost": 78316682}
---corpus units---
records 583 units 1003060
given instr/unit 78.26602695751002
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cat .build/callgrind.runner_given.out", "description": "View given callgrind output"}
tool result
# callgrind format
version: 1
creator: callgrind-3.25.1
pid: 3032849
cmd: /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/.build/runner_given /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/.build/corpus_5737.bin
part: 1
desc: I1 cache:
desc: D1 cache:
desc: LL cache:
desc: Timerange: Basic block 0 - 2976966
desc: Trigger: Program termination
positions: line
events: Ir
summary: 15700637
ob=(6) /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/.build/runner_given
fl=(7) /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/verify/runner.c
fn=(4012) main
cfi=(8) /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/verify/given.c
cfn=(4578) given_utf16_to_utf8
calls=584 11
30 15700637
fl=(8)
fn=(4578)
11 2336
-1 584
+1 3504
+1 1752
+1 1168
-1 1207179
+1 804786
-2 402623
+3 805246
-3 805246
+27 460
-29 354
+6 747966
+1 137116
+1 137116
-1 274232
+1 137116
-1 137116
+1 274232
-6 1121949
+1 1647120
+1 1098080
-2 175411
+3 350822
-3 350822
+27 1062
-20 710601
+1 184442
+1 184442
+1 184442
-2 184442
+1 184442
+1 184442
-2 184442
+1 184442
-1 184442
+1 368884
+1 553326
+1 104850
+2 157275
+1 52425
+1 157275
+2 52425
+1 52425
+3 52425
-4 104850
+3 52425
-2 52425
+1 52425
+1 52425
-2 157275
+1 52425
-1 629100
fl=(6) ???
fn=(3954) (below main)
cob=(2) /usr/lib/libc.so.6
cfi=(2) ???
cfn=(3956) (below main)
calls=1 0
0 15700637
ob=(1) /usr/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
fl=(1) ???
fn=(0) 0x000000000001ec00
cob=(6)
cfi=(6)
cfn=(3954)
calls=1 0
0 15700637
ob=(2)
fl=(2)
fn=(3956)
cfn=(3998) 0x0000000000027640
calls=1 0
0 15700637
fn=(3998)
cob=(6)
cfi=(7)
cfn=(4012)
calls=1 16
0 15700637
totals: 15700637
assistant
Now I understand the scoring: the metric is ~5× the function's total callgrind instruction count, so the score ≈ log2(given_total_Ir / my_total_Ir). Given is ~15.6M real instructions (~15.6/unit). The corpus is ~63% ASCII, so SIMD is the path to big wins.
Let me set a reproducible baseline with seed 7 and start with an AVX2 ASCII fast path.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -5", "description": "Baseline grade seed 7"}
tool result
build 0.2s
verify 2.3s PASS
measure 0.2s 78,316,682 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +0.0000 (1.000x)
assistant
Now let me write v1 with an AVX2 ASCII fast path plus a tight scalar fallback.
tool call: Write
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "content": "// solve.c \u2014 optimized utf16_to_utf8 (UTF-16LE -> UTF-8).\n// AVX2 ASCII fast path + tight scalar fallback.\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <immintrin.h>\n\n#define INVALID ((size_t)-1)\n\n__attribute__((target(\"avx2\")))\nsize_t utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, uint8_t *out) {\n size_t i = 0, o = 0;\n const __m256i ascii_mask = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80);\n\n while (i + 16 <= n) {\n __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask)) {\n // all 16 code units are ASCII: pack to 16 bytes.\n __m256i packed = _mm256_packus_epi16(v, v);\n packed = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(packed, 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));\n o += 16;\n i += 16;\n continue;\n }\n // Non-ASCII in this block: process the 16 units scalar.\n size_t stop = i + 16;\n while (i < stop) {\n uint32_t c = in[i];\n if (c < 0x80) {\n out[o++] = (uint8_t)c;\n i++;\n } else if (c < 0x800) {\n out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xC0 | (c >> 6));\n out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | (c & 0x3F));\n i++;\n } else if (c < 0xD800 || c >= 0xE000) {\n out[o++
... [1976 chars truncated]
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -5", "description": "Grade v1 ASCII fast path"}
tool result
build 1.1s
verify 3.0s PASS
measure 0.1s 61,113,766 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +0.3578 (1.281x)
assistant
+0.36. Now let me apply the safe scalar optimization (single wide writes instead of per-byte stores) and re-measure, then move to vectorizing non-ASCII.
tool call: Write
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "content": "// solve.c \u2014 optimized utf16_to_utf8 (UTF-16LE -> UTF-8).\n// AVX2 ASCII fast path + scalar fallback with wide (single-store) encoding.\n//\n// Output capacity is guaranteed >= 3*n+4, and total output is always <= 3*n,\n// so writing up to 4 bytes per step (advancing by the true length) never\n// exceeds the buffer.\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <string.h>\n#include <immintrin.h>\n\n#define INVALID ((size_t)-1)\n\n// Encode one unit at in[i] into out+o. Advances i and o. On invalid input\n// (lone/broken surrogate) executes `return INVALID;`.\n#define STEP() \\\n do { \\\n uint32_t c = in[i]; \\\n if (c < 0x80) { \\\n out[o] = (uint8_t)c; \\\n o += 1; i += 1; \\\n } else if (c < 0x800) { \\\n uint16_t e = (uint16_t)((0xC0 | (c >> 6)) | \\\n ((0x80 | (c & 0x3F)) << 8)); \\\n memcpy(out + o, &e, 2);
... [2653 chars truncated]
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v2 wide-store scalar"}
tool result
build 1.0s
verify 3.1s PASS
measure 0.2s 57,481,059 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +0.4462 (1.362x)
assistant
+0.45. Now the big step: a fully vectorized BMP path (1/2/3-byte mixed) using a pshufb compaction table, with surrogate-containing blocks falling to scalar. Let me implement it carefully.
tool call: Write
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "content": "// solve.c \u2014 optimized utf16_to_utf8 (UTF-16LE -> UTF-8).\n//\n// Strategy, per 16-unit block:\n// * all ASCII -> AVX2 pack 16 units to 16 bytes\n// * no surrogates -> vectorized 1/2/3-byte conversion (four 4-unit groups,\n// each compacted with a pshufb lookup table)\n// * has a surrogate -> scalar (handles pairs + rejects lone surrogates)\n// A scalar tail finishes the last <16 units of each record.\n//\n// Output capacity is guaranteed >= 3*n+4 and total output <= 3*n, so the wide\n// (over-writing) stores below stay in-bounds; see the per-store notes.\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <string.h>\n#include <immintrin.h>\n\n#define INVALID ((size_t)-1)\n\n// pshufb compaction table for a 4-unit BMP group.\n// Index = (mask of units needing >=2 bytes) << 4 | (mask of units needing 3).\n// g_shuf[idx] maps the fixed 4-bytes-per-lane source down to packed UTF-8.\nstatic uint8_t g_shuf[256][16];\nstatic uint8_t g_len[256];\n\n__attribute__((constructor)) static void init_tables(void) {\n for (int idx = 0; idx < 256; idx++) {\n int m2 = idx >> 4, m3 = idx & 0xF;\n int outpos = 0;\n for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {\n int len = 1 + ((m2 >> j) & 1) + ((m3 >> j) & 1);\n for (int k = 0; k < len; k++)\n g_shuf[idx][outpos++] = (uint8_t)(4 * j + k);\n }\n
... [6018 chars truncated]
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -5", "description": "Grade v3 vectorized BMP"}
tool result
build 1.3s
verify 3.2s PASS
measure 0.1s 38,058,950 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.0411 (2.058x)
assistant
2.06x. Let me profile where instructions go by instrumenting a standalone copy of the logic against the corpus.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cat > /tmp/prof.c << 'EOF'\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <stdio.h>\n#include <stdlib.h>\n#include <string.h>\n// Count how units are distributed across paths for the given corpus.\nint main(int argc,char**argv){\n FILE*f=fopen(argv[1],\"rb\"); fseek(f,0,SEEK_END); long sz=ftell(f); fseek(f,0,SEEK_SET);\n uint8_t*d=malloc(sz); fread(d,1,sz,f); fclose(f);\n size_t off=0;\n unsigned long ascii16=0, gen16=0, surr16=0, tail=0, total=0;\n unsigned long u_ascii=0,u_2=0,u_3=0,u_4=0;\n while(off+4<=(size_t)sz){\n uint32_t cnt; memcpy(&cnt,d+off,4); off+=4;\n const uint16_t*in=(const uint16_t*)(d+off); off+=2ull*cnt;\n size_t n=cnt, i=0;\n // classify units\n for(size_t k=0;k<n;k++){uint32_t c=in[k]; if(c<0x80)u_ascii++; else if(c<0x800)u_2++; else if(c<0xD800||c>=0xE000)u_3++; else {u_4++;k++;}}\n while(i+16<=n){\n int allascii=1,anysurr=0;\n for(int j=0;j<16;j++){uint32_t c=in[i+j]; if(c>=0x80)allascii=0; if(c>=0xD800&&c<0xE000)anysurr=1;}\n if(allascii){ascii16+=16;i+=16;}\n else if(!anysurr){gen16+=16;i+=16;}\n else{surr16+=16;i+=16;} // approx (scalar may cross)\n }\n tail+=(n-i);\n total+=n;\n }\n printf(\"total units %lu\\n\",total);\n printf(\"ascii16 %lu (%.1f%%)\\n\",ascii16,100.0*ascii16/total);\n printf(\"gen16 %lu (%.1f%%)\\n\",gen16,100.0*gen16/total);\n printf(\"surr16 %lu (%.1f%%)\\n\",surr16,100.0*surr16/total);\n printf(\"tail %lu (%.1f%%)\\n\",tail,100.0*tail/tota
... [432 chars truncated]
tool result
total units 1003060
ascii16 422240 (42.1%)
gen16 428784 (42.7%)
surr16 147760 (14.7%)
tail 4276 (0.4%)
--- unit classes ---
u_ascii 579358 (57.8%)
u_2byte 134857 (13.4%)
u_3byte 184489 (18.4%)
u_pairs 52178 (10.4% units)
assistant
Path distribution shows `gen16` (42.7%) and `surr16` (14.7%) dominate cost. Latin blocks (all <0x800) can use a cheaper 8-wide 2-byte path. Let me add that tier plus a 2-byte compaction table.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": "static uint8_t g_shuf[256][16];\nstatic uint8_t g_len[256];\n\n__attribute__((constructor)) static void init_tables(void) {\n for (int idx = 0; idx < 256; idx++) {\n int m2 = idx >> 4, m3 = idx & 0xF;\n int outpos = 0;\n for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {\n int len = 1 + ((m2 >> j) & 1) + ((m3 >> j) & 1);\n for (int k = 0; k < len; k++)\n g_shuf[idx][outpos++] = (uint8_t)(4 * j + k);\n }\n g_len[idx] = (uint8_t)outpos;\n for (; outpos < 16; outpos++)\n g_shuf[idx][outpos] = 0x80; // pshufb -> 0\n }\n}", "new_string": "static uint8_t g_shuf[256][16];\nstatic uint8_t g_len[256];\n\n// pshufb compaction table for an 8-unit group where every unit is 1 or 2 bytes\n// (all < 0x800). Index = 8-bit mask, bit j set if unit j is a single ASCII\n// byte. Source layout is 2 bytes/lane: [lead, cont].\nstatic uint8_t g_shuf2[256][16];\nstatic uint8_t g_len2[256];\n\n__attribute__((constructor)) static void init_tables(void) {\n for (int idx = 0; idx < 256; idx++) {\n int m2 = idx >> 4, m3 = idx & 0xF;\n int outpos = 0;\n for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {\n int len = 1 + ((m2 >> j) & 1) + ((m3 >> j) & 1);\n for (int k = 0; k < len; k++)\n g_shuf[idx][outpos++] = (uint8_t)(4 * j + k);\n }\n g_len[idx] = (uint
... [581 chars truncated]
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
assistant
Now add the `conv8_2` helper and wire in the all-<0x800 tier:
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": "// Encode one unit at in[i] into out+o (advances i, o). On invalid input runs", "new_string": "// Convert 8 units, all < 0x800 (1 or 2 bytes each), to UTF-8 at dst.\n// Returns bytes written (<= 16). Stores 16 bytes.\n__attribute__((always_inline, target(\"avx2\")))\nstatic inline size_t conv8_2(__m128i w, uint8_t *dst) {\n __m128i two_lead = _mm_or_si128(_mm_srli_epi16(w, 6), _mm_set1_epi16(0x00C0));\n __m128i mask1 = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),\n _mm_setzero_si128());\n __m128i lead = _mm_blendv_epi8(two_lead, w, mask1); // ASCII -> raw byte\n __m128i cont = _mm_or_si128(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16(0x003F)),\n _mm_set1_epi16(0x0080));\n __m128i word = _mm_or_si128(lead, _mm_slli_epi16(cont, 8));\n\n int idx = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(mask1, mask1)) & 0xFF;\n __m128i packed = _mm_shuffle_epi8(word, _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)g_shuf2[idx]));\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)dst, packed);\n return g_len2[idx];\n}\n\n// Encode one unit at in[i] into out+o (advances i, o). On invalid input runs"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " __m256i is_surr = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits), surr_tag);\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(is_surr, is_surr)) {\n // no surrogates: vectorized 1/2/3-byte conversion of all 16 units.\n __m128i lo = _mm256_castsi256_si128(v);\n __m128i hi = _mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(lo, 8)), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(hi, 8)), out + o);\n i += 16;\n continue;\n }", "new_string": " __m256i is_surr = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits), surr_tag);\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(is_surr, is_surr)) {\n __m128i lo = _mm256_castsi256_si128(v);\n __m128i hi = _mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1);\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xF800))) {\n // all < 0x800: cheaper 8-wide 1/2-byte path.\n o += conv8_2(lo, out + o);\n o += conv8_2(hi, out + o);\n } else {\n // 1/2/3-byte conversion, four 4-unit groups.\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(lo, 8)), o
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v4 with 2-byte tier"}
tool result
build 1.2s
verify 3.2s PASS
measure 0.1s 32,381,646 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.2741 (2.419x)
assistant
2.42x. Let me refine the profiler to split the no-surrogate blocks into all-<0x800 vs has-3-byte, and see the current cost centers.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cat > /tmp/prof2.c << 'EOF'\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <stdio.h>\n#include <stdlib.h>\n#include <string.h>\nint main(int argc,char**argv){\n FILE*f=fopen(argv[1],\"rb\"); fseek(f,0,SEEK_END); long sz=ftell(f); fseek(f,0,SEEK_SET);\n uint8_t*d=malloc(sz); fread(d,1,sz,f); fclose(f);\n size_t off=0;\n unsigned long ascii16=0, two16=0, three16=0, surr16=0, tail=0, total=0;\n while(off+4<=(size_t)sz){\n uint32_t cnt; memcpy(&cnt,d+off,4); off+=4;\n const uint16_t*in=(const uint16_t*)(d+off); off+=2ull*cnt;\n size_t n=cnt, i=0;\n while(i+16<=n){\n int allascii=1,anysurr=0,all2=1;\n for(int j=0;j<16;j++){uint32_t c=in[i+j]; if(c>=0x80)allascii=0; if(c>=0x800)all2=0; if(c>=0xD800&&c<0xE000)anysurr=1;}\n if(allascii)ascii16+=16;\n else if(anysurr)surr16+=16;\n else if(all2)two16+=16;\n else three16+=16;\n i+=16;\n }\n tail+=(n-i); total+=n;\n }\n printf(\"total %lu\\n\",total);\n printf(\"ascii16 %.1f%% two16 %.1f%% three16 %.1f%% surr16 %.1f%% tail %.1f%%\\n\",\n 100.0*ascii16/total,100.0*two16/total,100.0*three16/total,100.0*surr16/total,100.0*tail/total);\n return 0;\n}\nEOF\ncc -O2 /tmp/prof2.c -o /tmp/prof2 && /tmp/prof2 .build/corpus_7.bin", "description": "Profile refined tier distribution"}
tool result
total 1003060
ascii16 42.1% two16 22.8% three16 19.9% surr16 14.7% tail 0.4%
assistant
2.42x. Now `three16` (19.9%, CJK) and `surr16` (14.7%, emoji) are the cost centers. Let me check how "pure" the three16 blocks are (all-3-byte vs mixed) to decide the CJK strategy.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cat > /tmp/prof3.c << 'EOF'\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <stdio.h>\n#include <stdlib.h>\n#include <string.h>\nint main(int argc,char**argv){\n FILE*f=fopen(argv[1],\"rb\"); fseek(f,0,SEEK_END); long sz=ftell(f); fseek(f,0,SEEK_SET);\n uint8_t*d=malloc(sz); fread(d,1,sz,f); fclose(f);\n size_t off=0;\n unsigned long three_pure=0, three_mixed=0, surr_units=0, surr_ascii=0, surr_pairunits=0;\n while(off+4<=(size_t)sz){\n uint32_t cnt; memcpy(&cnt,d+off,4); off+=4;\n const uint16_t*in=(const uint16_t*)(d+off); off+=2ull*cnt;\n size_t n=cnt, i=0;\n while(i+16<=n){\n int allascii=1,anysurr=0,all2=1,all3=1;\n for(int j=0;j<16;j++){uint32_t c=in[i+j]; if(c>=0x80)allascii=0; if(c>=0x800)all2=0; if(c<0x800)all3=0; if(c>=0xD800&&c<0xE000)anysurr=1;}\n if(!allascii&&!anysurr&&!all2){ if(all3)three_pure+=16; else three_mixed+=16; }\n if(anysurr){ surr_units+=16; for(int j=0;j<16;j++){uint32_t c=in[i+j]; if(c<0x80)surr_ascii++; else if(c>=0xD800&&c<0xDC00)surr_pairunits+=2;} }\n i+=16;\n }\n }\n printf(\"three_pure %lu three_mixed %lu\\n\",three_pure,three_mixed);\n printf(\"surr_units %lu surr_ascii %lu surr_pairunits(approx) %lu\\n\",surr_units,surr_ascii,surr_pairunits);\n return 0;\n}\nEOF\ncc -O2 /tmp/prof3.c -o /tmp/prof3 && /tmp/prof3 .build/corpus_7.bin", "description": "Profile block purity"}
tool result
three_pure 128800 three_mixed 70816
surr_units 147760 surr_ascii 43835 surr_pairunits(approx) 103956
assistant
three16 is 65% pure-3-byte; surr16 is ~30% ASCII + ~70% pair units. Let me add a fast pure-3-byte path (constant shuffle, no table lookup) using AVX2.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": "// Encode one unit at in[i] into out+o (advances i, o). On invalid input runs\n// `return INVALID;`. Writes up to 4 bytes; advancing by the true length.", "new_string": "// Convert 8 units, all in [0x800,0xFFFF] and non-surrogate (exactly 3 bytes\n// each), to 24 UTF-8 bytes at dst. Fixed layout: no table lookup. Stores 28 B.\n__attribute__((always_inline, target(\"avx2\")))\nstatic inline void conv8_3(__m128i w8, uint8_t *dst) {\n __m256i c = _mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(w8);\n __m256i b0 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 12), _mm256_set1_epi32(0xE0));\n __m256i b1 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 6),\n _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F)), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m256i b2 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(c, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F)),\n _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m256i src = _mm256_or_si256(b0, _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_slli_epi32(b1, 8),\n _mm256_slli_epi32(b2, 16)));\n const __m256i sh = _mm256_setr_epi8(\n 0,1,2, 4,5,6, 8,9,10, 12,13,14, -1,-1,-1,-1,\n 0,1,2, 4,5,6, 8,9,10, 12,13,14, -1,-1,-1,-1);\n __m256i packed = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(src, sh);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)dst, _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(dst + 12), _mm256_extracti128_si256(packed, 1));\n}\n\n// Encode one unit at in[i] into out+
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xF800))) {\n // all < 0x800: cheaper 8-wide 1/2-byte path.\n o += conv8_2(lo, out + o);\n o += conv8_2(hi, out + o);\n } else {\n // 1/2/3-byte conversion, four 4-unit groups.\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(lo, 8)), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(hi, 8)), out + o);\n }", "new_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xF800))) {\n // all < 0x800: cheaper 8-wide 1/2-byte path.\n o += conv8_2(lo, out + o);\n o += conv8_2(hi, out + o);\n } else if (_mm256_testz_si256(\n _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits2),\n _mm256_setzero_si256()),\n _mm256_set1_epi8(-1))) {\n // all >= 0x800 (and non-surrogate): fixed 3-byte path.\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n } else {\n // mixed 1/2/3-byte conversion, four 4-unit groups.\n
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " } else if (_mm256_testz_si256(\n _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits2),\n _mm256_setzero_si256()),\n _mm256_set1_epi8(-1))) {\n // all >= 0x800 (and non-surrogate): fixed 3-byte path.\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n } else {", "new_string": " } else if (({\n __m256i small = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(\n _mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits), _mm256_setzero_si256());\n _mm256_testz_si256(small, small);\n })) {\n // all >= 0x800 (and non-surrogate): fixed 3-byte path.\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n } else {"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v5 pure3 path"}
tool result
build 1.3s
verify 3.3s PASS
measure 0.1s 28,190,318 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.4741 (2.778x)
assistant
2.78x. Now the dominant remaining cost is `surr16` (emoji, scalar). In the cost corpus, surrogate blocks contain only ASCII + valid pairs. Let me add a vectorized surrogate path (8-wide SSE, falls back to scalar for anything non-clean). Let me rewrite the file coherently.
tool call: Write
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "content": "// solve.c \u2014 optimized utf16_to_utf8 (UTF-16LE -> UTF-8).\n//\n// Per 16-unit block:\n// all ASCII -> AVX2 pack 16 units -> 16 bytes\n// no surrogate, all<0x800 -> two 8-wide 1/2-byte groups (pshufb table)\n// no surrogate, all>=0x800 -> two 8-wide fixed 3-byte groups (const shuffle)\n// no surrogate, mixed -> four 4-wide 1/2/3-byte groups (pshufb table)\n// has surrogate -> 8-wide ASCII+pair path when clean, else scalar\n// A scalar tail finishes each record's last <16 units and any non-clean case.\n//\n// Capacity is guaranteed >= 3*n+4 and total output <= 3*n; the wide stores\n// below may over-write a few trailing bytes but stay in-bounds because every\n// SIMD store happens only while >= 8 (usually >= 16) input units remain, which\n// reserves >= 28 (resp. 52) bytes of headroom past the current write offset.\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <string.h>\n#include <immintrin.h>\n\n#define INVALID ((size_t)-1)\n\n// 4-unit BMP compaction: idx = (>=2-byte mask)<<4 | (3-byte mask); 4 bytes/lane.\nstatic uint8_t g_shuf[256][16];\nstatic uint8_t g_len[256];\n// 8-unit all-<0x800 compaction: idx = single-byte(ASCII) mask; 2 bytes/lane.\nstatic uint8_t g_shuf2[256][16];\nstatic uint8_t g_len2[256];\n// 4-unit surrogate-block compaction: idx = (high mask)<<4 | (ASCII mask);\n// 4 bytes/lane; ASCII->1 byte, high->4 bytes, low->0
... [11782 chars truncated]
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -5", "description": "Grade v6 with surrogate SIMD"}
tool result
build 1.4s
verify 3.5s PASS
measure 0.1s 28,248,091 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.4712 (2.772x)
assistant
No improvement — the surrogate SIMD path isn't firing effectively. Let me instrument to measure how often the clean path succeeds vs falls to scalar.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cat > /tmp/profs.c << 'EOF'\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <stdio.h>\n#include <stdlib.h>\n#include <string.h>\n#include <immintrin.h>\n// Replicate surr-branch decision to count SIMD-success vs scalar-step.\nint main(int argc,char**argv){\n FILE*f=fopen(argv[1],\"rb\"); fseek(f,0,SEEK_END); long sz=ftell(f); fseek(f,0,SEEK_SET);\n uint8_t*d=malloc(sz); fread(d,1,sz,f); fclose(f);\n size_t off=0;\n unsigned long simd8=0, scalarstep=0, surr_units=0;\n while(off+4<=(size_t)sz){\n uint32_t cnt; memcpy(&cnt,d+off,4); off+=4;\n const uint16_t*in=(const uint16_t*)(d+off); off+=2ull*cnt;\n size_t n=cnt, i=0;\n while(i+16<=n){\n int anysurr=0,allascii=1;\n for(int j=0;j<16;j++){uint32_t c=in[i+j]; if(c>=0x80)allascii=0; if(c>=0xD800&&c<0xE000)anysurr=1;}\n if(!anysurr){ i+=16; continue; }\n // surr branch\n surr_units+=16;\n size_t blockend=i+16;\n while(i<blockend){\n int ok=0;\n if(i+8<=n){\n // clean check: only ascii/high/low, valid pairing, no hi@7\n int mhi=0,mlo=0,bad=0;\n for(int j=0;j<8;j++){uint32_t c=in[i+j];\n int h=(c>=0xD800&&c<0xDC00), l=(c>=0xDC00&&c<0xE000), a=(c<0x80);\n if(!(h||l||a))bad=1;\n if(h)mhi|=1<<j; if(l)mlo|=1<<j;}\n if(!bad && !(mhi&0x80) && mlo==(mhi<<1)) ok=1;\n }\n if(ok){simd8++; i+=8;}\n else{scalarstep++; uint32_t c=in[i]; if(c>=0xD800&&c<0xDC00)i+=2; else i+=1;
... [296 chars truncated]
tool result
surr_units 141888 simd8_calls 17705 (=141640 units) scalar_steps 4446
assistant
The surrogate SIMD fires (141k/141k units) but isn't cheaper than scalar. Let me precisely measure per-regime cost with callgrind on synthetic single-class corpora to find the real bottleneck.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\npython3 -c \"\nimport struct,random\nrng=random.Random(1)\ndef write(path, genunit, pair=False):\n with open(path,'wb') as f:\n total=0\n while total<1000000:\n m=rng.randrange(500,3000)\n units=[]\n while len(units)<m:\n if pair:\n cp=rng.randrange(0x10000,0x110000)-0x10000\n units.append(0xD800+(cp>>10)); units.append(0xDC00+(cp&0x3FF))\n else:\n units.append(genunit())\n units=units[:m]\n if units and 0xD800<=units[-1]<=0xDBFF: units.pop()\n f.write(struct.pack('<I',len(units))); f.write(struct.pack('<%dH'%len(units),*units))\n total+=len(units)\nwrite('/tmp/ascii.bin', lambda: rng.randrange(0x20,0x7F))\nwrite('/tmp/latin.bin', lambda: rng.randrange(0x80,0x800))\nwrite('/tmp/cjk.bin', lambda: rng.randrange(0x4E00,0x9FFF))\nwrite('/tmp/emoji.bin', None, pair=True)\nprint('done')\n\"\nfor c in ascii latin cjk emoji; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out .build/runner /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"%-6s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out\ndone", "description": "Measure per-regime cost"}
tool result
done
ascii summary: 872417
latin summary: 4580628
cjk summary: 4369538
emoji summary: 14746316
assistant
Emoji is 14.7 instr/unit — far worse than expected even for the SIMD path. Let me check the firing rate on the pure-emoji corpus.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "/tmp/profs /tmp/emoji.bin", "description": "Check surr firing on pure emoji"}
tool result
surr_units 996464 simd8_calls 124558 (=996464 units) scalar_steps 0
assistant
The SIMD surrogate path does ~118 instr/8-units — worse than scalar. The key realization: consecutive surrogate pairs can be reinterpreted as 32-bit lanes (`H | L<<16`) and expanded with a fixed layout (~2 instr/unit, no compaction table). Let me replace the surrogate path with an at-boundary pair-run blaster.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": "// 4-unit surrogate-block compaction: idx = (high mask)<<4 | (ASCII mask);\n// 4 bytes/lane; ASCII->1 byte, high->4 bytes, low->0 bytes.\nstatic uint8_t g_shufS[256][16];\nstatic uint8_t g_lenS[256];\n\n__attribute__((constructor)) static void init_tables(void) {", "new_string": "__attribute__((constructor)) static void init_tables(void) {"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " for (int idx = 0; idx < 256; idx++) {\n int mh = idx >> 4, ma = idx & 0xF, outpos = 0;\n for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {\n if ((ma >> j) & 1) g_shufS[idx][outpos++] = (uint8_t)(4 * j);\n else if ((mh >> j) & 1)\n for (int k = 0; k < 4; k++) g_shufS[idx][outpos++] = (uint8_t)(4 * j + k);\n }\n g_lenS[idx] = (uint8_t)outpos;\n for (; outpos < 16; outpos++) g_shufS[idx][outpos] = 0x80;\n }\n}", "new_string": "}"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
assistant
Now replace `try_conv8_surr` with the pair-run encoder and rewrite the surrogate branch:
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": "// 8 units that are only ASCII + valid high/low surrogate pairs (no high at\n// position 7). Returns bytes written (<=16), or -1 if the block is not clean.\n__attribute__((always_inline, target(\"avx2\")))\nstatic inline int try_conv8_surr(const uint16_t *p, uint8_t *dst) {\n __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)p);\n __m128i fc00 = _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFC00);\n __m128i hi = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, fc00), _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xD800));\n __m128i lo = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, fc00), _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xDC00));\n __m128i ascii = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),\n _mm_setzero_si128());\n __m128i allowed = _mm_or_si128(ascii, _mm_or_si128(hi, lo));\n if (!_mm_test_all_ones(allowed)) return -1; // BMP multibyte present\n int mhi = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(hi, hi)) & 0xFF;\n int mlo = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(lo, lo)) & 0xFF;\n if ((mhi & 0x80) || mlo != (mhi << 1)) return -1; // hi@7 or bad pairing\n int masc = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(ascii, ascii)) & 0xFF;\n\n __m256i c32 = _mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(w);\n __m256i lonext = _mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_bsrli_si128(w, 2));\n __m256i m3ff = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3FF), m3f = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F);\n __m256i cp = _mm256_add_epi32(_mm256_se
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " // surrogate present: try 8-wide clean path, else scalar.\n size_t blockend = i + 16;\n while (i < blockend) {\n if (i + 8 <= n) {\n int r = try_conv8_surr(in + i, out + o);\n if (r >= 0) { o += (size_t)r; i += 8; continue; }\n }\n STEP();\n }", "new_string": " // surrogate present: at each pair boundary, blast runs of pairs with a\n // fixed 4-byte expansion; ASCII/other units fall through to scalar.\n size_t blockend = i + 16;\n while (i < blockend) {\n uint32_t c = in[i];\n if (c >= 0xD800 && c < 0xDC00 && i + 8 <= n) {\n __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(in + i));\n __m128i fc = _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFC00);\n __m128i hh = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, fc), _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xD800));\n __m128i ll = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, fc), _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xDC00));\n int mhi = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(hh, hh)) & 0xFF;\n int mlo = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(ll, ll)) & 0xFF;\n if (mhi == 0x55 && mlo == 0xAA) { // 4 pairs\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 16; i += 8; continue;\n
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v7 pair-run blaster"}
tool result
build 1.7s
verify 7.2s PASS
measure 0.1s 25,395,599 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.6247 (3.084x)
assistant
3.08x. Let me re-measure per-regime to see where we stand now.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v7\nfor c in ascii latin cjk emoji; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v7 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"%-6s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit (%d)\\n\", $2/1000000, $2}'\ndone", "description": "Re-measure per-regime v7"}
tool result
ascii 0.87/unit (871267)
latin 4.58/unit (4579482)
cjk 4.37/unit (4368392)
emoji 8.70/unit (8704093)
assistant
emoji improved to 8.7/unit but pure-pair blocks should be ~2/unit. Let me add an AVX2 8-pair (16-unit) fast path for pair-aligned blocks, which is the common case.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " return _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(b0, _mm_slli_epi32(b1, 8)),\n _mm_or_si128(_mm_slli_epi32(b2, 16), _mm_slli_epi32(b3, 24)));\n}", "new_string": " return _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(b0, _mm_slli_epi32(b1, 8)),\n _mm_or_si128(_mm_slli_epi32(b2, 16), _mm_slli_epi32(b3, 24)));\n}\n\n// 8 consecutive pairs (16 units) as 8 dwords -> 32 UTF-8 bytes.\n__attribute__((always_inline, target(\"avx2\")))\nstatic inline __m256i enc_pairs_word256(__m256i w) {\n __m256i m3ff = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3FF), m3f = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F);\n __m256i hh = _mm256_and_si256(w, m3ff);\n __m256i ll = _mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(w, 16), m3ff);\n __m256i cp = _mm256_add_epi32(_mm256_set1_epi32(0x10000),\n _mm256_add_epi32(_mm256_slli_epi32(hh, 10), ll));\n __m256i b0 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(cp, 18), _mm256_set1_epi32(0xF0));\n __m256i b1 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(cp, 12), m3f), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m256i b2 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(cp, 6), m3f), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m256i b3 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(cp, m3f), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n return _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_or_si256(b0, _mm256_slli_epi32(b1, 8)),\n _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_slli_epi32(b2, 16), _mm256_sll
... [23 chars truncated]
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " // surrogate present: at each pair boundary, blast runs of pairs with a\n // fixed 4-byte expansion; ASCII/other units fall through to scalar.\n size_t blockend = i + 16;", "new_string": " // surrogate present. Fast path: the whole block is 8 clean pairs.\n __m256i fc16 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xFC00);\n __m256i hi16 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, fc16), surr_tag);\n __m256i lo16 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, fc16),\n _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xDC00));\n __m256i d = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_xor_si256(hi16, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x0000FFFF)),\n _mm256_xor_si256(lo16, _mm256_set1_epi32((int)0xFFFF0000)));\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(d, d)) {\n _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word256(v));\n o += 32; i += 16;\n continue;\n }\n // Otherwise blast pair runs at each boundary; other units go scalar.\n size_t blockend = i + 16;"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v8 8-pair fast path"}
tool result
build 1.6s
verify 3.8s PASS
measure 0.1s 25,366,507 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.6264 (3.087x)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v8\nfor c in emoji; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v8 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"pure %-6s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'\ndone\n# Now simulate the REAL emoji regime (40% ascii runs 1-8, 60% pairs 1-6)\npython3 -c \"\nimport struct,random\nrng=random.Random(5)\nwith open('/tmp/emojireal.bin','wb') as f:\n total=0\n while total<1000000:\n m=rng.randrange(500,3000); u=[]\n while len(u)<m:\n if rng.random()<0.4:\n u.extend(rng.randrange(0x20,0x7F) for _ in range(rng.randrange(1,8)))\n else:\n for _ in range(rng.randrange(1,6)):\n cp=rng.randrange(0x10000,0x110000)-0x10000; u.append(0xD800+(cp>>10)); u.append(0xDC00+(cp&0x3FF))\n u=u[:m]\n if u and 0xD800<=u[-1]<=0xDBFF: u.pop()\n f.write(struct.pack('<I',len(u))); f.write(struct.pack('<%dH'%len(u),*u)); total+=len(u)\n\"\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_er.out /tmp/runner_v8 /tmp/emojireal.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\nprintf \"real emoji \"; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_er.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'", "description": "Measure pure vs realistic emoji"}
tool result
pure emoji 4.22/unit
real emoji 12.26/unit
assistant
Real emoji (mixed ascii+pairs) is now the worst at 12.26/unit due to fragmentation. Let me get line-level callgrind data on the real corpus to see exactly which code dominates.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_real.out /tmp/runner_v8 .build/corpus_7.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --inclusive=no /tmp/cg_real.out 2>/dev/null | grep -A80 'solve.c' | head -110", "description": "Line-level annotation on real corpus"}
tool result
1,947,746 (42.62%) submission/solve.c:utf16_to_utf8 [/tmp/runner_v8]
1,501,304 (32.85%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/emmintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
719,436 (15.74%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/avx2intrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
293,314 ( 6.42%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/avxintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
46,350 ( 1.01%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/tmmintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
44,260 ( 0.97%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/xmmintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
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-- line 55 ----------------------------------------
. __m128i three_b1 = _mm_or_si128(_mm_and_si128(c6, m3f), _mm_set1_epi32(0x80));
. __m128i b2 = _mm_or_si128(_mm_and_si128(c, m3f), _mm_set1_epi32(0x80));
. __m128i two_b0 = _mm_or_si128(c6, _mm_set1_epi32(0xC0));
. __m128i m2 = _mm_cmpgt_epi32(c, _mm_set1_epi32(0x7F));
. __m128i m3 = _mm_cmpgt_epi32(c, _mm_set1_epi32(0x7FF));
. __m128i b0 = _mm_blendv_epi8(_mm_blendv_epi8(c, two_b0, m2), three_b0, m3);
. __m128i b1 = _mm_blendv_epi8(b2, three_b1, m3);
. __m128i src = _mm_or_si128(b0, _mm_or_si128(_mm_slli_epi32(b1, 8), _mm_slli_epi32(b2, 16)));
44,260 ( 0.97%) int idx = (_mm_movemask_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(m2)) << 4) | _mm_movemask_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(m3));
. _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)dst,
17,704 ( 0.39%) _mm_shuffle_epi8(src, _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)g_shuf[idx])));
22,130 ( 0.48%) return g_len[idx];
. }
.
. // 8 units all < 0x800 (1 or 2 bytes) -> UTF-8. Returns bytes (<=16).
. __attribute__((always_inline, target("avx2")))
. static inline size_t conv8_2(__m128i w, uint8_t *dst) {
. __m128i two_lead = _mm_or_si128(_mm_srli_epi16(w, 6), _mm_set1_epi16(0x00C0));
. __m128i mask1 = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),
. _mm_setzero_si128());
. __m128i lead = _mm_blendv_epi8(two_lead, w, mask1);
. __m128i cont =
... [3873 chars truncated]
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --inclusive=no /tmp/cg_real.out 2>/dev/null | grep -A200 'Auto-annotated source' | sed -n '95,200p'", "description": "See surrogate branch annotation"}
tool result
-- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/tmmintrin.h
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ir
-- line 130 ----------------------------------------
. _mm_mulhrs_pi16 (__m64 __X, __m64 __Y)
. {
. return (__m64) __builtin_ia32_pmulhrsw ((__v4hi)__X, (__v4hi)__Y);
. }
.
. extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__))
. _mm_shuffle_epi8 (__m128i __X, __m128i __Y)
. {
46,350 ( 1.01%) return (__m128i) __builtin_ia32_pshufb128 ((__v16qi)__X, (__v16qi)__Y);
. }
.
. extern __inline __m64 __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__))
. _mm_shuffle_pi8 (__m64 __X, __m64 __Y)
. {
. return (__m64) __builtin_ia32_pshufb ((__v8qi)__X, (__v8qi)__Y);
. }
.
-- line 146 ----------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/avx2intrin.h
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ir
-- line 92 ----------------------------------------
. {
. return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_packusdw256 ((__v8si)__A, (__v8si)__B);
. }
.
. extern __inline __m256i
. __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__))
. _mm256_packus_epi16 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B)
. {
26,428 ( 0.58%) return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_packuswb256 ((__v16hi)__A, (__v16hi)__B);
. }
.
. extern __inline __m256i
. __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__))
. _mm256_add_epi8 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B)
. {
. return (__m256i) ((__v32qu)__A + (__v32qu)__B);
. }
-- line 108 ----------------------------------------
-- line 113 ----------------------------------------
. {
. return (__m256i) ((__v16hu)__A + (__v16hu)__B);
. }
.
. extern __inline __m256i
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assistant
The dispatch overhead and emoji fragmentation are the issues. Let me measure realistic latin/cjk regimes (which mix ASCII per gen_corpus) and compute the weighted breakdown to prioritize.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\npython3 -c \"\nimport struct,random\nrng=random.Random(9)\ndef gen(path,regime):\n with open(path,'wb') as f:\n total=0\n while total<1000000:\n m=rng.randrange(500,3000); u=[]\n while len(u)<m:\n if regime=='latin':\n if rng.random()<0.5: u.extend(rng.randrange(0x20,0x7F) for _ in range(rng.randrange(2,10)))\n else: u.extend(rng.randrange(0x80,0x800) for _ in range(rng.randrange(2,12)))\n else: # cjk\n if rng.random()<0.25: u.extend(rng.randrange(0x20,0x7F) for _ in range(rng.randrange(1,6)))\n else: u.extend(rng.randrange(0x4E00,0x9FFF) for _ in range(rng.randrange(4,20)))\n u=u[:m]\n f.write(struct.pack('<I',len(u))); f.write(struct.pack('<%dH'%len(u),*u)); total+=len(u)\ngen('/tmp/latinreal.bin','latin'); gen('/tmp/cjkreal.bin','cjk')\n\"\nfor c in latinreal cjkreal; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v8 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"%-10s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'\ndone\necho \"--- weighted estimate (real, per unit) ---\"\npython3 -c \"\n# per-unit costs\na,l,c,e=0.87,None,None,12.26\nimport re\ndef s(p):\n for line in open(p):\n if line.startswith('summary:'): return int(line.split()[1])/1000000\nl=s('/tmp/cg_latinreal.out'); c=s('/tmp/
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tool result
latinreal 4.26/unit
cjkreal 6.49/unit
--- weighted estimate (real, per unit) ---
latin 4.26 cjk 6.49 emoji 12.26
weighted real total ~4551913 real instr, contributions:
ascii 348000 (8%)
latin 1066057 (23%)
cjk 1298856 (29%)
emoji 1839000 (40%)
assistant
Breakdown by cost: **emoji 40%, cjk 29%, latin 23%, ascii 8%**. Emoji is the priority. Let me instrument realistic emoji to see how units split between SIMD pair-runs and scalar.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cat > /tmp/profe.c << 'EOF'\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <stdio.h>\n#include <stdlib.h>\n#include <string.h>\nint main(int argc,char**argv){\n FILE*f=fopen(argv[1],\"rb\"); fseek(f,0,SEEK_END); long sz=ftell(f); fseek(f,0,SEEK_SET);\n uint8_t*d=malloc(sz); fread(d,1,sz,f); fclose(f);\n size_t off=0;\n unsigned long p8=0,p4=0,p2=0,sc_pair=0,sc_ascii=0,sc_other=0;\n while(off+4<=(size_t)sz){\n uint32_t cnt; memcpy(&cnt,d+off,4); off+=4;\n const uint16_t*in=(const uint16_t*)(d+off); off+=2ull*cnt;\n size_t n=cnt,i=0;\n while(i+16<=n){\n int anysurr=0,allascii=1;\n for(int j=0;j<16;j++){uint32_t c=in[i+j]; if(c>=0x80)allascii=0; if(c>=0xD800&&c<0xE000)anysurr=1;}\n if(allascii){i+=16;continue;}\n if(!anysurr){i+=16;continue;}\n // 8-pair check\n int is8=1; for(int j=0;j<16;j++){uint32_t c=in[i+j]; int h=(c>=0xD800&&c<0xDC00),l=(c>=0xDC00&&c<0xE000); if((j%2==0&&!h)||(j%2==1&&!l))is8=0;}\n if(is8){p8++;i+=16;continue;}\n size_t be=i+16;\n while(i<be){\n uint32_t c=in[i];\n if(c>=0xD800&&c<0xDC00&&i+8<=n){\n int mhi=0,mlo=0; for(int j=0;j<8;j++){uint32_t x=in[i+j];if(x>=0xD800&&x<0xDC00)mhi|=1<<j;if(x>=0xDC00&&x<0xE000)mlo|=1<<j;}\n if(mhi==0x55&&mlo==0xAA){p4++;i+=8;continue;}\n if((mhi&0xF)==0x5&&(mlo&0xF)==0xA){p2++;i+=4;continue;}\n }\n if(c>=0xD800&&c<0xDC00){sc_pair++;i+=2;}\n else if(c<0x80){sc_ascii++;i+=1;}\n
... [392 chars truncated]
tool result
8pair-blocks 10125 (162000 u) 4pair 49270 (394160 u) 2pair 21324 (85296 u)
scalar: pairs 24663 (49326 u) ascii 286282 other 0
assistant
The killer is **286k ASCII units inside emoji blocks processed one-at-a-time by scalar**. Let me vectorize ASCII runs (and streamline dispatch) inside the surrogate block.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " // Otherwise blast pair runs at each boundary; other units go scalar.\n size_t blockend = i + 16;\n while (i < blockend) {\n uint32_t c = in[i];\n if (c >= 0xD800 && c < 0xDC00 && i + 8 <= n) {\n __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(in + i));\n __m128i fc = _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFC00);\n __m128i hh = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, fc), _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xD800));\n __m128i ll = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, fc), _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xDC00));\n int mhi = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(hh, hh)) & 0xFF;\n int mlo = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(ll, ll)) & 0xFF;\n if (mhi == 0x55 && mlo == 0xAA) { // 4 pairs\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 16; i += 8; continue;\n }\n if ((mhi & 0xF) == 0x5 && (mlo & 0xF) == 0xA) { // 2 pairs\n _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 8; i += 4; continue;\n }\n }\n STEP();\n }", "new_string": " // Otherwise: vectorize ASCII runs and pair runs; rest goes scalar.\n size_t blockend = i + 16;\n while (i < blockend)
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v9 ascii-run in surr"}
tool result
build 1.1s
verify 4.3s PASS
measure 0.2s 23,216,464 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.7542 (3.373x)
assistant
3.37x. Let me re-check the emoji regime cost.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v9\nfor c in emojireal latinreal cjkreal ascii; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v9 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"%-10s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'\ndone\npython3 -c \"\ndef s(p):\n for line in open(p):\n if line.startswith('summary:'): return int(line.split()[1])/1000000\na=s('/tmp/cg_ascii.out');l=s('/tmp/cg_latinreal.out');c=s('/tmp/cg_cjkreal.out');e=s('/tmp/cg_emojireal.out')\ntot=400000*a+250000*l+200000*c+150000*e\nprint('contributions: ascii %.0f%% latin %.0f%% cjk %.0f%% emoji %.0f%%'%(100*400000*a/tot,100*250000*l/tot,100*200000*c/tot,100*150000*e/tot))\n\"", "description": "Re-measure regimes v9"}
tool result
emojireal 9.45/unit
latinreal 4.21/unit
cjkreal 6.50/unit
ascii 0.87/unit
contributions: ascii 8% latin 26% cjk 32% emoji 34%
assistant
Emoji 34%, cjk 32%, latin 26%. Let me profile how cjk blocks split across my tiers (pure-3-byte vs mixed).
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cat > /tmp/profc.c << 'EOF'\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <stdio.h>\n#include <stdlib.h>\n#include <string.h>\nint main(int argc,char**argv){\n FILE*f=fopen(argv[1],\"rb\"); fseek(f,0,SEEK_END); long sz=ftell(f); fseek(f,0,SEEK_SET);\n uint8_t*d=malloc(sz); fread(d,1,sz,f); fclose(f);\n size_t off=0; unsigned long ascii=0,two=0,three=0,mixed=0,tail=0,tot=0;\n while(off+4<=(size_t)sz){\n uint32_t cnt; memcpy(&cnt,d+off,4); off+=4;\n const uint16_t*in=(const uint16_t*)(d+off); off+=2ull*cnt;\n size_t n=cnt,i=0;\n while(i+16<=n){\n int aa=1,a2=1,a3=1,sur=0;\n for(int j=0;j<16;j++){uint32_t c=in[i+j];if(c>=0x80)aa=0;if(c>=0x800)a2=0;if(c<0x800)a3=0;if(c>=0xD800&&c<0xE000)sur=1;}\n if(aa)ascii+=16; else if(sur){} else if(a2)two+=16; else if(a3)three+=16; else mixed+=16;\n i+=16;\n }\n tail+=n-i; tot+=n;\n }\n printf(\"ascii %.1f two %.1f three(pure) %.1f MIXED %.1f tail %.1f (of %lu)\\n\",\n 100.*ascii/tot,100.*two/tot,100.*three/tot,100.*mixed/tot,100.*tail/tot,tot);\n return 0;\n}\nEOF\ncc -O2 /tmp/profc.c -o /tmp/profc && printf \"cjkreal: \" && /tmp/profc /tmp/cjkreal.bin && printf \"corpus7: \" && /tmp/profc /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/.build/corpus_7.bin", "description": "Profile cjk tier split"}
tool result
cjkreal: ascii 0.0 two 0.0 three(pure) 63.9 MIXED 35.6 tail 0.4 (of 1000804)
corpus7: ascii 42.1 two 22.8 three(pure) 12.8 MIXED 7.1 tail 0.4 (of 1003060)
assistant
Emoji 34%, cjk 32%. The cjk mixed blocks (35.6% of cjk) go through the expensive conv4×4 path. Let me replace the mixed branch with a run-based loop (pack ASCII runs, conv8_3 for 3-byte runs, conv8_2 for 2-byte runs, conv4 for short mixed remainders).
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n } else {\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(lo, 8)), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(hi, 8)), out + o);\n }\n i += 16;\n continue;", "new_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n i += 16;\n continue;\n }\n // mixed 1/2/3-byte (no surrogate): run-based conversion.\n size_t mend = i + 16;\n while (i < mend) {\n uint32_t c = in[i];\n if (i + 8 <= n) {\n __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(in + i));\n if (c < 0x80) {\n __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(\n _mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)), _mm_setzero_si128());\n int m = _mm_m
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tool result
<tool_use_error>String to replace not found in file.
String: if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {
conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;
conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;
} else {
o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);
o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(lo, 8)), out + o);
o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);
o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(hi, 8)), out + o);
}
i += 16;
continue;</tool_use_error>
assistant
Let me re-read the current dispatch structure:
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 185, "limit": 45}
tool result
185 } else {
186 __m256i small = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits),
187 _mm256_setzero_si256());
188 if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {
189 conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;
190 conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;
191 } else {
192 o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);
193 o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(lo, 8)), out + o);
194 o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);
195 o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(hi, 8)), out + o);
196 }
197 }
198 i += 16;
199 continue;
200 }
201 // surrogate present. Fast path: the whole block is 8 clean pairs.
202 __m256i fc16 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xFC00);
203 __m256i hi16 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, fc16), surr_tag);
204 __m256i lo16 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, fc16),
205 _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xDC00));
206 __m256i d = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_xor_si256(hi16, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x0000FFFF)),
207 _mm256_xor_si256(lo16, _mm256_set1_epi32((int)0xFFFF0000)));
208 if (_mm256_testz_si256(d, d)) {
209 _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word256(v));
210 o += 32; i += 16;
211 continue;
212 }
213 // Otherwise: vectorize ASCII runs and pair runs; rest goes scalar.
214 size_t blockend = i + 16;
215 while (i < blockend) {
216 uint32_t c = in[i];
217 if (i + 8 <= n) {
218 if (c < 0x80) {
219 // ASCII run: pack the leading consecutive ASCII units.
220 __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(in + i));
221 __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),
222 _mm_setzero_si128());
223 int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(am, am)) & 0xFF;
224 int k = __builtin_ctz((unsigned)(~m) | 0x100);
225 _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm_packus_epi16(w, w));
226 o += (size_t)k; i += (size_t)k;
227
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tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n } else {\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(lo, 8)), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(hi, 8)), out + o);\n }\n }\n i += 16;\n continue;\n }", "new_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n i += 16;\n continue;\n }\n // mixed 1/2/3-byte (no surrogate): run-based conversion.\n size_t mend = i + 16;\n while (i < mend) {\n uint32_t c = in[i];\n if (i + 8 <= n) {\n __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(in + i));\n if (c < 0x80) {\n __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(\n _mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)), _mm_setzero_si128());\n
... [1662 chars truncated]
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
assistant
Let me verify the full no-surrogate branch structure is correct:
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 170, "limit": 65}
tool result
170 while (i + 16 <= n) {
171 __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));
172 if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask)) {
173 __m256i packed = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v, v), 0xD8);
174 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));
175 o += 16; i += 16;
176 continue;
177 }
178 __m256i is_surr = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits), surr_tag);
179 if (_mm256_testz_si256(is_surr, is_surr)) {
180 __m128i lo = _mm256_castsi256_si128(v);
181 __m128i hi = _mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1);
182 if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, surr_bits)) {
183 o += conv8_2(lo, out + o);
184 o += conv8_2(hi, out + o);
185 } else {
186 __m256i small = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits),
187 _mm256_setzero_si256());
188 if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {
189 conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;
190 conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;
191 i += 16;
192 continue;
193 }
194 // mixed 1/2/3-byte (no surrogate): run-based conversion.
195 size_t mend = i + 16;
196 while (i < mend) {
197 uint32_t c = in[i];
198 if (i + 8 <= n) {
199 __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(in + i));
200 if (c < 0x80) {
201 __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(
202 _mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)), _mm_setzero_si128());
203 int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(am, am)) & 0xFF;
204 int k = __builtin_ctz((unsigned)(~m) | 0x100);
205 _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm_packus_epi16(w, w));
206 o += (size_t)k; i += (size_t)k;
207 continue;
208 }
209 __m128i t = _mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xF800));
210 if (_mm_testz_si128(t, t)) { // all 8 < 0x800
211 o += conv8_2(w, out + o); i += 8; continue;
212 }
213
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tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v10 mixed run loop"}
tool result
build 1.1s
verify 2.2s PASS
measure 0.1s 23,399,480 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.7428 (3.347x)
assistant
Slightly worse. Let me measure per-regime for v10 to understand the effect on cjk specifically.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v10\nfor c in cjkreal latinreal emojireal; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v10 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"v10 %-10s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'\ndone", "description": "Per-regime v10"}
tool result
v10 cjkreal 6.90/unit
v10 latinreal 4.04/unit
v10 emojireal 9.41/unit
assistant
The mixed run loop hurt cjk (conv4×4 was better there). Let me revert to conv4×4 and instead optimize conv4 by computing byte-planes once across all 16 units (AVX2) rather than 4× redundantly.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n i += 16;\n continue;\n }\n // mixed 1/2/3-byte (no surrogate): run-based conversion.\n size_t mend = i + 16;\n while (i < mend) {\n uint32_t c = in[i];\n if (i + 8 <= n) {\n __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(in + i));\n if (c < 0x80) {\n __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(\n _mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)), _mm_setzero_si128());\n int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(am, am)) & 0xFF;\n int k = __builtin_ctz((unsigned)(~m) | 0x100);\n _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm_packus_epi16(w, w));\n o += (size_t)k; i += (size_t)k;\n continue;\n }\n __m128i t = _mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xF800));\n if (_mm_testz_si128(t, t)) { // all 8 < 0x800\n o += conv8_2(w, out + o); i += 8; contin
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
assistant
Let me confirm the revert and then disassemble the hot function to see real instruction costs.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3\necho \"=== disasm conv8_3 + dispatch ===\"\ncc -O2 -std=c17 -g -c submission/solve.c -o /tmp/solve.o 2>/dev/null\nobjdump -d --no-show-raw-insn /tmp/solve.o 2>/dev/null | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/{p=1} p{print} /ret/{if(p)c++} c>0&&p&&/ret/{exit}' | wc -l", "description": "Confirm revert, count asm"}
tool result
verify 2.4s PASS
measure 0.1s 23,216,464 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.7542 (3.373x)
=== disasm conv8_3 + dispatch ===
124
assistant
Back to 3.37x (v9). Let me get line-level annotation on realistic emoji to find its current bottleneck.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v9b\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_ev9.out /tmp/runner_v9b /tmp/emojireal.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --inclusive=no /tmp/cg_ev9.out 2>/dev/null | grep -E 'solve.c:[0-9]|pshufb128|pshufb|packuswb|pmovmskb|packsswb|pcmpeq|_mm_or|_mm_and|storeu|storel' | head -40", "description": "Emoji line annotation v9"}
tool result
. _mm_storeu_si128 (__m128i_u *__P, __m128i __B)
. _mm_storel_epi64 (__m128i_u *__P, __m128i __B)
. _mm_storeu_si64 (void *__P, __m128i __B)
. _mm_storel_epi64 ((__m128i_u *)__P, __B);
238,124 ( 2.52%) return (__m128i)__builtin_ia32_packsswb128 ((__v8hi)__A, (__v8hi)__B);
58,228 ( 0.62%) return (__m128i)__builtin_ia32_packuswb128 ((__v8hi)__A, (__v8hi)__B);
. _mm_and_si128 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B)
. _mm_andnot_si128 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B)
. _mm_or_si128 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B)
238,124 ( 2.52%) return __builtin_ia32_pmovmskb128 ((__v16qi)__A);
. _mm256_storeu_si256 (__m256i_u *__P, __m256i __A)
. _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));
. _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word256(v));
. __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),
. _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm_packus_epi16(w, w));
. __m128i hh = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, fc), _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xD800));
. __m128i ll = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, fc), _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xDC00));
. _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));
. _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));
833 ( 0.01%) return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_packuswb256 ((__v16hi)__A, (__v16hi)__B);
assistant
`packsswb`+`pmovmskb` (detection masks) cost ~5% on emoji. I can detect pairs far cheaper: viewing consecutive units as dwords, a valid pair satisfies `(dword & 0xFC00FC00) == 0xDC00D800`. Let me replace all pair detection with this.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " // surrogate present. Fast path: the whole block is 8 clean pairs.\n __m256i fc16 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xFC00);\n __m256i hi16 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, fc16), surr_tag);\n __m256i lo16 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, fc16),\n _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xDC00));\n __m256i d = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_xor_si256(hi16, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x0000FFFF)),\n _mm256_xor_si256(lo16, _mm256_set1_epi32((int)0xFFFF0000)));\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(d, d)) {\n _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word256(v));\n o += 32; i += 16;\n continue;\n }\n // Otherwise: vectorize ASCII runs and pair runs; rest goes scalar.\n size_t blockend = i + 16;\n while (i < blockend) {\n uint32_t c = in[i];\n if (i + 8 <= n) {\n if (c < 0x80) {\n // ASCII run: pack the leading consecutive ASCII units.\n __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(in + i));\n __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),\n _mm_setzero_si128());\n int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(am, am))
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v11 cheap pair detection"}
tool result
build 2.1s
verify 2.7s PASS
measure 0.1s 22,097,531 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.8254 (3.544x)
assistant
3.54x. Let me re-measure regimes and re-check the breakdown.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v11\nfor c in emojireal latinreal cjkreal ascii; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v11 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"%-10s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'\ndone\npython3 -c \"\ndef s(p):\n for line in open(p):\n if line.startswith('summary:'): return int(line.split()[1])/1000000\na=s('/tmp/cg_ascii.out');l=s('/tmp/cg_latinreal.out');c=s('/tmp/cg_cjkreal.out');e=s('/tmp/cg_emojireal.out')\ntot=400000*a+250000*l+200000*c+150000*e\nprint('contrib: ascii %.0f%% latin %.0f%% cjk %.0f%% emoji %.0f%%'%(100*400000*a/tot,100*250000*l/tot,100*200000*c/tot,100*150000*e/tot))\n\"", "description": "Re-measure regimes v11"}
tool result
emojireal 8.17/unit
latinreal 4.21/unit
cjkreal 6.47/unit
ascii 0.87/unit
contrib: ascii 9% latin 27% cjk 33% emoji 31%
assistant
cjk (33%) is now largest, with pure-3-byte (conv8_3) being ~21% of total. Let me annotate the pure-cjk path to find conv8_3's cost breakdown.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_cjkp.out /tmp/runner_v11 /tmp/cjk.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\necho \"=== pure cjk total ===\"; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_cjkp.out\necho \"=== top intrinsics ===\"\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --inclusive=no /tmp/cg_cjkp.out 2>/dev/null | grep -E '\\([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+%\\)' | grep -iE 'builtin_ia32|__v|return|_mm|epi|si256|si128' | sort -t'(' -k2 -rn | head -20", "description": "Annotate pure cjk"}
tool result
=== pure cjk total ===
summary: 4434197
=== top intrinsics ===
997,872 (22.50%) return (__m256i) ((__v4du)__A | (__v4du)__B);
498,936 (11.25%) return (__m256i) ((__v4du)__A & (__v4du)__B);
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --inclusive=no /tmp/cg_cjkp.out 2>/dev/null | grep -B1 -E '^\\s*[0-9,]+ \\([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+%\\)' | grep -iE 'builtin_ia32_(psrl|pslli|pshufb|pcmp|pmovmsk|pand|por|packs|packus|permq|extract|cvt)|__v[0-9]|__A [|&^]|storeu|storel|loadu|while|if ' | head -30\necho \"--- raw solve.c lines ---\"\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --inclusive=no /tmp/cg_cjkp.out 2>/dev/null | grep -E 'solve.c' | grep -E '[0-9],[0-9]|[0-9]+ \\(' | head", "description": "Fuller cjk intrinsic breakdown"}
tool result
498,936 (11.25%) return (__m256i) ((__v4du)__A & (__v4du)__B);
997,872 (22.50%) return (__m256i) ((__v4du)__A | (__v4du)__B);
--- raw solve.c lines ---
998,855 (22.53%) submission/solve.c:utf16_to_utf8 [/tmp/runner_v11]
assistant
The `or`/`and` ops in conv8_3 dominate pure cjk. I can fold the three continuation/lead markers into a single constant OR. Let me apply that to conv8_3 and the pair encoders.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": "static inline void conv8_3(__m128i w8, uint8_t *dst) {\n __m256i c = _mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(w8);\n __m256i b0 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 12), _mm256_set1_epi32(0xE0));\n __m256i b1 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 6),\n _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F)), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m256i b2 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(c, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F)),\n _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m256i src = _mm256_or_si256(b0, _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_slli_epi32(b1, 8),\n _mm256_slli_epi32(b2, 16)));", "new_string": "static inline void conv8_3(__m128i w8, uint8_t *dst) {\n __m256i c = _mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(w8);\n __m256i m3f = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F);\n __m256i raw1 = _mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 6), m3f);\n __m256i raw2 = _mm256_and_si256(c, m3f);\n __m256i src = _mm256_or_si256(\n _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 12), _mm256_slli_epi32(raw1, 8)),\n _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_slli_epi32(raw2, 16), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x008080E0)));"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " __m128i hh = _mm_and_si128(w, m3ff);\n __m128i ll = _mm_and_si128(_mm_srli_epi32(w, 16), m3ff);\n __m128i cp = _mm_add_epi32(_mm_set1_epi32(0x10000),\n _mm_add_epi32(_mm_slli_epi32(hh, 10), ll));\n __m128i b0 = _mm_or_si128(_mm_srli_epi32(cp, 18), _mm_set1_epi32(0xF0));\n __m128i b1 = _mm_or_si128(_mm_and_si128(_mm_srli_epi32(cp, 12), m3f), _mm_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m128i b2 = _mm_or_si128(_mm_and_si128(_mm_srli_epi32(cp, 6), m3f), _mm_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m128i b3 = _mm_or_si128(_mm_and_si128(cp, m3f), _mm_set1_epi32(0x80));\n return _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(b0, _mm_slli_epi32(b1, 8)),\n _mm_or_si128(_mm_slli_epi32(b2, 16), _mm_slli_epi32(b3, 24)));", "new_string": " __m128i hh = _mm_and_si128(w, m3ff);\n __m128i ll = _mm_and_si128(_mm_srli_epi32(w, 16), m3ff);\n __m128i cp = _mm_add_epi32(_mm_set1_epi32(0x10000),\n _mm_add_epi32(_mm_slli_epi32(hh, 10), ll));\n __m128i raw1 = _mm_and_si128(_mm_srli_epi32(cp, 12), m3f);\n __m128i raw2 = _mm_and_si128(_mm_srli_epi32(cp, 6), m3f);\n __m128i raw3 = _mm_and_si128(cp, m3f);\n return _mm_or_si128(\n _mm_or_si128(_mm_srli_epi32(cp, 18), _mm_slli_epi32(raw1, 8)),\n _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(_mm_slli_epi32(raw2, 16), _mm_slli_epi32(raw3, 24)),\n _mm_set1_epi32((int)0x8
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " __m256i hh = _mm256_and_si256(w, m3ff);\n __m256i ll = _mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(w, 16), m3ff);\n __m256i cp = _mm256_add_epi32(_mm256_set1_epi32(0x10000),\n _mm256_add_epi32(_mm256_slli_epi32(hh, 10), ll));\n __m256i b0 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(cp, 18), _mm256_set1_epi32(0xF0));\n __m256i b1 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(cp, 12), m3f), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m256i b2 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(cp, 6), m3f), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m256i b3 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(cp, m3f), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n return _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_or_si256(b0, _mm256_slli_epi32(b1, 8)),\n _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_slli_epi32(b2, 16), _mm256_slli_epi32(b3, 24)));", "new_string": " __m256i hh = _mm256_and_si256(w, m3ff);\n __m256i ll = _mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(w, 16), m3ff);\n __m256i cp = _mm256_add_epi32(_mm256_set1_epi32(0x10000),\n _mm256_add_epi32(_mm256_slli_epi32(hh, 10), ll));\n __m256i raw1 = _mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(cp, 12), m3f);\n __m256i raw2 = _mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(cp, 6), m3f);\n __m256i raw3 = _mm256_and_si256(cp, m3f);\n return _mm256_or_si256(\n _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(cp, 18), _mm256_slli_epi32(raw1, 8)),\n
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v12 folded markers"}
tool result
build 0.9s
verify 2.4s PASS
measure 0.1s 21,289,042 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.8792 (3.679x)
assistant
3.68x. Let me reduce dispatch overhead by computing `v & 0xF800` once and reusing it across the surrogate/size checks.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " __m256i is_surr = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits), surr_tag);\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(is_surr, is_surr)) {\n __m128i lo = _mm256_castsi256_si128(v);\n __m128i hi = _mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1);\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, surr_bits)) {\n o += conv8_2(lo, out + o);\n o += conv8_2(hi, out + o);\n } else {\n __m256i small = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits),\n _mm256_setzero_si256());\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {", "new_string": " __m256i t = _mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits);\n __m256i is_surr = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t, surr_tag);\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(is_surr, is_surr)) {\n __m128i lo = _mm256_castsi256_si128(v);\n __m128i hi = _mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1);\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(t, t)) {\n o += conv8_2(lo, out + o);\n o += conv8_2(hi, out + o);\n } else {\n __m256i small = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t, _mm256_setzero_si256());\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v13 dispatch reuse"}
tool result
build 2.1s
verify 2.7s PASS
measure 0.1s 21,280,992 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.8798 (3.680x)
assistant
Let me re-measure all regimes with the current version to retarget.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v13\nfor c in emojireal latinreal cjkreal ascii latin cjk emoji; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v13 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"%-10s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'\ndone\npython3 -c \"\ndef s(p):\n for line in open(p):\n if line.startswith('summary:'): return int(line.split()[1])/1000000\na=s('/tmp/cg_ascii.out');l=s('/tmp/cg_latinreal.out');c=s('/tmp/cg_cjkreal.out');e=s('/tmp/cg_emojireal.out')\ntot=400000*a+250000*l+200000*c+150000*e\nprint('contrib: ascii %.0f%% latin %.0f%% cjk %.0f%% emoji %.0f%%'%(100*400000*a/tot,100*250000*l/tot,100*200000*c/tot,100*150000*e/tot))\n\"", "description": "Re-measure all regimes v13"}
tool result
emojireal 7.70/unit
latinreal 4.21/unit
cjkreal 6.19/unit
ascii 0.87/unit
latin 4.52/unit
cjk 4.00/unit
emoji 3.54/unit
contrib: ascii 9% latin 28% cjk 33% emoji 30%
assistant
cjk 33%, emoji 30%, latin 28%. Let me annotate realistic emoji to find its current dominant cost.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_ev13.out /tmp/runner_v13 /tmp/emojireal.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\necho \"emoji total:\"; grep summary: /tmp/cg_ev13.out\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --inclusive=no /tmp/cg_ev13.out 2>/dev/null | grep -E '[0-9,]+ \\([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+%\\)' | grep -iE 'builtin_ia32|__v|storel|storeu|memcpy|while|if |c = in|STEP|ctz' | head -25", "description": "Annotate emojireal v13"}
tool result
emoji total:
summary: 7696538
933,410 (12.13%) STEP();
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --inclusive=no --threshold=99 /tmp/cg_ev13.out 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^\\s*[0-9,]+ \\([0-9.]+%\\)' | head -30", "description": "Top cost lines emojireal"}
tool result
7,696,538 (100.0%) PROGRAM TOTALS
4,020,212 (52.23%) submission/solve.c:utf16_to_utf8 [/tmp/runner_v13]
2,460,536 (31.97%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/emmintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
895,605 (11.64%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/avx2intrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
933,410 (12.13%) STEP();
7,696,538 (100.0%) events annotated
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --inclusive=no /tmp/cg_ev13.out 2>/dev/null | awk '/Auto-annotated source: submission\\/solve.c/{f=1} f' | grep -E '\\([0-9.]+%\\)' | head -40", "description": "Solve.c annotated lines emojireal"}
tool result
933,410 (12.13%) STEP();
7,696,538 (100.0%) events annotated
assistant
STEP (single-pair scalar) is 12% of emoji. Let me add an inline single-pair fast path so runs of 1 pair skip STEP's branch chain.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (mm == 0xF) { // 4 pairs\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 16; i += 8; continue;\n }\n if ((mm & 3) == 3) { // 2 pairs\n _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 8; i += 4; continue;\n }\n }\n STEP();", "new_string": " if (mm == 0xF) { // 4 pairs\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 16; i += 8; continue;\n }\n if ((mm & 3) == 3) { // 2 pairs\n _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 8; i += 4; continue;\n }\n if (mm & 1) { // 1 pair\n _mm_storeu_si32(out + o, enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 4; i += 2; continue;\n }\n }\n STEP();"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v14 single-pair fast path"}
tool result
build 1.3s
verify 2.4s PASS
measure 0.1s 21,180,437 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.8866 (3.698x)
assistant
Let me check whether constants are being reloaded inside the loop (a common inlining pitfall) by inspecting the assembly.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncc -O2 -std=c17 -march=x86-64-v2 -mavx2 -mbmi2 -g -c submission/solve.c -o /tmp/solve.o 2>/dev/null\nobjdump -d --no-show-raw-insn /tmp/solve.o | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/{p=1} p' | grep -cE 'vpbroadcast|vmovdqa.*rip|set1|vpcmpeq|vpand|vpor'\necho \"--- total insns in function ---\"\nobjdump -d --no-show-raw-insn /tmp/solve.o | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/{p=1} p&&/^$/{if(seen)exit} p{print; seen=1}' | grep -cE '^\\s+[0-9a-f]+:'\necho \"--- broadcasts (constant materialization) in function ---\"\nobjdump -d --no-show-raw-insn /tmp/solve.o | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/{p=1} p&&/^$/{if(seen)exit} p{print; seen=1}' | grep -cE 'vpbroadcast|broadcast'", "description": "Check constant materialization"}
tool result
119
--- total insns in function ---
616
--- broadcasts (constant materialization) in function ---
13
assistant
616 instructions, constants mostly hoisted. Let me apply a bigger structural win: process latin (all-<0x800) 16 units in one pass with 256-bit arithmetic + one `_mm256_shuffle_epi8` compaction, replacing two `conv8_2` calls.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": "// 8 units all in [0x800,0xFFFF] non-surrogate (3 bytes each) -> 24 bytes.", "new_string": "// 16 units all < 0x800 (1 or 2 bytes) -> UTF-8. Returns bytes (<=32).\n__attribute__((always_inline, target(\"avx2\")))\nstatic inline size_t conv16_2(__m256i v, uint8_t *dst) {\n __m256i two_lead = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_srli_epi16(v, 6), _mm256_set1_epi16(0x00C0));\n __m256i mask1 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),\n _mm256_setzero_si256());\n __m256i lead = _mm256_blendv_epi8(two_lead, v, mask1);\n __m256i cont = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(v, _mm256_set1_epi16(0x003F)),\n _mm256_set1_epi16(0x0080));\n __m256i word = _mm256_or_si256(lead, _mm256_slli_epi16(cont, 8));\n int mm = _mm256_movemask_epi8(_mm256_packs_epi16(mask1, mask1));\n int idx0 = mm & 0xFF, idx1 = (mm >> 16) & 0xFF;\n __m256i shuf = _mm256_inserti128_si256(\n _mm256_castsi128_si256(_mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)g_shuf2[idx0])),\n _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)g_shuf2[idx1]), 1);\n __m256i packed = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(word, shuf);\n size_t len0 = g_len2[idx0];\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)dst, _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(dst + len0), _mm256_extracti128_si256(packed, 1));\n return len
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(t, t)) {\n o += conv8_2(lo, out + o);\n o += conv8_2(hi, out + o);\n } else {", "new_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(t, t)) {\n o += conv16_2(v, out + o);\n } else {"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v15 conv16_2"}
tool result
build 1.8s
verify 3.2s PASS
measure 0.1s 20,347,161 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.9445 (3.849x)
assistant
3.85x. Let me re-measure regimes to see the new breakdown.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v15\nfor c in emojireal latinreal cjkreal ascii; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v15 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"%-10s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'\ndone\npython3 -c \"\ndef s(p):\n for line in open(p):\n if line.startswith('summary:'): return int(line.split()[1])/1000000\na=s('/tmp/cg_ascii.out');l=s('/tmp/cg_latinreal.out');c=s('/tmp/cg_cjkreal.out');e=s('/tmp/cg_emojireal.out')\ntot=400000*a+250000*l+200000*c+150000*e\nprint('contrib: ascii %.0f%% latin %.0f%% cjk %.0f%% emoji %.0f%%'%(100*400000*a/tot,100*250000*l/tot,100*200000*c/tot,100*150000*e/tot))\n\"", "description": "Re-measure regimes v15"}
tool result
emojireal 7.47/unit
latinreal 3.58/unit
cjkreal 6.19/unit
ascii 0.87/unit
contrib: ascii 10% latin 25% cjk 34% emoji 31%
assistant
latin dropped to 3.58. cjk 34% now dominant. Let me verify robustness across a few seeds first (correctness + score stability), then continue optimizing.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nfor s in 1 42 12345; do ./grade --seed $s 2>&1 | grep SCORE | sed \"s/^/seed $s: /\"; done", "description": "Grade multiple seeds"}
tool result
seed 1: SCORE +1.9361 (3.827x)
seed 42: SCORE +1.9362 (3.827x)
seed 12345: SCORE +1.9407 (3.839x)
assistant
Consistent ~3.83x across seeds — no overfitting. Now let me optimize the cjk mixed path (conv4×4) by sharing arithmetic across 8 units at a time (256-bit) with 2 compactions each.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": "// 8 units all < 0x800 (1 or 2 bytes) -> UTF-8. Returns bytes (<=16).\n__attribute__((always_inline, target(\"avx2\")))\nstatic inline size_t conv8_2(__m128i w, uint8_t *dst) {", "new_string": "// 8 BMP units (no surrogate) in 32-bit lanes -> UTF-8 (1/2/3 bytes). Returns\n// bytes (<=24). Shares arithmetic across both 4-unit compaction groups.\n__attribute__((always_inline, target(\"avx2\")))\nstatic inline size_t conv8_mixed(__m256i c, uint8_t *dst) {\n __m256i m3f = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F);\n __m256i c6 = _mm256_srli_epi32(c, 6), c12 = _mm256_srli_epi32(c, 12);\n __m256i three_b0 = _mm256_or_si256(c12, _mm256_set1_epi32(0xE0));\n __m256i three_b1 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(c6, m3f), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m256i b2 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(c, m3f), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m256i two_b0 = _mm256_or_si256(c6, _mm256_set1_epi32(0xC0));\n __m256i m2 = _mm256_cmpgt_epi32(c, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x7F));\n __m256i m3 = _mm256_cmpgt_epi32(c, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x7FF));\n __m256i b0 = _mm256_blendv_epi8(_mm256_blendv_epi8(c, two_b0, m2), three_b0, m3);\n __m256i b1 = _mm256_blendv_epi8(b2, three_b1, m3);\n __m256i src = _mm256_or_si256(b0, _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_slli_epi32(b1, 8),\n _mm256_slli_epi32(b2, 16)));\n int mm2 = _mm256_movemask_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(m2));\n int mm3
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " } else {\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(lo, 8)), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);\n o += conv4(_mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(hi, 8)), out + o);\n }", "new_string": " } else {\n o += conv8_mixed(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);\n o += conv8_mixed(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);\n }"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v16 conv8_mixed"}
tool result
build 1.2s
verify 2.6s PASS
measure 0.1s 20,072,953 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.9641 (3.902x)
assistant
3.90x. conv4/conv8_2 are now unused. Let me re-measure regimes and clean up dead code.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v16\nfor c in emojireal latinreal cjkreal ascii; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v16 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"%-10s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'\ndone\npython3 -c \"\ndef s(p):\n for line in open(p):\n if line.startswith('summary:'): return int(line.split()[1])/1000000\na=s('/tmp/cg_ascii.out');l=s('/tmp/cg_latinreal.out');c=s('/tmp/cg_cjkreal.out');e=s('/tmp/cg_emojireal.out')\ntot=400000*a+250000*l+200000*c+150000*e\nprint('contrib: ascii %.0f%% latin %.0f%% cjk %.0f%% emoji %.0f%%'%(100*400000*a/tot,100*250000*l/tot,100*200000*c/tot,100*150000*e/tot))\n\"", "description": "Re-measure v16"}
tool result
emojireal 7.48/unit
latinreal 3.58/unit
cjkreal 5.85/unit
ascii 0.88/unit
contrib: ascii 10% latin 25% cjk 33% emoji 32%
assistant
Let me annotate emojireal v16 to find the remaining emoji bottleneck.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_e16.out /tmp/runner_v16 /tmp/emojireal.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\necho \"total:\"; grep summary: /tmp/cg_e16.out\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --inclusive=no /tmp/cg_e16.out 2>/dev/null | awk '/Auto-annotated source: submission/{f=1} f' | grep -E '\\([0-9.]+%\\)' | head\necho \"--- header split ---\"\ncallgrind_annotate --inclusive=no /tmp/cg_e16.out 2>/dev/null | grep -E 'include|solve.c:utf' | head", "description": "Annotate emoji v16"}
tool result
total:
summary: 7476923
7,476,923 (100.0%) events annotated
--- header split ---
3,231,055 (43.21%) submission/solve.c:utf16_to_utf8 [/tmp/runner_v16]
2,976,320 (39.81%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/emmintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
949,363 (12.70%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/avx2intrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
230,237 ( 3.08%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/avxintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
89,948 ( 1.20%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/xmmintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
-- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/avx2intrin.h
-- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/avxintrin.h
-- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/xmmintrin.h
-- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/emmintrin.h
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --inclusive=no /tmp/cg_e16.out 2>/dev/null | awk '/annotated source.*emmintrin/{f=1} f&&/\\([0-9.]+%\\)/{print} /annotated source.*avx2/{f=0}' | head -20", "description": "Emoji SSE2 op breakdown"}
tool result
749,638 (10.03%) return (__m128i) ((__v2du)__A & (__v2du)__B);
7,476,923 (100.0%) events annotated
assistant
Let me disassemble the cjk (conv8_3) path to count its real instructions and find waste.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncc -O2 -std=c17 -mavx2 -mbmi2 -g -c submission/solve.c -o /tmp/solve.o 2>/dev/null\nobjdump -d --no-show-raw-insn /tmp/solve.o | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/{p=1} p&&/^$/{exit} p' > /tmp/asm.txt\necho \"total function insns:\"; grep -cE '^\\s+[0-9a-f]+:' /tmp/asm.txt\necho \"--- instruction mix ---\"\ngrep -oE '^\\s+[0-9a-f]+:\\s+[a-z][a-z0-9]+' /tmp/asm.txt | awk '{print $2}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -25", "description": "Instruction mix of function"}
tool result
total function insns:
572
--- instruction mix ---
54 mov
37 vpor
36 add
30 vpand
28 vpsrld
28 cmp
27 lea
24 vpslld
22 or
21 and
18 shl
16 jmp
14 vmovd
13 vpbroadcastd
12 vmovdqu
12 jae
11 movzbl
10 vmovdqa
10 shr
9 nopl
8 vpaddd
8 ja
7 vpshufb
7 vpcmpeqd
7 vpblendvb
assistant
The function is dominated statically by inlined STEP copies (rarely executed). Let me apply a cheaper codepoint formula (`cp = (H<<10) + L - 0x35FDC00`, one mask instead of two) to the pair encoders and remove now-dead helpers.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": "__attribute__((always_inline, target(\"avx2\")))\nstatic inline __m128i enc_pairs_word(__m128i w) {\n __m128i m3ff = _mm_set1_epi32(0x3FF), m3f = _mm_set1_epi32(0x3F);\n __m128i hh = _mm_and_si128(w, m3ff);\n __m128i ll = _mm_and_si128(_mm_srli_epi32(w, 16), m3ff);\n __m128i cp = _mm_add_epi32(_mm_set1_epi32(0x10000),\n _mm_add_epi32(_mm_slli_epi32(hh, 10), ll));\n __m128i raw1 = _mm_and_si128(_mm_srli_epi32(cp, 12), m3f);", "new_string": "__attribute__((always_inline, target(\"avx2\")))\nstatic inline __m128i enc_pairs_word(__m128i w) {\n __m128i m3f = _mm_set1_epi32(0x3F);\n // cp = (high<<10) + low - 0x35FDC00 (folds the -0xD800*0x400 - 0xDC00 + 0x10000)\n __m128i cp = _mm_add_epi32(\n _mm_add_epi32(_mm_slli_epi32(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi32(0xFFFF)), 10),\n _mm_srli_epi32(w, 16)),\n _mm_set1_epi32((int)0xFCA02400));\n __m128i raw1 = _mm_and_si128(_mm_srli_epi32(cp, 12), m3f);"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " __m256i m3ff = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3FF), m3f = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F);\n __m256i hh = _mm256_and_si256(w, m3ff);\n __m256i ll = _mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(w, 16), m3ff);\n __m256i cp = _mm256_add_epi32(_mm256_set1_epi32(0x10000),\n _mm256_add_epi32(_mm256_slli_epi32(hh, 10), ll));\n __m256i raw1 = _mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(cp, 12), m3f);", "new_string": " __m256i m3f = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F);\n __m256i cp = _mm256_add_epi32(\n _mm256_add_epi32(_mm256_slli_epi32(_mm256_and_si256(w, _mm256_set1_epi32(0xFFFF)), 10),\n _mm256_srli_epi32(w, 16)),\n _mm256_set1_epi32((int)0xFCA02400));\n __m256i raw1 = _mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(cp, 12), m3f);"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
assistant
Now let me remove the dead `conv4` and `conv8_2` helpers:
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ngrep -n 'conv4\\|conv8_2' submission/solve.c", "description": "Find dead helper references"}
tool result
51:static inline size_t conv4(__m128i c, uint8_t *dst) {
101:static inline size_t conv8_2(__m128i w, uint8_t *dst) {
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 49, "limit": 70}
tool result
49 // 4 BMP units (no surrogate) in 32-bit lanes -> UTF-8. Returns bytes (<=12).
50 __attribute__((always_inline, target("avx2")))
51 static inline size_t conv4(__m128i c, uint8_t *dst) {
52 const __m128i m3f = _mm_set1_epi32(0x3F);
53 __m128i c6 = _mm_srli_epi32(c, 6), c12 = _mm_srli_epi32(c, 12);
54 __m128i three_b0 = _mm_or_si128(c12, _mm_set1_epi32(0xE0));
55 __m128i three_b1 = _mm_or_si128(_mm_and_si128(c6, m3f), _mm_set1_epi32(0x80));
56 __m128i b2 = _mm_or_si128(_mm_and_si128(c, m3f), _mm_set1_epi32(0x80));
57 __m128i two_b0 = _mm_or_si128(c6, _mm_set1_epi32(0xC0));
58 __m128i m2 = _mm_cmpgt_epi32(c, _mm_set1_epi32(0x7F));
59 __m128i m3 = _mm_cmpgt_epi32(c, _mm_set1_epi32(0x7FF));
60 __m128i b0 = _mm_blendv_epi8(_mm_blendv_epi8(c, two_b0, m2), three_b0, m3);
61 __m128i b1 = _mm_blendv_epi8(b2, three_b1, m3);
62 __m128i src = _mm_or_si128(b0, _mm_or_si128(_mm_slli_epi32(b1, 8), _mm_slli_epi32(b2, 16)));
63 int idx = (_mm_movemask_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(m2)) << 4) | _mm_movemask_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(m3));
64 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)dst,
65 _mm_shuffle_epi8(src, _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)g_shuf[idx])));
66 return g_len[idx];
67 }
68
69 // 8 BMP units (no surrogate) in 32-bit lanes -> UTF-8 (1/2/3 bytes). Returns
70 // bytes (<=24). Shares arithmetic across both 4-unit compaction groups.
71 __attribute__((always_inline, target("avx2")))
72 static inline size_t conv8_mixed(__m256i c, uint8_t *dst) {
73 __m256i m3f = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F);
74 __m256i c6 = _mm256_srli_epi32(c, 6), c12 = _mm256_srli_epi32(c, 12);
75 __m256i three_b0 = _mm256_or_si256(c12, _mm256_set1_epi32(0xE0));
76 __m256i three_b1 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(c6, m3f), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));
77 __m256i b2 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(c, m3f), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));
78 __m256i two_b0 = _mm256_or_si256(c6, _mm256_set1_epi32(0xC0));
79 __m256i m2 = _mm256_cmpgt_epi32(c, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x7F));
80 __m256i m3 = _mm256_cmpgt_epi32(c, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x7FF));
81 __m256i b0 = _mm256_blendv_epi8(_mm256_blendv_epi8(c, two_b0, m2), three_b0, m3);
82 __m256i b1 = _mm256_blendv_epi8(b2, three_b1, m3);
83 __m256i src = _mm256_or_si256(b0, _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_slli_epi32(b1, 8),
84 _mm256_slli_epi32(b2, 16)));
85 int mm2 = _mm256_movemask_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(m2));
86 int mm3 = _mm256_movemask_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(m3));
87 int
... [1838 chars truncated]
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": "// 4 BMP units (no surrogate) in 32-bit lanes -> UTF-8. Returns bytes (<=12).\n__attribute__((always_inline, target(\"avx2\")))\nstatic inline size_t conv4(__m128i c, uint8_t *dst) {\n const __m128i m3f = _mm_set1_epi32(0x3F);\n __m128i c6 = _mm_srli_epi32(c, 6), c12 = _mm_srli_epi32(c, 12);\n __m128i three_b0 = _mm_or_si128(c12, _mm_set1_epi32(0xE0));\n __m128i three_b1 = _mm_or_si128(_mm_and_si128(c6, m3f), _mm_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m128i b2 = _mm_or_si128(_mm_and_si128(c, m3f), _mm_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m128i two_b0 = _mm_or_si128(c6, _mm_set1_epi32(0xC0));\n __m128i m2 = _mm_cmpgt_epi32(c, _mm_set1_epi32(0x7F));\n __m128i m3 = _mm_cmpgt_epi32(c, _mm_set1_epi32(0x7FF));\n __m128i b0 = _mm_blendv_epi8(_mm_blendv_epi8(c, two_b0, m2), three_b0, m3);\n __m128i b1 = _mm_blendv_epi8(b2, three_b1, m3);\n __m128i src = _mm_or_si128(b0, _mm_or_si128(_mm_slli_epi32(b1, 8), _mm_slli_epi32(b2, 16)));\n int idx = (_mm_movemask_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(m2)) << 4) | _mm_movemask_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(m3));\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)dst,\n _mm_shuffle_epi8(src, _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)g_shuf[idx])));\n return g_len[idx];\n}\n\n// 8 BMP units (no surrogate) in 32-bit lanes -> UTF-8 (1/2/3 bytes). Returns", "new_string": "// 8 BMP units (no surrogate) in 32-bit lanes -> UTF-8 (1/2/3 bytes). Returns"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": "// 8 units all < 0x800 (1 or 2 bytes) -> UTF-8. Returns bytes (<=16).\n__attribute__((always_inline, target(\"avx2\")))\nstatic inline size_t conv8_2(__m128i w, uint8_t *dst) {\n __m128i two_lead = _mm_or_si128(_mm_srli_epi16(w, 6), _mm_set1_epi16(0x00C0));\n __m128i mask1 = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),\n _mm_setzero_si128());\n __m128i lead = _mm_blendv_epi8(two_lead, w, mask1);\n __m128i cont = _mm_or_si128(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16(0x003F)), _mm_set1_epi16(0x0080));\n __m128i word = _mm_or_si128(lead, _mm_slli_epi16(cont, 8));\n int idx = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(mask1, mask1)) & 0xFF;\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)dst,\n _mm_shuffle_epi8(word, _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)g_shuf2[idx])));\n return g_len2[idx];\n}\n\n// 16 units all < 0x800 (1 or 2 bytes) -> UTF-8. Returns bytes (<=32).", "new_string": "// 16 units all < 0x800 (1 or 2 bytes) -> UTF-8. Returns bytes (<=32)."}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v17 cleanup + cp reformulation"}
tool result
build 1.7s
verify 2.6s PASS
measure 0.1s 19,960,986 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.9721 (3.923x)
assistant
3.92x. Let me look at the conv8_3 (cjk-pure) assembly to find any waste in the biggest single path.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncc -O2 -std=c17 -mavx2 -mbmi2 -g -c submission/solve.c -o /tmp/solve.o 2>/dev/null\nobjdump -d --no-show-raw-insn /tmp/solve.o | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/{p=1} p&&/^$/{exit} p' > /tmp/asm.txt\n# find the conv8_3 region: between vpmovzxwd instances\ngrep -n 'vpmovzxwd\\|vpshufb.*ymm\\|vpsrld.*0xc\\|vpslld' /tmp/asm.txt | head -30", "description": "Find conv8_3 asm region"}
tool result
196: 32e: vpslld $0xa,%xmm1,%xmm1
201: 346: vpsrld $0xc,%xmm1,%xmm4
204: 353: vpslld $0x18,%xmm5,%xmm5
206: 35c: vpslld $0x10,%xmm0,%xmm0
207: 361: vpslld $0x8,%xmm4,%xmm4
220: 39d: vpslld $0xa,%xmm0,%xmm0
225: 3b5: vpsrld $0xc,%xmm0,%xmm4
228: 3c2: vpslld $0x18,%xmm5,%xmm5
230: 3cb: vpslld $0x10,%xmm1,%xmm1
231: 3d0: vpslld $0x8,%xmm4,%xmm4
244: 40e: vpslld $0xa,%xmm0,%xmm0
249: 426: vpsrld $0xc,%xmm0,%xmm4
252: 433: vpslld $0x18,%xmm5,%xmm5
254: 43c: vpslld $0x10,%xmm1,%xmm1
255: 441: vpslld $0x8,%xmm4,%xmm4
324: 571: vpshufb %ymm4,%ymm0,%ymm0
357: 60c: vpslld $0xa,%ymm0,%ymm0
364: 62c: vpsrld $0xc,%ymm0,%ymm3
366: 635: vpslld $0x18,%ymm4,%ymm4
369: 643: vpslld $0x10,%ymm1,%ymm1
373: 653: vpslld $0x8,%ymm2,%ymm2
390: 6a2: vpmovzxwd %xmm0,%ymm0
391: 6a7: vpmovzxwd %xmm4,%ymm4
392: 6ac: vpsrld $0xc,%ymm0,%ymm7
402: 6df: vpsrld $0xc,%ymm4,%ymm5
408: 6ff: vpslld $0x8,%ymm7,%ymm7
410: 708: vpslld $0x8,%ymm6,%ymm6
413: 715: vpslld $0x10,%ymm2,%ymm2
420: 738: vpshufb %ymm2,%ymm0,%ymm0
423: 74b: vpslld $0x10,%ymm3,%ymm0
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nsed -n '388,440p' /tmp/asm.txt", "description": "conv8_3 x2 region"}
tool result
698: vextracti128 $0x1,%ymm0,%xmm0
69e: vpcmpeqw %ymm2,%ymm1,%ymm1
6a2: vpmovzxwd %xmm0,%ymm0
6a7: vpmovzxwd %xmm4,%ymm4
6ac: vpsrld $0xc,%ymm0,%ymm7
6b1: vpsrld $0x6,%ymm0,%ymm15
6b6: vpcmpeqd %ymm14,%ymm14,%ymm14
6bb: vpsrld $0x1a,%ymm14,%ymm2
6c1: vpsrld $0x6,%ymm4,%ymm8
6c6: vmovdqa %ymm7,-0x18(%rsp)
6cc: vptest %ymm1,%ymm1
6d1: vpand %ymm15,%ymm2,%ymm6
6d6: vpand %ymm2,%ymm0,%ymm3
6da: vpand %ymm8,%ymm2,%ymm7
6df: vpsrld $0xc,%ymm4,%ymm5
6e4: vpand %ymm2,%ymm4,%ymm2
6e8: vmovdqa %ymm2,0x8(%rsp)
6ee: jne 804 <utf16_to_utf8+0x804>
6f4: mov $0x8080e0,%eax
6f9: vmovdqa 0x8(%rsp),%ymm2
6ff: vpslld $0x8,%ymm7,%ymm7
704: vmovd %eax,%xmm1
708: vpslld $0x8,%ymm6,%ymm6
70d: mov %rdi,%rax
710: vpbroadcastd %xmm1,%ymm1
715: vpslld $0x10,%ymm2,%ymm2
71a: lea 0x10(%rax),%rdi
71e: vpor %ymm5,%ymm1,%ymm0
722: vpor %ymm7,%ymm2,%ymm2
726: vpor -0x18(%rsp),%ymm1,%ymm1
72c: vpor %ymm2,%ymm0,%ymm0
730: vmovdqa 0x0(%rip),%ymm2 # 738 <utf16_to_utf8+0x738>
738: vpshufb %ymm2,%ymm0,%ymm0
73d: vmovdqu %xmm0,(%r12)
743: vextracti128 $0x1,%ymm0,0xc(%r12)
74b: vpslld $0x10,%ymm3,%ymm0
750: vpor %ymm6,%ymm0,%ymm0
754: vpor %ymm1,%ymm0,%ymm0
758: vpshufb %ymm2,%ymm0,%ymm0
75d: vmovdqu %xmm0,0x18(%r10,%rsi,1)
764: vextracti128 $0x1,%ymm0,0x24(%r10,%rsi,1)
76c: add $0x30,%rsi
770: cmp %rdi,%r8
773: jae 70 <utf16_to_utf8+0x70>
779: jmp 1b0 <utf16_to_utf8+0x1b0>
77e: xchg %ax,%ax
780: cmp $0xdbff,%ecx
786: ja 9e3 <utf16_to_utf8+0x9e3>
78c: lea 0x1(%rax),%rcx
790: cmp %r8,%rcx
793: jae 9e3 <utf16_to_utf8+0x9e3>
799: movzwl 0x2(%r9,%rdi,1),%ecx
79f: lea -0xdc00(%rcx),%edi
assistant
I see register spills and constant rematerialization in the cjk path. Let me restructure conv8_3 to chain the OR accumulation (fewer simultaneously-live temps), which should reduce spills.
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 120, "limit": 22}
tool result
120 // high | low<<16), returns the 16 UTF-8 bytes (4 bytes/pair) as a register.
121 __attribute__((always_inline, target("avx2")))
122 static inline __m128i enc_pairs_word(__m128i w) {
123 __m128i m3f = _mm_set1_epi32(0x3F);
124 // cp = (high<<10) + low - 0x35FDC00 (folds the -0xD800*0x400 - 0xDC00 + 0x10000)
125 __m128i cp = _mm_add_epi32(
126 _mm_add_epi32(_mm_slli_epi32(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi32(0xFFFF)), 10),
127 _mm_srli_epi32(w, 16)),
128 _mm_set1_epi32((int)0xFCA02400));
129 __m128i raw1 = _mm_and_si128(_mm_srli_epi32(cp, 12), m3f);
130 __m128i raw2 = _mm_and_si128(_mm_srli_epi32(cp, 6), m3f);
131 __m128i raw3 = _mm_and_si128(cp, m3f);
132 return _mm_or_si128(
133 _mm_or_si128(_mm_srli_epi32(cp, 18), _mm_slli_epi32(raw1, 8)),
134 _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(_mm_slli_epi32(raw2, 16), _mm_slli_epi32(raw3, 24)),
135 _mm_set1_epi32((int)0x808080F0)));
136 }
137
138 // 8 consecutive pairs (16 units) as 8 dwords -> 32 UTF-8 bytes.
139 __attribute__((always_inline, target("avx2")))
140 static inline __m256i enc_pairs_word256(__m256i w) {
141 __m256i m3f = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F);
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 155, "limit": 20}
tool result
155 // Encode one unit at in[i] into out+o (advances i, o). On invalid input runs
156 // `return INVALID;`. Writes up to 4 bytes; advances by the true length.
157 #define STEP() \
158 do { \
159 uint32_t c = in[i]; \
160 if (c < 0x80) { \
161 out[o] = (uint8_t)c; o += 1; i += 1; \
162 } else if (c < 0x800) { \
163 uint16_t e = (uint16_t)((0xC0 | (c >> 6)) | ((0x80 | (c & 0x3F)) << 8)); \
164 memcpy(out + o, &e, 2); o += 2; i += 1; \
165 } else if (c < 0xD800 || c >= 0xE000) { \
166 uint32_t e = (0xE0 | (c >> 12)) | ((0x80 | ((c >> 6) & 0x3F)) << 8) | \
167 ((0x80 | (c & 0x3F)) << 16); \
168 memcpy(out + o, &e, 4); o += 3; i += 1; \
169 } else if (c < 0xDC00) { \
170 if (i + 1 >= n) return INVALID; \
171 uint32_t lo = in[i + 1]; \
172 if (lo < 0xDC00 || lo >= 0xE000) return INVALID; \
173 uint32_t cp = 0x10000 + ((c - 0xD800) << 10) + (lo - 0xDC00); \
174 uint32_t e = (0xF0 | (cp >> 18)) | ((0x80 | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3F)) << 8) | \
assistant
Let me find and rewrite the conv8_3 body:
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 96, "limit": 18}
tool result
96 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)dst, _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));
97 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(dst + len0), _mm256_extracti128_si256(packed, 1));
98 return len0 + g_len2[idx1];
99 }
100
101 // 8 units all in [0x800,0xFFFF] non-surrogate (3 bytes each) -> 24 bytes.
102 __attribute__((always_inline, target("avx2")))
103 static inline void conv8_3(__m128i w8, uint8_t *dst) {
104 __m256i c = _mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(w8);
105 __m256i m3f = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F);
106 __m256i raw1 = _mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 6), m3f);
107 __m256i raw2 = _mm256_and_si256(c, m3f);
108 __m256i src = _mm256_or_si256(
109 _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 12), _mm256_slli_epi32(raw1, 8)),
110 _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_slli_epi32(raw2, 16), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x008080E0)));
111 const __m256i sh = _mm256_setr_epi8(
112 0,1,2, 4,5,6, 8,9,10, 12,13,14, -1,-1,-1,-1,
113 0,1,2, 4,5,6, 8,9,10, 12,13,14, -1,-1,-1,-1);
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " __m256i c = _mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(w8);\n __m256i m3f = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F);\n __m256i raw1 = _mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 6), m3f);\n __m256i raw2 = _mm256_and_si256(c, m3f);\n __m256i src = _mm256_or_si256(\n _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 12), _mm256_slli_epi32(raw1, 8)),\n _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_slli_epi32(raw2, 16), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x008080E0)));", "new_string": " __m256i c = _mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(w8);\n __m256i m3f = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F);\n // chained accumulation keeps few temporaries live (avoids spills)\n __m256i src = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 12), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x008080E0));\n src = _mm256_or_si256(src, _mm256_slli_epi32(_mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 6), m3f), 8));\n src = _mm256_or_si256(src, _mm256_slli_epi32(_mm256_and_si256(c, m3f), 16));"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v18 chained conv8_3"}
tool result
verify 3.5s PASS
measure 0.1s 19,960,986 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.9721 (3.923x)
assistant
Same result — the compiler already handles it. Let me try adding a 3-pair fast path and simplifying the ASCII-run count in the emoji inner loop.
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 204, "limit": 40}
tool result
204 __m256i small = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t, _mm256_setzero_si256());
205 if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {
206 conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;
207 conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;
208 } else {
209 o += conv8_mixed(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);
210 o += conv8_mixed(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);
211 }
212 }
213 i += 16;
214 continue;
215 }
216 // surrogate present. A valid pair, viewed as a dword (high | low<<16),
217 // satisfies (dword & 0xFC00FC00) == 0xDC00D800.
218 const __m256i pmask = _mm256_set1_epi32((int)0xFC00FC00);
219 const __m256i ptag = _mm256_set1_epi32((int)0xDC00D800);
220 __m256i chk = _mm256_cmpeq_epi32(_mm256_and_si256(v, pmask), ptag);
221 if (_mm256_movemask_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(chk)) == 0xFF) {
222 // whole block is 8 clean pairs
223 _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word256(v));
224 o += 32; i += 16;
225 continue;
226 }
227 // Otherwise: vectorize ASCII runs and pair runs; rest goes scalar.
228 const __m128i pmask128 = _mm_set1_epi32((int)0xFC00FC00);
229 const __m128i ptag128 = _mm_set1_epi32((int)0xDC00D800);
230 size_t blockend = i + 16;
231 while (i < blockend) {
232 uint32_t c = in[i];
233 if (i + 8 <= n) {
234 __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(in + i));
235 if (c < 0x80) {
236 // ASCII run: pack the leading consecutive ASCII units.
237 __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),
238 _mm_setzero_si128());
239 int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(am, am)) & 0xFF;
240 int k = __builtin_ctz((unsigned)(~m) | 0x100);
241 _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm_packus_epi16(w, w));
242 o += (size_t)k; i += (size_t)k;
243 continue;
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 243, "limit": 22}
tool result
243 continue;
244 }
245 int mm = _mm_movemask_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(
246 _mm_cmpeq_epi32(_mm_and_si128(w, pmask128), ptag128)));
247 if (mm == 0xF) { // 4 pairs
248 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));
249 o += 16; i += 8; continue;
250 }
251 if ((mm & 3) == 3) { // 2 pairs
252 _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));
253 o += 8; i += 4; continue;
254 }
255 if (mm & 1) { // 1 pair
256 _mm_storeu_si32(out + o, enc_pairs_word(w));
257 o += 4; i += 2; continue;
258 }
259 }
260 STEP();
261 }
262 }
263
264 while (i < n) STEP();
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (mm == 0xF) { // 4 pairs\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 16; i += 8; continue;\n }\n if ((mm & 3) == 3) { // 2 pairs\n _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 8; i += 4; continue;\n }\n if (mm & 1) { // 1 pair\n _mm_storeu_si32(out + o, enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 4; i += 2; continue;\n }", "new_string": " if (mm == 0xF) { // 4 pairs\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 16; i += 8; continue;\n }\n if ((mm & 7) == 7) { // 3 pairs\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 12; i += 6; continue;\n }\n if ((mm & 3) == 3) { // 2 pairs\n _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 8; i += 4; continue;\n }\n if (mm & 1) { //
... [141 chars truncated]
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v19 3-pair path"}
tool result
verify 2.7s PASS
measure 0.1s 19,614,619 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.9974 (3.993x)
assistant
3.993x — essentially 4x! Let me simplify the ASCII-run count (drop the `packs`) and check for a bit more.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),\n _mm_setzero_si128());\n int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(am, am)) & 0xFF;\n int k = __builtin_ctz((unsigned)(~m) | 0x100);\n _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm_packus_epi16(w, w));", "new_string": " __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),\n _mm_setzero_si128());\n int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(am);\n int k = __builtin_ctz((unsigned)(~m) | 0x10000) >> 1;\n _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm_packus_epi16(w, w));"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v20 ascii-run movemask"}
tool result
verify 2.6s PASS
measure 0.1s 19,672,975 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.9931 (3.981x)
assistant
That was slightly worse — revert it.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),\n _mm_setzero_si128());\n int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(am);\n int k = __builtin_ctz((unsigned)(~m) | 0x10000) >> 1;\n _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm_packus_epi16(w, w));", "new_string": " __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),\n _mm_setzero_si128());\n int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(am, am)) & 0xFF;\n int k = __builtin_ctz((unsigned)(~m) | 0x100);\n _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm_packus_epi16(w, w));"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
assistant
Back to 3.993x (v19). Let me try forcing the two conv8_3 calls to execute sequentially (reducing register pressure / spills seen in the asm) with a compiler barrier.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n } else {", "new_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n __asm__ volatile(\"\" ::: \"memory\");\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n } else {"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v21 barrier between conv8_3"}
tool result
verify 2.5s PASS
measure 0.1s 19,630,719 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.9962 (3.989x)
assistant
Revert the barrier (no help).
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n __asm__ volatile(\"\" ::: \"memory\");\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n } else {", "new_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n } else {"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\n./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -2\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v19\nfor c in emojireal latinreal cjkreal ascii; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v19 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"%-10s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'\ndone\npython3 -c \"\ndef s(p):\n for line in open(p):\n if line.startswith('summary:'): return int(line.split()[1])/1000000\na=s('/tmp/cg_ascii.out');l=s('/tmp/cg_latinreal.out');c=s('/tmp/cg_cjkreal.out');e=s('/tmp/cg_emojireal.out')\ntot=400000*a+250000*l+200000*c+150000*e\nprint('contrib: ascii %.0f%% latin %.0f%% cjk %.0f%% emoji %.0f%%'%(100*400000*a/tot,100*250000*l/tot,100*200000*c/tot,100*150000*e/tot))\n\"", "description": "Re-measure v19"}
tool result
measure 0.1s 19,614,619 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +1.9974 (3.993x)
emojireal 6.99/unit
latinreal 3.58/unit
cjkreal 5.85/unit
ascii 0.88/unit
contrib: ascii 10% latin 26% cjk 34% emoji 30%
assistant
cjk is 34% (pure 22% + mixed 12%). For the cost corpus, mixed blocks are always ASCII+3-byte (no 2-byte), which allows a cheaper path (1 blend, 1 movemask). Let me add it with a fallback to the general path.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": "// 8-unit all-<0x800 compaction: idx = single-byte(ASCII) mask; 2 bytes/lane.\nstatic uint8_t g_shuf2[256][16];\nstatic uint8_t g_len2[256];", "new_string": "// 8-unit all-<0x800 compaction: idx = single-byte(ASCII) mask; 2 bytes/lane.\nstatic uint8_t g_shuf2[256][16];\nstatic uint8_t g_len2[256];\n// 4-unit ASCII-or-3-byte compaction: idx = 3-byte mask; 4 bytes/lane.\nstatic uint8_t g_shuf3[16][16];\nstatic uint8_t g_len3[16];"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " g_len2[idx] = (uint8_t)outpos;\n for (; outpos < 16; outpos++) g_shuf2[idx][outpos] = 0x80;\n }\n}", "new_string": " g_len2[idx] = (uint8_t)outpos;\n for (; outpos < 16; outpos++) g_shuf2[idx][outpos] = 0x80;\n }\n for (int idx = 0; idx < 16; idx++) {\n int outpos = 0;\n for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {\n g_shuf3[idx][outpos++] = (uint8_t)(4 * j);\n if ((idx >> j) & 1) {\n g_shuf3[idx][outpos++] = (uint8_t)(4 * j + 1);\n g_shuf3[idx][outpos++] = (uint8_t)(4 * j + 2);\n }\n }\n g_len3[idx] = (uint8_t)outpos;\n for (; outpos < 16; outpos++) g_shuf3[idx][outpos] = 0x80;\n }\n}"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": "// 8 units all < 0x800 (1 or 2 bytes) -> UTF-8. Returns bytes (<=16).", "new_string": "// 8 units, each ASCII or 3-byte (no 2-byte, no surrogate), in 32-bit lanes ->\n// UTF-8. Returns bytes (<=24). Cheaper than conv8_mixed (one blend).\n__attribute__((always_inline, target(\"avx2\")))\nstatic inline size_t conv8_mixed3(__m256i c, uint8_t *dst) {\n __m256i m3f = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F);\n __m256i three_b1 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 6), m3f),\n _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m256i b2 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(c, m3f), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m256i m3 = _mm256_cmpgt_epi32(c, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x7FF));\n __m256i b0 = _mm256_blendv_epi8(c,\n _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 12), _mm256_set1_epi32(0xE0)), m3);\n __m256i src = _mm256_or_si256(b0, _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_slli_epi32(three_b1, 8),\n _mm256_slli_epi32(b2, 16)));\n int mm3 = _mm256_movemask_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(m3));\n int idxA = mm3 & 0xF, idxB = (mm3 >> 4) & 0xF;\n __m128i pA = _mm_shuffle_epi8(_mm256_castsi256_si128(src),\n _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)g_shuf3[idxA]));\n __m128i pB = _mm_shuffle_epi8(_mm256_extracti128_si256(src, 1),\n _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)g_shuf3[idxB]));\n size_t lenA = g_len3[id
... [210 chars truncated]
tool result
<tool_use_error>String to replace not found in file.
String: // 8 units all < 0x800 (1 or 2 bytes) -> UTF-8. Returns bytes (<=16).</tool_use_error>
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": "// 16 units all < 0x800 (1 or 2 bytes) -> UTF-8. Returns bytes (<=32).", "new_string": "// 8 units, each ASCII or 3-byte (no 2-byte, no surrogate), in 32-bit lanes ->\n// UTF-8. Returns bytes (<=24). Cheaper than conv8_mixed (one blend).\n__attribute__((always_inline, target(\"avx2\")))\nstatic inline size_t conv8_mixed3(__m256i c, uint8_t *dst) {\n __m256i m3f = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x3F);\n __m256i three_b1 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 6), m3f),\n _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m256i b2 = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_and_si256(c, m3f), _mm256_set1_epi32(0x80));\n __m256i m3 = _mm256_cmpgt_epi32(c, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x7FF));\n __m256i b0 = _mm256_blendv_epi8(c,\n _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_srli_epi32(c, 12), _mm256_set1_epi32(0xE0)), m3);\n __m256i src = _mm256_or_si256(b0, _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_slli_epi32(three_b1, 8),\n _mm256_slli_epi32(b2, 16)));\n int mm3 = _mm256_movemask_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(m3));\n int idxA = mm3 & 0xF, idxB = (mm3 >> 4) & 0xF;\n __m128i pA = _mm_shuffle_epi8(_mm256_castsi256_si128(src),\n _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)g_shuf3[idxA]));\n __m128i pB = _mm_shuffle_epi8(_mm256_extracti128_si256(src, 1),\n _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)g_shuf3[idxB]));\n size_t lenA = g_len3[i
... [212 chars truncated]
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
assistant
Now wire the mixed dispatch to use `conv8_mixed3` when there are no 2-byte units:
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " } else {\n o += conv8_mixed(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);\n o += conv8_mixed(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);\n }", "new_string": " } else {\n // 2-byte lanes = (< 0x800) AND (>= 0x80)\n __m256i ascii_m = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(\n _mm256_and_si256(v, ascii_mask), _mm256_setzero_si256());\n __m256i tb = _mm256_andnot_si256(ascii_m, small);\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(tb, tb)) { // ASCII + 3-byte only\n o += conv8_mixed3(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);\n o += conv8_mixed3(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);\n } else {\n o += conv8_mixed(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);\n o += conv8_mixed(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);\n }\n }"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v22 conv8_mixed3"}
tool result
verify 2.4s PASS
measure 0.1s 19,238,101 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.0254 (4.071x)
assistant
4.07x — crossed 4×! Let me re-measure the breakdown.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v22\nfor c in emojireal latinreal cjkreal ascii; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v22 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"%-10s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'\ndone\npython3 -c \"\ndef s(p):\n for line in open(p):\n if line.startswith('summary:'): return int(line.split()[1])/1000000\na=s('/tmp/cg_ascii.out');l=s('/tmp/cg_latinreal.out');c=s('/tmp/cg_cjkreal.out');e=s('/tmp/cg_emojireal.out')\ntot=400000*a+250000*l+200000*c+150000*e\nprint('contrib: ascii %.0f%% latin %.0f%% cjk %.0f%% emoji %.0f%%'%(100*400000*a/tot,100*250000*l/tot,100*200000*c/tot,100*150000*e/tot))\n\"", "description": "Re-measure v22"}
tool result
emojireal 6.99/unit
latinreal 3.58/unit
cjkreal 5.49/unit
ascii 0.88/unit
contrib: ascii 10% latin 26% cjk 32% emoji 31%
assistant
cjk 32%, emoji 31%. Let me look at the current pure-cjk asm to see if spills/constant-remat persist.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncc -O2 -std=c17 -mavx2 -mbmi2 -g -c submission/solve.c -o /tmp/solve.o 2>/dev/null\nobjdump -d --no-show-raw-insn /tmp/solve.o | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/{p=1} p&&/^$/{exit} p' > /tmp/asm.txt\n# find pure-cjk region: two vpmovzxwd near each other followed by 2 vpshufb ymm\ngrep -n 'rsp\\|vpbroadcastd\\|vpshufb.*ymm\\|vpmovzxwd' /tmp/asm.txt | sed -n '1,40p'", "description": "Check spills/remat in cjk region"}
tool result
7: f: mov %rsp,%rbp
13: 1b: and $0xffffffffffffffe0,%rsp
14: 1f: sub $0x68,%rsp
25: 59: vpbroadcastd %xmm7,%xmm12
38: 9c: vpbroadcastd %xmm4,%ymm4
45: be: vpbroadcastd %xmm1,%ymm1
56: f2: vpbroadcastd %xmm3,%xmm3
57: f7: vpbroadcastd %xmm2,%xmm2
122: 1fb: lea -0x28(%rbp),%rsp
326: 584: vpbroadcastd %xmm2,%ymm2
346: 5dc: vpbroadcastd %xmm2,%ymm2
351: 5f2: vpshufb %ymm3,%ymm0,%ymm0
389: 69e: vpbroadcastd %xmm1,%ymm1
403: 6dc: vpbroadcastd %xmm3,%ymm3
418: 724: vpmovzxwd %xmm3,%ymm3
419: 729: vpmovzxwd %xmm0,%ymm4
422: 738: vmovdqa %ymm7,-0x18(%rsp)
427: 750: vmovdqa %ymm7,0x48(%rsp)
429: 75b: vmovdqa %ymm5,-0x38(%rsp)
433: 76e: vmovdqa %ymm7,0x28(%rsp)
442: 79a: vpbroadcastd %xmm0,%ymm0
445: 7a7: vmovdqa 0x48(%rsp),%ymm7
449: 7be: vpshufb %ymm2,%ymm1,%ymm1
455: 7dc: vpshufb %ymm2,%ymm0,%ymm0
505: 8bc: vpbroadcastd %xmm1,%ymm1
507: 8c5: vmovdqa %ymm7,0x8(%rsp)
510: 8d4: vpbroadcastd %xmm2,%ymm2
512: 8dc: vmovdqa %ymm7,-0x58(%rsp)
516: 8ee: vmovaps 0x8(%rsp),%ymm9
517: 8f4: vpor 0x48(%rsp),%ymm2,%ymm11
524: 912: vmovdqa %ymm10,0x48(%rsp)
525: 918: vpor 0x28(%rsp),%ymm1,%ymm9
536: 949: vmovdqa 0x8(%rsp),%ymm7
555: 9a5: vpblendvb %ymm7,-0x58(%rsp),%ymm3,%ymm0
586: a38: vmovdqa %ymm6,0x28(%rsp)
587: a3e: vmovdqa %ymm10,-0x78(%rsp)
588: a44: vmovaps -0x78(%rsp),%ymm5
590: a4f: vpbroadcastd %xmm10,%ymm10
591: a54: vpor -0x38(%rsp),%ymm10,%ymm6
593: a5e: vmovdqa 0x8(%rsp),%ymm5
assistant
The pure-cjk path looks clean; spills are mostly in the mixed path (12%). Let me re-annotate emoji (31%) to find its current hotspot.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_e22.out /tmp/runner_v22 /tmp/emojireal.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\necho \"total:\"; grep summary: /tmp/cg_e22.out\ncallgrind_annotate --inclusive=no /tmp/cg_e22.out 2>/dev/null | grep -E 'include|solve.c:utf' | head -6\necho \"--- SSE2 op breakdown ---\"\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --inclusive=no /tmp/cg_e22.out 2>/dev/null | awk '/annotated source.*emmintrin/{f=1} f&&/\\([0-9.]+%\\)/{print} /annotated source.*(avx2|avxintrin|xmmintrin|solve)/{if(f)exit}' | head", "description": "Annotate emoji v22"}
tool result
total:
summary: 6985272
3,097,390 (44.34%) submission/solve.c:utf16_to_utf8 [/tmp/runner_v22]
2,646,686 (37.89%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/emmintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
932,124 (13.34%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/avx2intrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
229,405 ( 3.28%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/avxintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
79,667 ( 1.14%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/xmmintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
-- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/avx2intrin.h
--- SSE2 op breakdown ---
6,985,272 (100.0%) events annotated
assistant
Let me try a 32-wide ASCII fast path (halves loop overhead for long ASCII runs, which appear across all regimes).
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 196, "limit": 14}
tool result
196 #define STEP() \
197 do { \
198 uint32_t c = in[i]; \
199 if (c < 0x80) { \
200 out[o] = (uint8_t)c; o += 1; i += 1; \
201 } else if (c < 0x800) { \
202 uint16_t e = (uint16_t)((0xC0 | (c >> 6)) | ((0x80 | (c & 0x3F)) << 8)); \
203 memcpy(out + o, &e, 2); o += 2; i += 1; \
204 } else if (c < 0xD800 || c >= 0xE000) { \
205 uint32_t e = (0xE0 | (c >> 12)) | ((0x80 | ((c >> 6) & 0x3F)) << 8) | \
206 ((0x80 | (c & 0x3F)) << 16); \
207 memcpy(out + o, &e, 4); o += 3; i += 1; \
208 } else if (c < 0xDC00) { \
209 if (i + 1 >= n) return INVALID; \
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 223, "limit": 18}
tool result
223 size_t i = 0, o = 0;
224 const __m256i ascii_mask = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80);
225 const __m256i surr_bits = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xF800);
226 const __m256i surr_tag = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xD800);
227
228 while (i + 16 <= n) {
229 __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));
230 if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask)) {
231 __m256i packed = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v, v), 0xD8);
232 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));
233 o += 16; i += 16;
234 continue;
235 }
236 __m256i t = _mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits);
237 __m256i is_surr = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t, surr_tag);
238 if (_mm256_testz_si256(is_surr, is_surr)) {
239 __m128i lo = _mm256_castsi256_si128(v);
240 __m128i hi = _mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1);
assistant
Let me try the 32-wide ASCII path quickly (revert if it doesn't help):
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask)) {\n __m256i packed = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v, v), 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));\n o += 16; i += 16;\n continue;\n }", "new_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask)) {\n __m256i packed = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v, v), 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));\n o += 16; i += 16;\n if (i + 16 <= n) {\n __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(v2, ascii_mask)) {\n __m256i p2 = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v2, v2), 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(p2));\n o += 16; i += 16;\n }\n }\n continue;\n }"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v23 double-ascii"}
tool result
verify 2.4s PASS
measure 0.1s 18,990,935 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.0440 (4.124x)
assistant
4.12x! The double-ASCII helped. Let me extend it to a full loop to consume all consecutive ASCII blocks.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask)) {\n __m256i packed = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v, v), 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));\n o += 16; i += 16;\n if (i + 16 <= n) {\n __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(v2, ascii_mask)) {\n __m256i p2 = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v2, v2), 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(p2));\n o += 16; i += 16;\n }\n }\n continue;\n }", "new_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask)) {\n do { // consume the whole ASCII run, 16 units at a time\n __m256i p = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v, v), 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(p));\n o += 16; i += 16;\n if (i + 16 > n) break;\n v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n } while (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask));\n continue;\n }"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v24 ascii run loop"}
tool result
verify 2.2s PASS
measure 0.1s 19,475,279 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.0077 (4.021x)
assistant
The loop was worse than the fixed double — revert to the double-block version (v23).
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask)) {\n do { // consume the whole ASCII run, 16 units at a time\n __m256i p = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v, v), 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(p));\n o += 16; i += 16;\n if (i + 16 > n) break;\n v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n } while (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask));\n continue;\n }", "new_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask)) {\n __m256i packed = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v, v), 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));\n o += 16; i += 16;\n if (i + 16 <= n) {\n __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(v2, ascii_mask)) {\n __m256i p2 = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v2, v2), 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(p2));\n o += 16; i += 16;\n }\n }\n continue;\n }"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Confirm v23 restored"}
tool result
verify 2.3s PASS
measure 0.1s 18,990,935 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.0440 (4.124x)
assistant
4.124x confirmed. Let me re-measure the regime breakdown.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v23\nfor c in emojireal latinreal cjkreal ascii; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v23 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"%-10s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'\ndone\npython3 -c \"\ndef s(p):\n for line in open(p):\n if line.startswith('summary:'): return int(line.split()[1])/1000000\na=s('/tmp/cg_ascii.out');l=s('/tmp/cg_latinreal.out');c=s('/tmp/cg_cjkreal.out');e=s('/tmp/cg_emojireal.out')\ntot=400000*a+250000*l+200000*c+150000*e\nprint('per-unit: ascii %.2f latin %.2f cjk %.2f emoji %.2f'%(a,l,c,e))\nprint('contrib: ascii %.0f%% latin %.0f%% cjk %.0f%% emoji %.0f%%'%(100*400000*a/tot,100*250000*l/tot,100*200000*c/tot,100*150000*e/tot))\n\"", "description": "Re-measure v23"}
tool result
emojireal 6.99/unit
latinreal 3.60/unit
cjkreal 5.49/unit
ascii 0.75/unit
per-unit: ascii 0.75 latin 3.60 cjk 5.49 emoji 6.99
contrib: ascii 9% latin 27% cjk 33% emoji 31%
assistant
Let me apply the same "double block" batching to the latin path (all-<0x800), which is 27% of cost.
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 243, "limit": 30}
tool result
243 }
244 __m256i t = _mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits);
245 __m256i is_surr = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t, surr_tag);
246 if (_mm256_testz_si256(is_surr, is_surr)) {
247 __m128i lo = _mm256_castsi256_si128(v);
248 __m128i hi = _mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1);
249 if (_mm256_testz_si256(t, t)) {
250 o += conv16_2(v, out + o);
251 } else {
252 __m256i small = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t, _mm256_setzero_si256());
253 if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {
254 conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;
255 conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;
256 } else {
257 // 2-byte lanes = (< 0x800) AND (>= 0x80)
258 __m256i ascii_m = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(
259 _mm256_and_si256(v, ascii_mask), _mm256_setzero_si256());
260 __m256i tb = _mm256_andnot_si256(ascii_m, small);
261 if (_mm256_testz_si256(tb, tb)) { // ASCII + 3-byte only
262 o += conv8_mixed3(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);
263 o += conv8_mixed3(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);
264 } else {
265 o += conv8_mixed(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);
266 o += conv8_mixed(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);
267 }
268 }
269 }
270 i += 16;
271 continue;
272 }
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(is_surr, is_surr)) {\n __m128i lo = _mm256_castsi256_si128(v);\n __m128i hi = _mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1);\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(t, t)) {\n o += conv16_2(v, out + o);\n } else {", "new_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(is_surr, is_surr)) {\n __m128i lo = _mm256_castsi256_si128(v);\n __m128i hi = _mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1);\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(t, t)) {\n o += conv16_2(v, out + o);\n i += 16;\n if (i + 16 <= n) {\n __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(v2, surr_bits)) { // next 16 also < 0x800\n o += conv16_2(v2, out + o);\n i += 16;\n }\n }\n continue;\n } else {"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v25 double-latin"}
tool result
verify 2.8s PASS
measure 0.1s 17,945,757 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.1257 (4.364x)
assistant
Huge jump to 4.36x! Batching consecutive same-type blocks cuts dispatch overhead dramatically. Let me apply the double pattern to pure-cjk and the mixed path too.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " __m256i small = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t, _mm256_setzero_si256());\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n } else {", "new_string": " __m256i small = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t, _mm256_setzero_si256());\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n i += 16;\n if (i + 16 <= n) { // batch a second pure-3-byte block\n __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n __m256i t2 = _mm256_and_si256(v2, surr_bits);\n __m256i bad = _mm256_or_si256(\n _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t2, _mm256_setzero_si256()),\n _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t2, surr_tag));\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(bad, bad)) {\n conv8_3(_mm256_castsi256_si128(v2), out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(_mm256_extracti128_si256(v2, 1), out + o); o += 24;\n i += 16;\n }\n }\n continue;\n } else {"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v26 double-cjk"}
tool result
verify 2.6s PASS
measure 0.1s 17,777,587 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.1393 (4.405x)
assistant
4.405x! Let me test whether latin benefits from a full loop (vs fixed double) now.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(t, t)) {\n o += conv16_2(v, out + o);\n i += 16;\n if (i + 16 <= n) {\n __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(v2, surr_bits)) { // next 16 also < 0x800\n o += conv16_2(v2, out + o);\n i += 16;\n }\n }\n continue;\n } else {", "new_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(t, t)) {\n o += conv16_2(v, out + o);\n i += 16;\n while (i + 16 <= n) { // batch further < 0x800 blocks\n __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n if (!_mm256_testz_si256(v2, surr_bits)) break;\n o += conv16_2(v2, out + o);\n i += 16;\n }\n continue;\n } else {"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v27 latin loop"}
tool result
verify 2.1s PASS
measure 0.1s 16,970,419 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.2063 (4.615x)
assistant
4.615x! The loop crushes it for latin. Let me apply a loop to pure-cjk too.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n i += 16;\n if (i + 16 <= n) { // batch a second pure-3-byte block\n __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n __m256i t2 = _mm256_and_si256(v2, surr_bits);\n __m256i bad = _mm256_or_si256(\n _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t2, _mm256_setzero_si256()),\n _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t2, surr_tag));\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(bad, bad)) {\n conv8_3(_mm256_castsi256_si128(v2), out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(_mm256_extracti128_si256(v2, 1), out + o); o += 24;\n i += 16;\n }\n }\n continue;\n } else {", "new_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n i += 16;\n while (i + 16 <= n) { // batch further pure-3-byte blocks\n __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n
... [614 chars truncated]
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v28 cjk loop"}
tool result
verify 2.4s PASS
measure 0.1s 16,790,824 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.2216 (4.664x)
assistant
4.664x! Let me retry the ASCII loop now (context changed) and check.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask)) {\n __m256i packed = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v, v), 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));\n o += 16; i += 16;\n if (i + 16 <= n) {\n __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(v2, ascii_mask)) {\n __m256i p2 = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v2, v2), 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(p2));\n o += 16; i += 16;\n }\n }\n continue;\n }", "new_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask)) {\n do { // batch consecutive ASCII blocks\n __m256i p = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v, v), 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(p));\n o += 16; i += 16;\n if (i + 16 > n) break;\n v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n } while (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask));\n continue;\n }"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v29 ascii loop retry"}
tool result
verify 3.4s PASS
measure 0.1s 17,114,012 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.1941 (4.576x)
assistant
The do-while form hurts. Let me use the same `while`+break structure as latin (which helped):
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask)) {\n do { // batch consecutive ASCII blocks\n __m256i p = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v, v), 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(p));\n o += 16; i += 16;\n if (i + 16 > n) break;\n v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n } while (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask));\n continue;\n }", "new_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask)) {\n __m256i packed = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v, v), 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));\n o += 16; i += 16;\n while (i + 16 <= n) { // batch consecutive ASCII blocks\n __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n if (!_mm256_testz_si256(v2, ascii_mask)) break;\n __m256i p2 = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v2, v2), 0xD8);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(p2));\n o += 16; i += 16;\n }\n continue;\n }"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v30 ascii while-break"}
tool result
verify 2.5s PASS
measure 0.1s 16,573,331 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.2405 (4.725x)
assistant
4.725x! The `while`+break pattern is the key. Let me re-measure regimes to see the new picture (batching changed everything).
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v30\nfor c in emojireal latinreal cjkreal ascii; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v30 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"%-10s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'\ndone\npython3 -c \"\ndef s(p):\n for line in open(p):\n if line.startswith('summary:'): return int(line.split()[1])/1000000\na=s('/tmp/cg_ascii.out');l=s('/tmp/cg_latinreal.out');c=s('/tmp/cg_cjkreal.out');e=s('/tmp/cg_emojireal.out')\ntot=400000*a+250000*l+200000*c+150000*e\nprint('per-unit: ascii %.2f latin %.2f cjk %.2f emoji %.2f'%(a,l,c,e))\nprint('contrib: ascii %.0f%% latin %.0f%% cjk %.0f%% emoji %.0f%%'%(100*400000*a/tot,100*250000*l/tot,100*200000*c/tot,100*150000*e/tot))\n\"", "description": "Re-measure v30"}
tool result
emojireal 7.30/unit
latinreal 2.33/unit
cjkreal 4.77/unit
ascii 0.75/unit
per-unit: ascii 0.75 latin 2.33 cjk 4.77 emoji 7.30
contrib: ascii 10% latin 20% cjk 33% emoji 37%
assistant
Emoji is now the biggest at 37% (no batching). Since the runner calls the function per-record (single regime), I can batch the whole emoji run in one loop. Let me restructure the surrogate branch into an extended loop.
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 283, "limit": 50}
tool result
283 o += conv8_mixed3(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);
284 } else {
285 o += conv8_mixed(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);
286 o += conv8_mixed(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);
287 }
288 }
289 }
290 i += 16;
291 continue;
292 }
293 // surrogate present. A valid pair, viewed as a dword (high | low<<16),
294 // satisfies (dword & 0xFC00FC00) == 0xDC00D800.
295 const __m256i pmask = _mm256_set1_epi32((int)0xFC00FC00);
296 const __m256i ptag = _mm256_set1_epi32((int)0xDC00D800);
297 __m256i chk = _mm256_cmpeq_epi32(_mm256_and_si256(v, pmask), ptag);
298 if (_mm256_movemask_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(chk)) == 0xFF) {
299 // whole block is 8 clean pairs
300 _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word256(v));
301 o += 32; i += 16;
302 continue;
303 }
304 // Otherwise: vectorize ASCII runs and pair runs; rest goes scalar.
305 const __m128i pmask128 = _mm_set1_epi32((int)0xFC00FC00);
306 const __m128i ptag128 = _mm_set1_epi32((int)0xDC00D800);
307 size_t blockend = i + 16;
308 while (i < blockend) {
309 uint32_t c = in[i];
310 if (i + 8 <= n) {
311 __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(in + i));
312 if (c < 0x80) {
313 // ASCII run: pack the leading consecutive ASCII units.
314 __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),
315 _mm_setzero_si128());
316 int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(am, am)) & 0xFF;
317 int k = __builtin_ctz((unsigned)(~m) | 0x100);
318 _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm_packus_epi16(w, w));
319 o += (size_t)k; i += (size_t)k;
320 continue;
321 }
322 int mm = _mm_movemask_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(
323 _mm_cmpeq_epi32(_mm_and_si128(w, pmask128), ptag128)));
324 if (mm == 0xF) { // 4 pairs
325 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));
326 o += 16; i += 8; continue;
327
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tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 332, "limit": 20}
tool result
332 if ((mm & 3) == 3) { // 2 pairs
333 _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));
334 o += 8; i += 4; continue;
335 }
336 if (mm & 1) { // 1 pair
337 _mm_storeu_si32(out + o, enc_pairs_word(w));
338 o += 4; i += 2; continue;
339 }
340 }
341 STEP();
342 }
343 }
344
345 while (i < n) STEP();
346 return o;
347 }
348
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " // surrogate present. A valid pair, viewed as a dword (high | low<<16),\n // satisfies (dword & 0xFC00FC00) == 0xDC00D800.\n const __m256i pmask = _mm256_set1_epi32((int)0xFC00FC00);\n const __m256i ptag = _mm256_set1_epi32((int)0xDC00D800);\n __m256i chk = _mm256_cmpeq_epi32(_mm256_and_si256(v, pmask), ptag);\n if (_mm256_movemask_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(chk)) == 0xFF) {\n // whole block is 8 clean pairs\n _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word256(v));\n o += 32; i += 16;\n continue;\n }\n // Otherwise: vectorize ASCII runs and pair runs; rest goes scalar.\n const __m128i pmask128 = _mm_set1_epi32((int)0xFC00FC00);\n const __m128i ptag128 = _mm_set1_epi32((int)0xDC00D800);\n size_t blockend = i + 16;\n while (i < blockend) {\n uint32_t c = in[i];\n if (i + 8 <= n) {\n __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(in + i));\n if (c < 0x80) {\n // ASCII run: pack the leading consecutive ASCII units.\n __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),\n _mm_setzero_si128());\n int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(am, am)) &
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v31 emoji batch loop"}
tool result
build 1.1s
verify 2.5s PASS
measure 0.1s 15,507,099 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.3364 (5.050x)
assistant
5.05x! Batching emoji was huge. Let me re-measure regimes.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v31\nfor c in emojireal latinreal cjkreal ascii; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v31 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"%-10s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'\ndone\npython3 -c \"\ndef s(p):\n for line in open(p):\n if line.startswith('summary:'): return int(line.split()[1])/1000000\na=s('/tmp/cg_ascii.out');l=s('/tmp/cg_latinreal.out');c=s('/tmp/cg_cjkreal.out');e=s('/tmp/cg_emojireal.out')\ntot=400000*a+250000*l+200000*c+150000*e\nprint('per-unit: ascii %.2f latin %.2f cjk %.2f emoji %.2f'%(a,l,c,e))\nprint('contrib: ascii %.0f%% latin %.0f%% cjk %.0f%% emoji %.0f%%'%(100*400000*a/tot,100*250000*l/tot,100*200000*c/tot,100*150000*e/tot))\n\"", "description": "Re-measure v31"}
tool result
emojireal 5.96/unit
latinreal 2.33/unit
cjkreal 4.71/unit
ascii 0.75/unit
per-unit: ascii 0.75 latin 2.33 cjk 4.71 emoji 5.96
contrib: ascii 11% latin 21% cjk 35% emoji 33%
assistant
5.05x! cjk is now the biggest (35%). cjk regime alternates pure-3byte and mixed(ascii+3byte) blocks. Let me merge them into one batch loop so the whole cjk record batches. Let me view the current structure:
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 244, "limit": 50}
tool result
244 __m256i is_surr = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t, surr_tag);
245 if (_mm256_testz_si256(is_surr, is_surr)) {
246 __m128i lo = _mm256_castsi256_si128(v);
247 __m128i hi = _mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1);
248 if (_mm256_testz_si256(t, t)) {
249 o += conv16_2(v, out + o);
250 i += 16;
251 while (i + 16 <= n) { // batch further < 0x800 blocks
252 __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));
253 if (!_mm256_testz_si256(v2, surr_bits)) break;
254 o += conv16_2(v2, out + o);
255 i += 16;
256 }
257 continue;
258 } else {
259 __m256i small = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t, _mm256_setzero_si256());
260 if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {
261 conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;
262 conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;
263 i += 16;
264 while (i + 16 <= n) { // batch further pure-3-byte blocks
265 __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));
266 __m256i t2 = _mm256_and_si256(v2, surr_bits);
267 __m256i bad = _mm256_or_si256(
268 _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t2, _mm256_setzero_si256()),
269 _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t2, surr_tag));
270 if (!_mm256_testz_si256(bad, bad)) break;
271 conv8_3(_mm256_castsi256_si128(v2), out + o); o += 24;
272 conv8_3(_mm256_extracti128_si256(v2, 1), out + o); o += 24;
273 i += 16;
274 }
275 continue;
276 } else {
277 // 2-byte lanes = (< 0x800) AND (>= 0x80)
278 __m256i ascii_m = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(
279 _mm256_and_si256(v, ascii_mask), _mm256_setzero_si256());
280 __m256i tb = _mm256_andnot_si256(ascii_m, small);
281 if (_mm256_testz_si256(tb, tb)) { // ASCII + 3-byte only
282 o += conv8_mixed3(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(lo), out + o);
283 o += conv8_mixed3(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(hi), out + o);
284 } else {
285 o += conv8_mixed(_mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(lo),
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assistant
Keeping the latin loop as-is (it's optimal), let me extend the cjk `else` branch into a loop that batches both pure-3byte and mixed blocks:
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " } else {\n __m256i small = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t, _mm256_setzero_si256());\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) {\n conv8_3(lo, out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(hi, out + o); o += 24;\n i += 16;\n while (i + 16 <= n) { // batch further pure-3-byte blocks\n __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n __m256i t2 = _mm256_and_si256(v2, surr_bits);\n __m256i bad = _mm256_or_si256(\n _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t2, _mm256_setzero_si256()),\n _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t2, surr_tag));\n if (!_mm256_testz_si256(bad, bad)) break;\n conv8_3(_mm256_castsi256_si128(v2), out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(_mm256_extracti128_si256(v2, 1), out + o); o += 24;\n i += 16;\n }\n continue;\n } else {\n // 2-byte lanes = (< 0x800) AND (>= 0x80)\n __m256i ascii_m = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(\n _mm256_and_si256(v, ascii_mask), _mm256_setzero_si256());\n __m256i tb = _mm256_andnot_si256(ascii_m, small);\n if (_
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
assistant
Now `lo`/`hi` are unused. Let me remove them:
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(is_surr, is_surr)) {\n __m128i lo = _mm256_castsi256_si128(v);\n __m128i hi = _mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1);\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(t, t)) {", "new_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(is_surr, is_surr)) {\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(t, t)) {"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v32 unified cjk batch"}
tool result
build 2.0s
verify 3.1s PASS
measure 0.1s 15,931,943 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.2974 (4.916x)
assistant
v32 was worse (the per-iteration reclassification hurt pure blocks). Let me revert to the v31 structure (separate cheap pure-cjk loop, mixed handled once):
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " if (_mm256_testz_si256(is_surr, is_surr)) {\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(t, t)) {\n o += conv16_2(v, out + o);\n i += 16;\n while (i + 16 <= n) { // batch further < 0x800 blocks\n __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n if (!_mm256_testz_si256(v2, surr_bits)) break;\n o += conv16_2(v2, out + o);\n i += 16;\n }\n continue;\n }\n // has some >= 0x800 (3-byte). Batch pure-3-byte and mixed\n // (ASCII/2-byte + 3-byte) blocks until surrogate or all-<0x800.\n for (;;) {\n __m256i small = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits),\n _mm256_setzero_si256());\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) { // pure 3-byte\n conv8_3(_mm256_castsi256_si128(v), out + o); o += 24;\n conv8_3(_mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1), out + o); o += 24;\n } else {\n __m256i ascii_m = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(\n _mm256_and_si256(v, ascii_mask), _mm256_setzero_si256());\n __m256i tb = _mm256_andnot_si256(ascii_m, small);\n if (_mm256_testz_si25
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -4", "description": "Grade v33 hybrid cjk batch"}
tool result
build 1.6s
verify 2.6s PASS
measure 0.1s 15,231,850 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.3622 (5.142x)
assistant
5.142x! The hybrid cjk batching helped. Let me re-measure and verify robustness.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v33\nfor c in emojireal latinreal cjkreal ascii; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v33 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"%-10s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'\ndone\npython3 -c \"\ndef s(p):\n for line in open(p):\n if line.startswith('summary:'): return int(line.split()[1])/1000000\na=s('/tmp/cg_ascii.out');l=s('/tmp/cg_latinreal.out');c=s('/tmp/cg_cjkreal.out');e=s('/tmp/cg_emojireal.out')\ntot=400000*a+250000*l+200000*c+150000*e\nprint('per-unit: ascii %.2f latin %.2f cjk %.2f emoji %.2f'%(a,l,c,e))\nprint('contrib: ascii %.0f%% latin %.0f%% cjk %.0f%% emoji %.0f%%'%(100*400000*a/tot,100*250000*l/tot,100*200000*c/tot,100*150000*e/tot))\n\"\necho \"--- other seeds ---\"\nfor s in 1 42 999; do ./grade --seed $s 2>&1 | grep SCORE | sed \"s/^/seed $s: /\"; done", "description": "Re-measure v33 + seeds"}
tool result
emojireal 5.98/unit
latinreal 2.33/unit
cjkreal 4.38/unit
ascii 0.75/unit
per-unit: ascii 0.75 latin 2.33 cjk 4.38 emoji 5.98
contrib: ascii 11% latin 22% cjk 33% emoji 34%
--- other seeds ---
seed 1: SCORE +2.3541 (5.113x)
seed 42: SCORE +2.3534 (5.110x)
seed 999: SCORE +2.3596 (5.132x)
assistant
5.11-5.14x, stable across seeds. Emoji (34%) is now the top regime. Let me annotate it.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_e33.out /tmp/runner_v33 /tmp/emojireal.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\necho \"total:\"; grep summary: /tmp/cg_e33.out\ncallgrind_annotate --inclusive=no /tmp/cg_e33.out 2>/dev/null | grep -E 'include|solve.c:utf' | head -6\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --inclusive=no /tmp/cg_e33.out 2>/dev/null | awk '/annotated source.*emmintrin/{f=1} f&&/\\([0-9.]+%\\)/{print} /annotated source.*avx2/{if(f)exit}' | head -6", "description": "Annotate emoji v33"}
tool result
total:
summary: 5981460
2,468,959 (41.28%) submission/solve.c:utf16_to_utf8 [/tmp/runner_v33]
2,220,351 (37.12%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/emmintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
927,014 (15.50%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/avx2intrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
307,192 ( 5.14%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/avxintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
-- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/emmintrin.h
-- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/15.2.1/include/avx2intrin.h
5,923,516 (99.03%) events annotated
assistant
Let me replace the emoji 4-branch pair chain with a single `ctz`-based count (fewer branches):
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 312, "limit": 38}
tool result
312 __m256i vv = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));
313 __m256i c2 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi32(_mm256_and_si256(vv, pmask), ptag);
314 if (_mm256_movemask_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(c2)) == 0xFF) {
315 _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word256(vv));
316 o += 32; i += 16; continue;
317 }
318 }
319 if (i + 8 <= n) {
320 __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(in + i));
321 uint32_t c = in[i];
322 if (c < 0x80) {
323 __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),
324 _mm_setzero_si128());
325 int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(am, am)) & 0xFF;
326 int k = __builtin_ctz((unsigned)(~m) | 0x100);
327 _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm_packus_epi16(w, w));
328 o += (size_t)k; i += (size_t)k;
329 continue;
330 }
331 int mm = _mm_movemask_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(
332 _mm_cmpeq_epi32(_mm_and_si128(w, pmask128), ptag128)));
333 if (mm == 0xF) {
334 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));
335 o += 16; i += 8; continue;
336 }
337 if ((mm & 7) == 7) {
338 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));
339 o += 12; i += 6; continue;
340 }
341 if ((mm & 3) == 3) {
342 _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));
343 o += 8; i += 4; continue;
344 }
345 if (mm & 1) {
346 _mm_storeu_si32(out + o, enc_pairs_word(w));
347 o += 4; i += 2; continue;
348 }
349 }
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " int mm = _mm_movemask_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(\n _mm_cmpeq_epi32(_mm_and_si128(w, pmask128), ptag128)));\n if (mm == 0xF) {\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 16; i += 8; continue;\n }\n if ((mm & 7) == 7) {\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 12; i += 6; continue;\n }\n if ((mm & 3) == 3) {\n _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 8; i += 4; continue;\n }\n if (mm & 1) {\n _mm_storeu_si32(out + o, enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 4; i += 2; continue;\n }\n }", "new_string": " int mm = _mm_movemask_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(\n _mm_cmpeq_epi32(_mm_and_si128(w, pmask128), ptag128)));\n int np = __builtin_ctz((unsigned)~mm); // leading valid pairs, 0..4\n if (np) {\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += (size_t)(np * 4); i += (size_t)(np * 2); continue;\n }\n }"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v34 ctz pair count"}
tool result
verify 2.2s PASS
measure 0.1s 15,470,764 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.3398 (5.062x)
assistant
Worse — the branch chain predicts better for the common 4-pair case. Revert to v33.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " int mm = _mm_movemask_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(\n _mm_cmpeq_epi32(_mm_and_si128(w, pmask128), ptag128)));\n int np = __builtin_ctz((unsigned)~mm); // leading valid pairs, 0..4\n if (np) {\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += (size_t)(np * 4); i += (size_t)(np * 2); continue;\n }\n }", "new_string": " int mm = _mm_movemask_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(\n _mm_cmpeq_epi32(_mm_and_si128(w, pmask128), ptag128)));\n if (mm == 0xF) {\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 16; i += 8; continue;\n }\n if ((mm & 7) == 7) {\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 12; i += 6; continue;\n }\n if ((mm & 3) == 3) {\n _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 8; i += 4; continue;\n }\n if (mm & 1) {\n _mm_storeu_si32(out + o, enc_pairs_word(w));\n o += 4; i += 2; continue;\n }\n }"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
assistant
Confirmed reverted. Now let me test whether the in-loop 8-pair (16-wide) check helps or hurts the real corpus (pair runs are short), by removing it:
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 305, "limit": 16}
tool result
305 // pair runs across block boundaries until non-pair/ASCII content.
306 const __m256i pmask = _mm256_set1_epi32((int)0xFC00FC00);
307 const __m256i ptag = _mm256_set1_epi32((int)0xDC00D800);
308 const __m128i pmask128 = _mm_set1_epi32((int)0xFC00FC00);
309 const __m128i ptag128 = _mm_set1_epi32((int)0xDC00D800);
310 for (;;) {
311 if (i + 16 <= n) { // whole 16 = 8 clean pairs
312 __m256i vv = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));
313 __m256i c2 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi32(_mm256_and_si256(vv, pmask), ptag);
314 if (_mm256_movemask_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(c2)) == 0xFF) {
315 _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word256(vv));
316 o += 32; i += 16; continue;
317 }
318 }
319 if (i + 8 <= n) {
320 __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(in + i));
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " for (;;) {\n if (i + 16 <= n) { // whole 16 = 8 clean pairs\n __m256i vv = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n __m256i c2 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi32(_mm256_and_si256(vv, pmask), ptag);\n if (_mm256_movemask_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(c2)) == 0xFF) {\n _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word256(vv));\n o += 32; i += 16; continue;\n }\n }\n if (i + 8 <= n) {", "new_string": " for (;;) {\n if (i + 8 <= n) {"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v35 no 8-pair check"}
tool result
verify 2.3s PASS
measure 0.1s 15,245,474 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.3609 (5.137x)
assistant
Marginal — the 8-pair check is very slightly better and helps generality. Restore it (v33):
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " for (;;) {\n if (i + 8 <= n) {", "new_string": " for (;;) {\n if (i + 16 <= n) { // whole 16 = 8 clean pairs\n __m256i vv = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n __m256i c2 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi32(_mm256_and_si256(vv, pmask), ptag);\n if (_mm256_movemask_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(c2)) == 0xFF) {\n _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word256(vv));\n o += 32; i += 16; continue;\n }\n }\n if (i + 8 <= n) {"}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
assistant
Let me eliminate the redundant 128-bit load in the emoji loop (reuse the 256-bit load's low half):
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 310, "limit": 45}
tool result
310 for (;;) {
311 if (i + 16 <= n) { // whole 16 = 8 clean pairs
312 __m256i vv = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));
313 __m256i c2 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi32(_mm256_and_si256(vv, pmask), ptag);
314 if (_mm256_movemask_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(c2)) == 0xFF) {
315 _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word256(vv));
316 o += 32; i += 16; continue;
317 }
318 }
319 if (i + 8 <= n) {
320 __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(in + i));
321 uint32_t c = in[i];
322 if (c < 0x80) {
323 __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),
324 _mm_setzero_si128());
325 int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(am, am)) & 0xFF;
326 int k = __builtin_ctz((unsigned)(~m) | 0x100);
327 _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm_packus_epi16(w, w));
328 o += (size_t)k; i += (size_t)k;
329 continue;
330 }
331 int mm = _mm_movemask_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(
332 _mm_cmpeq_epi32(_mm_and_si128(w, pmask128), ptag128)));
333 if (mm == 0xF) {
334 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));
335 o += 16; i += 8; continue;
336 }
337 if ((mm & 7) == 7) {
338 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));
339 o += 12; i += 6; continue;
340 }
341 if ((mm & 3) == 3) {
342 _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word(w));
343 o += 8; i += 4; continue;
344 }
345 if (mm & 1) {
346 _mm_storeu_si32(out + o, enc_pairs_word(w));
347 o += 4; i += 2; continue;
348 }
349 }
350 break; // near end, or a non-pair/non-ASCII unit
351 }
352 if (i < n) STEP(); // make progress on the stuck unit / tail
353 continue;
354 }
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " for (;;) {\n if (i + 16 <= n) { // whole 16 = 8 clean pairs\n __m256i vv = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));\n __m256i c2 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi32(_mm256_and_si256(vv, pmask), ptag);\n if (_mm256_movemask_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(c2)) == 0xFF) {\n _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(out + o), enc_pairs_word256(vv));\n o += 32; i += 16; continue;\n }\n }\n if (i + 8 <= n) {\n __m128i w = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(in + i));\n uint32_t c = in[i];\n if (c < 0x80) {\n __m128i am = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(_mm_and_si128(w, _mm_set1_epi16((short)0xFF80)),\n _mm_setzero_si128());\n int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_packs_epi16(am, am)) & 0xFF;\n int k = __builtin_ctz((unsigned)(~m) | 0x100);\n _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm_packus_epi16(w, w));\n o += (size_t)k; i += (size_t)k;\n continue;\n }\n int mm = _mm_movemask_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(\n _mm_cmpeq_epi32(_mm_and_si128(w, pmask128), ptag128)));\n if (mm == 0xF) {\n _mm_storeu_s
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tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -3", "description": "Grade v36 shared load emoji"}
tool result
verify 2.3s PASS
measure 0.1s 14,970,505 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.3872 (5.231x)
assistant
5.231x! Let me re-measure the breakdown.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncp .build/runner /tmp/runner_v36\nfor c in emojireal latinreal cjkreal ascii; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no \\\n --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/cg_$c.out /tmp/runner_v36 /tmp/$c.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n printf \"%-10s \" $c; grep '^summary:' /tmp/cg_$c.out | awk '{printf \"%.2f/unit\\n\", $2/1000000}'\ndone\npython3 -c \"\ndef s(p):\n for line in open(p):\n if line.startswith('summary:'): return int(line.split()[1])/1000000\na=s('/tmp/cg_ascii.out');l=s('/tmp/cg_latinreal.out');c=s('/tmp/cg_cjkreal.out');e=s('/tmp/cg_emojireal.out')\ntot=400000*a+250000*l+200000*c+150000*e\nprint('per-unit: ascii %.2f latin %.2f cjk %.2f emoji %.2f'%(a,l,c,e))\nprint('contrib: ascii %.0f%% latin %.0f%% cjk %.0f%% emoji %.0f%%'%(100*400000*a/tot,100*250000*l/tot,100*200000*c/tot,100*150000*e/tot))\n\"", "description": "Re-measure v36"}
tool result
emojireal 5.68/unit
latinreal 2.33/unit
cjkreal 4.38/unit
ascii 0.75/unit
per-unit: ascii 0.75 latin 2.33 cjk 4.38 emoji 5.68
contrib: ascii 11% latin 22% cjk 34% emoji 33%
assistant
5.231x! cjk (34%) and emoji (33%) are the remaining targets. Let me check the pure-cjk assembly for spills/remat after batching.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncc -O2 -std=c17 -mavx2 -mbmi2 -g -c submission/solve.c -o /tmp/solve.o 2>/dev/null\nobjdump -d --no-show-raw-insn /tmp/solve.o | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/{p=1} p&&/^$/{exit} p' > /tmp/asm.txt\necho \"total function insns:\"; grep -cE '^\\s+[0-9a-f]+:' /tmp/asm.txt\necho \"spills (rsp stores):\"; grep -cE 'vmov.*,.*\\(%rsp\\)|vmov.*,-0x[0-9a-f]+\\(%rbp\\)' /tmp/asm.txt\necho \"constant broadcasts:\"; grep -cE 'vpbroadcast' /tmp/asm.txt\n# Find the pure-cjk do-while loop (two vpshufb ymm close together = 2 conv8_3)\ngrep -nE 'vpshufb.*ymm|vpmovzxwd|vmovdqa.*rsp|vpbroadcastd' /tmp/asm.txt | sed -n '1,30p'", "description": "Check cjk asm state"}
tool result
total function insns:
797
spills (rsp stores):
4
constant broadcasts:
19
24: 4c: vpbroadcastd %xmm14,%ymm14
48: d0: vmovdqa 0x8(%rsp),%ymm7
113: 1ff: vpbroadcastd %xmm4,%ymm4
114: 204: vpmovzxwd %xmm2,%ymm2
115: 209: vpmovzxwd %xmm0,%ymm0
120: 222: vmovdqa %ymm6,-0x38(%rsp)
125: 23a: vpbroadcastd %xmm5,%ymm5
127: 243: vmovdqa %ymm10,-0x58(%rsp)
132: 25a: vmovdqa %ymm7,0x8(%rsp)
148: 29f: vmovdqa %ymm9,-0x78(%rsp)
160: 2dd: vpbroadcastd %xmm9,%ymm9
254: 465: vpbroadcastd %xmm2,%ymm2
268: 4a2: vpmovzxwd %xmm0,%ymm1
276: 4ca: vpmovzxwd %xmm0,%ymm0
282: 4e5: vpshufb %ymm15,%ymm1,%ymm1
293: 51c: vpshufb %ymm15,%ymm0,%ymm0
309: 56d: vpbroadcastd %xmm5,%ymm5
330: 5ca: vpbroadcastd %xmm6,%ymm6
336: 5e5: vpshufb %ymm4,%ymm0,%ymm0
371: 67f: vpshufb %ymm4,%ymm0,%ymm0
399: 6fc: vpbroadcastd %xmm2,%xmm4
400: 701: vpbroadcastd %xmm2,%ymm2
536: 971: vpbroadcastd %xmm1,%xmm1
550: 9b7: vpbroadcastd %xmm8,%xmm8
567: a0d: vpbroadcastd %xmm1,%ymm1
582: a56: vpbroadcastd %xmm9,%ymm9
601: ab6: vpbroadcastd %xmm1,%xmm1
614: af7: vpbroadcastd %xmm9,%xmm9
632: b51: vpbroadcastd %xmm1,%xmm1
646: b97: vpbroadcastd %xmm9,%xmm9
assistant
The code is well-optimized (5.23x). Let me run the full exhaustive gate and check for build warnings.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\necho \"=== build warnings (gcc, grader flags) ===\"\ncc -O2 -std=c17 -fno-lto -g -I submission -c submission/solve.c -o /tmp/solvecheck.o -Wall -Wextra 2>&1 | head -20 || echo \"(clean)\"\necho \"=== FULL gate + seed 7 ===\"\n./grade --full --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -5", "description": "Full gate + warnings"}
tool result
=== build warnings (gcc, grader flags) ===
=== FULL gate + seed 7 ===
build 1.3s
verify 2.5s PASS (FULL gate)
measure 0.1s 14,970,505 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.3872 (5.231x)
assistant
Clean build, full gate passes, 5.231x. Let me do a final review of the complete file for correctness and cleanliness.
tool call: Read
{"file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "offset": 228, "limit": 40}
tool result
228 while (i + 16 <= n) {
229 __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));
230 if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, ascii_mask)) {
231 __m256i packed = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v, v), 0xD8);
232 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));
233 o += 16; i += 16;
234 while (i + 16 <= n) { // batch consecutive ASCII blocks
235 __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));
236 if (!_mm256_testz_si256(v2, ascii_mask)) break;
237 __m256i p2 = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(_mm256_packus_epi16(v2, v2), 0xD8);
238 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(out + o), _mm256_castsi256_si128(p2));
239 o += 16; i += 16;
240 }
241 continue;
242 }
243 __m256i t = _mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits);
244 __m256i is_surr = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(t, surr_tag);
245 if (_mm256_testz_si256(is_surr, is_surr)) {
246 if (_mm256_testz_si256(t, t)) {
247 o += conv16_2(v, out + o);
248 i += 16;
249 while (i + 16 <= n) { // batch further < 0x800 blocks
250 __m256i v2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(in + i));
251 if (!_mm256_testz_si256(v2, surr_bits)) break;
252 o += conv16_2(v2, out + o);
253 i += 16;
254 }
255 continue;
256 }
257 // has some >= 0x800 (3-byte). Batch pure-3-byte and mixed
258 // (ASCII + 3-byte) blocks; the cheap `bad` test keeps pure fast.
259 for (;;) {
260 __m256i small = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, surr_bits),
261 _mm256_setzero_si256());
262 if (_mm256_testz_si256(small, small)) { // pure 3-byte run
263 do {
264 conv8_3(_mm256_castsi256_si128(v), out + o); o += 24;
265 conv8_3(_mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1), out + o); o += 24;
266 i += 16;
267 if (i + 16 > n) goto bmp3_done;
assistant
The code is clean and correct. Let me fix a stale comment and run a final validation across seeds.
tool call: Edit
{"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c", "old_string": " // has some >= 0x800 (3-byte). Batch pure-3-byte and mixed\n // (ASCII + 3-byte) blocks; the cheap `bad` test keeps pure fast.", "new_string": " // has some >= 0x800 (3-byte). Batch pure-3-byte runs with a cheap\n // per-block test, and handle interspersed mixed (ASCII/2-byte +\n // 3-byte) blocks inline, until a surrogate or all-<0x800 block."}
tool result
The file /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nfor s in 7 1 42 999 31337 2024; do ./grade --seed $s 2>&1 | grep SCORE | sed \"s/^/seed $s: /\"; done", "description": "Final multi-seed validation"}
tool result
seed 7: SCORE +2.3872 (5.231x)
seed 1: SCORE +2.3793 (5.203x)
seed 42: SCORE +2.3785 (5.200x)
seed 999: SCORE +2.3850 (5.223x)
seed 31337: SCORE +2.3893 (5.239x)
seed 2024: SCORE +2.3903 (5.243x)
assistant
Consistent 5.20–5.24× across all seeds — no overfitting. This is a strong, stable result. Let me record the key insights for future benchmark work, then report.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "ls /home/jeremy/.claude/projects/-tmp-bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/memory/ 2>/dev/null && echo \"---\" && cat /home/jeremy/.claude/projects/-tmp-bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/memory/MEMORY.md 2>/dev/null || echo \"(no memory dir yet)\"", "description": "Check memory dir"}
tool result
(no memory dir yet)
tool call: Write
{"file_path": "/home/jeremy/.claude/projects/-tmp-bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/memory/jcode-bench-simd-tasks.md", "content": "---\nname: jcode-bench-simd-tasks\ndescription: How the jcode bench transcode/parse tasks are scored and what wins\nmetadata:\n type: project\n---\n\njcode bench tasks (utf16-transcode, json-unescape, float-print) give a working\nscalar `submission/solve.c`; you make it faster. Correctness is an exhaustive\ngate (`./grade`), score = log2(given_cost / your_cost) via callgrind.\n\n**Why:** the scoring harness (`harness/grade.py`) sums callgrind lines matching\n`^\\d+ \\d+`, which happens to count the function's total Ir ~5\u00d7 plus a tiny\nper-call constant. So the metric is monotonic in total instructions executed\ninside the measured function \u2014 just minimize Ir; the 5\u00d7 cancels in the ratio.\n\n**How to apply:**\n- AVX2/BMI2 are available; enable per-function with `__attribute__((target(\"avx2\")))` even though the grader compiles at plain -O2 (no -march). SSE2 needs no attribute.\n- The runner calls the function once *per record*, so within a call the input is a single corpus regime (long homogeneous runs).\n- Biggest lever for utf16-transcode (0\u2192+2.39, i.e. 5.2\u00d7): tier by block class\n (ASCII / all-<0x800 / all-3-byte / mixed / surrogate-pairs) with pshufb\n compaction tables, THEN **batch consecutive same-class 16-byte blocks in a\n tight inner `while(...break)` loop** to eliminate per-block dispatch \u2014 this\n alone took i
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tool result
File created successfully at: /home/jeremy/.claude/projects/-tmp-bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/memory/jcode-bench-simd-tasks.md (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
tool call: Write
{"file_path": "/home/jeremy/.claude/projects/-tmp-bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/memory/MEMORY.md", "content": "- [jcode bench SIMD tasks](jcode-bench-simd-tasks.md) \u2014 scoring (~5\u00d7 Ir ratio), AVX2 tiering + block-batching won 5.2\u00d7 on utf16-transcode\n"}
tool result
File created successfully at: /home/jeremy/.claude/projects/-tmp-bench4-cc-utf16-transcode/memory/MEMORY.md (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
assistant
Let me run one final grade to confirm the final state.
tool call: Bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 7 2>&1 | tail -5", "description": "Final confirmation grade"}
tool result
build 1.2s
verify 2.3s PASS
measure 0.1s 14,970,505 instructions (given: 78,316,682)
SCORE +2.3872 (5.231x)
assistant
Done. Here's my final report.
## Final score: **+2.3872 (5.231× faster)** — stable at 5.20–5.24× across all seeds
Starting from the given scalar transcoder (78.3M instructions on the cost metric), my submission runs at **15.0M** — a genuine 5.2× instruction-count reduction, verified correct on the full exhaustive gate (every code unit, all boundary pairs, all 2²⁰ surrogate×surrogate pairs, embedded positions, and 200k random strings).
### Approach
I rewrote `utf16_to_utf8` as an AVX2/SSE transcoder (enabled via `__attribute__((target("avx2")))` since the grader compiles at plain `-O2`). It dispatches each 16-unit block by class and uses `pshufb` compaction tables:
- **ASCII** → `packus` 16→16 bytes
- **all < 0x800 (Latin)** → 256-bit 1/2-byte path with a compaction table
- **all 3-byte (CJK)** → fixed-layout expansion (no table)
- **ASCII+3-byte / general mixed** → specialized and general 4-byte-lane compaction
- **surrogate pairs (emoji)** → reinterpret pairs as dwords (`hi|lo<<16`), detect via `(d & 0xFC00FC00)==0xDC00D800`, encode with `cp=(hi<<10)+lo-0x35FDC00` and a fixed layout; ASCII runs and pair runs vectorized inline, scalar fallback only for lone surrogates / tails.
### What moved the needle most
1. **Tiered SIMD conversion** with pshufb tables: ~1× → ~4×
2. **Batching consecutive same-class blocks** in tight inner loops to kill per-block dispatch overhead (the runner calls the function per single-regime record, so runs are long): ~4.1× → **5.2×**. This was the single biggest surprise/win.
The remaining cost is compaction-bound (variable-length output inherently needs the shuffle/movemask machinery), and per-regime costs (ASCII 0.75, Latin 2.33, CJK 4.38, emoji 5.68 instr/unit) are near the practical AVX2 floor — later micro-experiments (ctz-based pair counts, unified loops, do-while forms) consistently regressed, indicating diminishing returns. I edited only `submission/solve.c`; the build is warning-clean under `-Wall -Wextra`.