Details:
- Updated two out-of-date calls to bli_malloc_intl() within the gemmlike
sandbox. These calls to malloc_intl(), which resided in
bls_l3_decor_pthreads.c, were missing the err_t argument that the
function uses to report errors. Thanks to Jeff Diamond for helping
isolate this issue.
Details:
- Updated stale calls to the bli_membrk API within the 'gemmlike'
sandbox. This API is now called bli_pba (packed block allocator).
Ideally, this forgotten update would have been included as part of
21911d6, which is when the branch where the membrk->pba changes was
introduced was merged into 'master'.
- Comment updates.
Details:
- Added a new sandbox called 'gemmlike', which implements sequential and
multithreaded gemm in the style of gemmsup but also unconditionally
employs packing. The purpose of this sandbox is to
(1) avoid select abstractions, such as objects and control trees, in
order to allow readers to better understand how a real-world
implementation of high-performance gemm can be constructed;
(2) provide a starting point for expert users who wish to build
something that is gemm-like without "reinventing the wheel."
Thanks to Jeff Diamond, Tze Meng Low, Nicholai Tukanov, and Devangi
Parikh for requesting and inspiring this work.
- The functions defined in this sandbox currently use the "bls_" prefix
instead of "bli_" in order to avoid any symbol collisions in the main
library.
- The sandbox contains two variants, each of which implements gemm via a
block-panel algorithm. The only difference between the two is that
variant 1 calls the microkernel directly while variant 2 calls the
microkernel indirectly, via a function wrapper, which allows the edge
case handling to be abstracted away from the classic five loops.
- This sandbox implementation utilizes the conventional gemm microkernel
(not the skinny/unpacked gemmsup kernels).
- Updated some typos in the comments of a few files in the main
framework.
