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+/*! \file conv_acc_neon_impl.h
+ * Accelerated Viterbi decoder implementation:
+ * straight port of SSE to NEON based on Tom Tsous work */
+/*
+ * (C) 2020 by sysmocom - s.f.m.c. GmbH
+ * Author: Eric Wild
+ *
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+/* Some distributions (notably Alpine Linux) for some strange reason
+ * don't have this #define */
+#ifndef __always_inline
+#define __always_inline inline __attribute__((always_inline))
+#endif
+
+#define NEON_BUTTERFLY(M0,M1,M2,M3,M4) \
+{ \
+	M3 = vqaddq_s16(M0, M2); \
+	M4 = vqsubq_s16(M1, M2); \
+	M0 = vqsubq_s16(M0, M2); \
+	M1 = vqaddq_s16(M1, M2); \
+	M2 = vmaxq_s16(M3, M4); \
+	M3 = vreinterpretq_s16_u16(vcgtq_s16(M3, M4)); \
+	M4 = vmaxq_s16(M0, M1); \
+	M1 = vreinterpretq_s16_u16(vcgtq_s16(M0, M1)); \
+}
+
+#define NEON_DEINTERLEAVE_K5(M0,M1,M2,M3) \
+{ \
+	int16x8x2_t tmp; \
+	tmp = vuzpq_s16(M0, M1); \
+	M2 = tmp.val[0]; \
+	M3 = tmp.val[1]; \
+}
+
+#define NEON_DEINTERLEAVE_K7(M0,M1,M2,M3,M4,M5,M6,M7,M8,M9,M10,M11,M12,M13,M14,M15) \
+{ \
+	int16x8x2_t tmp; \
+	tmp = vuzpq_s16(M0, M1); \
+	M8 = tmp.val[0]; M9 = tmp.val[1]; \
+	tmp = vuzpq_s16(M2, M3); \
+	M10 = tmp.val[0]; M11 = tmp.val[1]; \
+	tmp = vuzpq_s16(M4, M5); \
+	M12 = tmp.val[0]; M13 = tmp.val[1]; \
+	tmp = vuzpq_s16(M6, M7); \
+	M14 = tmp.val[0]; M15 = tmp.val[1]; \
+}
+
+#define NEON_BRANCH_METRIC_N2(M0,M1,M2,M3,M4,M6,M7) \
+{ \
+	M0 = vmulq_s16(M4, M0); \
+	M1 = vmulq_s16(M4, M1); \
+	M2 = vmulq_s16(M4, M2); \
+	M3 = vmulq_s16(M4, M3); \
+	M6 = vcombine_s16(vpadd_s16(vget_low_s16(M0), vget_high_s16(M0)), vpadd_s16(vget_low_s16(M1), vget_high_s16(M1))); \
+	M7 = vcombine_s16(vpadd_s16(vget_low_s16(M2), vget_high_s16(M2)), vpadd_s16(vget_low_s16(M3), vget_high_s16(M3))); \
+}
+
+#define NEON_BRANCH_METRIC_N4(M0,M1,M2,M3,M4,M5) \
+{ \
+	M0 = vmulq_s16(M4, M0); \
+	M1 = vmulq_s16(M4, M1); \
+	M2 = vmulq_s16(M4, M2); \
+	M3 = vmulq_s16(M4, M3); \
+	int16x4_t t1 = vpadd_s16(vpadd_s16(vget_low_s16(M0), vget_high_s16(M0)), vpadd_s16(vget_low_s16(M1), vget_high_s16(M1))); \
+	int16x4_t t2 = vpadd_s16(vpadd_s16(vget_low_s16(M2), vget_high_s16(M2)), vpadd_s16(vget_low_s16(M3), vget_high_s16(M3))); \
+	M5 = vcombine_s16(t1, t2); \
+}
+
+#define NEON_NORMALIZE_K5(M0,M1,M2,M3) \
+{ \
+	M2 = vminq_s16(M0, M1); \
+	int16x4_t t = vpmin_s16(vget_low_s16(M2), vget_high_s16(M2)); \
+	t = vpmin_s16(t, t); \
+	t = vpmin_s16(t, t); \
+	M2 = vdupq_lane_s16(t, 0); \
+	M0 = vqsubq_s16(M0, M2); \
+	M1 = vqsubq_s16(M1, M2); \
+}
+
+#define NEON_NORMALIZE_K7(M0,M1,M2,M3,M4,M5,M6,M7,M8,M9,M10,M11) \
+{ \
+	M8 = vminq_s16(M0, M1); \
+	M9 = vminq_s16(M2, M3); \
+	M10 = vminq_s16(M4, M5); \
+	M11 = vminq_s16(M6, M7); \
+	M8 = vminq_s16(M8, M9); \
+	M10 = vminq_s16(M10, M11); \
+	M8 = vminq_s16(M8, M10); \
+	int16x4_t t = vpmin_s16(vget_low_s16(M8), vget_high_s16(M8)); \
+	t = vpmin_s16(t, t); \
+	t = vpmin_s16(t, t); \
+	M8 = vdupq_lane_s16(t, 0); \
+	M0 = vqsubq_s16(M0, M8); \
+	M1 = vqsubq_s16(M1, M8); \
+	M2 = vqsubq_s16(M2, M8); \
+	M3 = vqsubq_s16(M3, M8); \
+	M4 = vqsubq_s16(M4, M8); \
+	M5 = vqsubq_s16(M5, M8); \
+	M6 = vqsubq_s16(M6, M8); \
+	M7 = vqsubq_s16(M7, M8); \
+}
+
+__always_inline void _neon_metrics_k5_n2(const int16_t *val, const int16_t *outa, int16_t *sumsa, int16_t *paths,
+					 int norm)
+{
+	int16_t *__restrict out = __builtin_assume_aligned(outa, 8);
+	int16_t *__restrict sums = __builtin_assume_aligned(sumsa, 8);
+	int16x8_t m0, m1, m2, m3, m4, m5, m6;
+	int16x4_t input;
+
+	/* (BMU) Load and expand 8-bit input out to 16-bits */
+	input = vld1_s16(val);
+	m2 = vcombine_s16(input, input);
+
+	/* (BMU) Load and compute branch metrics */
+	m0 = vld1q_s16(&out[0]);
+	m1 = vld1q_s16(&out[8]);
+
+	m0 = vmulq_s16(m2, m0);
+	m1 = vmulq_s16(m2, m1);
+	m2 = vcombine_s16(vpadd_s16(vget_low_s16(m0), vget_high_s16(m0)),
+			  vpadd_s16(vget_low_s16(m1), vget_high_s16(m1)));
+
+	/* (PMU) Load accumulated path matrics */
+	m0 = vld1q_s16(&sums[0]);
+	m1 = vld1q_s16(&sums[8]);
+
+	NEON_DEINTERLEAVE_K5(m0, m1, m3, m4)
+
+	/* (PMU) Butterflies: 0-7 */
+	NEON_BUTTERFLY(m3, m4, m2, m5, m6)
+
+	if (norm)
+		NEON_NORMALIZE_K5(m2, m6, m0, m1)
+
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[0], m2);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[8], m6);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[0], m5);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[8], m4);
+}
+
+__always_inline void _neon_metrics_k5_n4(const int16_t *val, const int16_t *outa, int16_t *sumsa, int16_t *paths,
+					 int norm)
+{
+	int16_t *__restrict out = __builtin_assume_aligned(outa, 8);
+	int16_t *__restrict sums = __builtin_assume_aligned(sumsa, 8);
+	int16x8_t m0, m1, m2, m3, m4, m5, m6;
+	int16x4_t input;
+
+	/* (BMU) Load and expand 8-bit input out to 16-bits */
+	input = vld1_s16(val);
+	m4 = vcombine_s16(input, input);
+
+	/* (BMU) Load and compute branch metrics */
+	m0 = vld1q_s16(&out[0]);
+	m1 = vld1q_s16(&out[8]);
+	m2 = vld1q_s16(&out[16]);
+	m3 = vld1q_s16(&out[24]);
+
+	NEON_BRANCH_METRIC_N4(m0, m1, m2, m3, m4, m2)
+
+	/* (PMU) Load accumulated path matrics */
+	m0 = vld1q_s16(&sums[0]);
+	m1 = vld1q_s16(&sums[8]);
+
+	NEON_DEINTERLEAVE_K5(m0, m1, m3, m4)
+
+	/* (PMU) Butterflies: 0-7 */
+	NEON_BUTTERFLY(m3, m4, m2, m5, m6)
+
+	if (norm)
+		NEON_NORMALIZE_K5(m2, m6, m0, m1)
+
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[0], m2);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[8], m6);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[0], m5);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[8], m4);
+}
+
+__always_inline static void _neon_metrics_k7_n2(const int16_t *val, const int16_t *outa, int16_t *sumsa, int16_t *paths,
+						int norm)
+{
+	int16_t *__restrict out = __builtin_assume_aligned(outa, 8);
+	int16_t *__restrict sums = __builtin_assume_aligned(sumsa, 8);
+	int16x8_t m0, m1, m2, m3, m4, m5, m6, m7;
+	int16x8_t m8, m9, m10, m11, m12, m13, m14, m15;
+	int16x4_t input;
+
+	/* (PMU) Load accumulated path matrics */
+	m0 = vld1q_s16(&sums[0]);
+	m1 = vld1q_s16(&sums[8]);
+	m2 = vld1q_s16(&sums[16]);
+	m3 = vld1q_s16(&sums[24]);
+	m4 = vld1q_s16(&sums[32]);
+	m5 = vld1q_s16(&sums[40]);
+	m6 = vld1q_s16(&sums[48]);
+	m7 = vld1q_s16(&sums[56]);
+
+	/* (PMU) Deinterleave into even and odd packed registers */
+	NEON_DEINTERLEAVE_K7(m0, m1, m2, m3, m4, m5, m6, m7, m8, m9, m10, m11, m12, m13, m14, m15)
+
+	/* (BMU) Load and expand 8-bit input out to 16-bits */
+	input = vld1_s16(val);
+	m7 = vcombine_s16(input, input);
+
+	/* (BMU) Load and compute branch metrics */
+	m0 = vld1q_s16(&out[0]);
+	m1 = vld1q_s16(&out[8]);
+	m2 = vld1q_s16(&out[16]);
+	m3 = vld1q_s16(&out[24]);
+
+	NEON_BRANCH_METRIC_N2(m0, m1, m2, m3, m7, m4, m5)
+
+	m0 = vld1q_s16(&out[32]);
+	m1 = vld1q_s16(&out[40]);
+	m2 = vld1q_s16(&out[48]);
+	m3 = vld1q_s16(&out[56]);
+
+	NEON_BRANCH_METRIC_N2(m0, m1, m2, m3, m7, m6, m7)
+
+	/* (PMU) Butterflies: 0-15 */
+	NEON_BUTTERFLY(m8, m9, m4, m0, m1)
+	NEON_BUTTERFLY(m10, m11, m5, m2, m3)
+
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[0], m0);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[8], m2);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[32], m9);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[40], m11);
+
+	/* (PMU) Butterflies: 17-31 */
+	NEON_BUTTERFLY(m12, m13, m6, m0, m2)
+	NEON_BUTTERFLY(m14, m15, m7, m9, m11)
+
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[16], m0);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[24], m9);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[48], m13);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[56], m15);
+
+	if (norm)
+		NEON_NORMALIZE_K7(m4, m1, m5, m3, m6, m2, m7, m11, m0, m8, m9, m10)
+
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[0], m4);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[8], m5);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[16], m6);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[24], m7);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[32], m1);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[40], m3);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[48], m2);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[56], m11);
+}
+
+__always_inline static void _neon_metrics_k7_n4(const int16_t *val, const int16_t *outa, int16_t *sumsa, int16_t *paths,
+						int norm)
+{
+	int16_t *__restrict out = __builtin_assume_aligned(outa, 8);
+	int16_t *__restrict sums = __builtin_assume_aligned(sumsa, 8);
+	int16x8_t m0, m1, m2, m3, m4, m5, m6, m7;
+	int16x8_t m8, m9, m10, m11, m12, m13, m14, m15;
+	int16x4_t input;
+
+	/* (PMU) Load accumulated path matrics */
+	m0 = vld1q_s16(&sums[0]);
+	m1 = vld1q_s16(&sums[8]);
+	m2 = vld1q_s16(&sums[16]);
+	m3 = vld1q_s16(&sums[24]);
+	m4 = vld1q_s16(&sums[32]);
+	m5 = vld1q_s16(&sums[40]);
+	m6 = vld1q_s16(&sums[48]);
+	m7 = vld1q_s16(&sums[56]);
+
+	/* (PMU) Deinterleave into even and odd packed registers */
+	NEON_DEINTERLEAVE_K7(m0, m1, m2, m3, m4, m5, m6, m7, m8, m9, m10, m11, m12, m13, m14, m15)
+
+	/* (BMU) Load and expand 8-bit input out to 16-bits */
+	input = vld1_s16(val);
+	m7 = vcombine_s16(input, input);
+
+	/* (BMU) Load and compute branch metrics */
+	m0 = vld1q_s16(&out[0]);
+	m1 = vld1q_s16(&out[8]);
+	m2 = vld1q_s16(&out[16]);
+	m3 = vld1q_s16(&out[24]);
+
+	NEON_BRANCH_METRIC_N4(m0, m1, m2, m3, m7, m4)
+
+	m0 = vld1q_s16(&out[32]);
+	m1 = vld1q_s16(&out[40]);
+	m2 = vld1q_s16(&out[48]);
+	m3 = vld1q_s16(&out[56]);
+
+	NEON_BRANCH_METRIC_N4(m0, m1, m2, m3, m7, m5)
+
+	m0 = vld1q_s16(&out[64]);
+	m1 = vld1q_s16(&out[72]);
+	m2 = vld1q_s16(&out[80]);
+	m3 = vld1q_s16(&out[88]);
+
+	NEON_BRANCH_METRIC_N4(m0, m1, m2, m3, m7, m6)
+
+	m0 = vld1q_s16(&out[96]);
+	m1 = vld1q_s16(&out[104]);
+	m2 = vld1q_s16(&out[112]);
+	m3 = vld1q_s16(&out[120]);
+
+	NEON_BRANCH_METRIC_N4(m0, m1, m2, m3, m7, m7)
+
+	/* (PMU) Butterflies: 0-15 */
+	NEON_BUTTERFLY(m8, m9, m4, m0, m1)
+	NEON_BUTTERFLY(m10, m11, m5, m2, m3)
+
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[0], m0);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[8], m2);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[32], m9);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[40], m11);
+
+	/* (PMU) Butterflies: 17-31 */
+	NEON_BUTTERFLY(m12, m13, m6, m0, m2)
+	NEON_BUTTERFLY(m14, m15, m7, m9, m11)
+
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[16], m0);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[24], m9);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[48], m13);
+	vst1q_s16(&paths[56], m15);
+
+	if (norm)
+		NEON_NORMALIZE_K7(m4, m1, m5, m3, m6, m2, m7, m11, m0, m8, m9, m10)
+
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[0], m4);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[8], m5);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[16], m6);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[24], m7);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[32], m1);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[40], m3);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[48], m2);
+	vst1q_s16(&sums[56], m11);
+}