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#/target
testable-simd-models/target
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[package]
name = "testable-simd-models"
version = "0.0.2"
authors = ["Cryspen"]
license = "Apache-2.0"
homepage = "https://github.com/cryspen/verify-rust-std/testable-simd-models"
edition = "2021"
repository = "https://github.com/cryspen/verify-rust-std/testable-simd-models"
readme = "README.md"

[dependencies]
rand = "0.9"
pastey = "0.1.0"

[lints.rust]
unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn" }
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# testable-simd-models

This crate contains executable, independently testable specifications
for the SIMD intrinsics provided by the `core::arch` library in Rust.
The structure of this crate is based on [rust-lang/stdarch/crates/core_arch](https://github.com/rust-lang/stdarch/tree/master/crates/core_arch).

## Code Structure
Within the `core_arch` folder in this crate, there is a different
folder for each architecture for which we have wrtten models.
In particular, it contains folders for `x86` and `arm_shared`.
Each such folder has 3 sub-folders, `models`, `tests`, and `specs`.

The `models` folder contains the models of the intrinsics, with a file
corresponding to different target features, and are written using the
various abstractions implementedin `crate::abstractions`, especially
those in `crate::abstractions::simd`. These models are meant to
closely resemble their implementations within the Rust core itself.

The `tests` folder contains the tests of these models, and is
structured the same way as `models`. Each file additionally contains
the definition of a macro that makes writing these tests easier. The
tests work by testing the models against the intrinsics in the Rust
core, trying out random inputs (generally 1000), and comparing their
outputs.

## Modeling Process
The process of adding a specific intrinsic's model goes as follows.
For this example, let us say the intrinsic we are adding is
`_mm256_bsrli_epi128` from the avx2 feature set.

1. We go to [rust-lang/stdarch/crates/core_arch/src/x86/](https://github.com/rust-lang/stdarch/tree/master/crates/core_arch/src/x86/), and find the implementation of the intrinsic in `avx2.rs`.

2. We see that the implementation looks like this:
``` rust
/// Shifts 128-bit lanes in `a` right by `imm8` bytes while shifting in zeros.
///
/// [Intel's documentation](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/intrinsics-guide/index.html#text=_mm256_bsrli_epi128)
#[inline]
#[target_feature(enable = "avx2")]
#[cfg_attr(test, assert_instr(vpsrldq, IMM8 = 1))]
#[rustc_legacy_const_generics(1)]
#[stable(feature = "simd_x86", since = "1.27.0")]
pub fn _mm256_bsrli_epi128<const IMM8: i32>(a: __m256i) -> __m256i {
static_assert_uimm_bits!(IMM8, 8);
const fn mask(shift: i32, i: u32) -> u32 {
let shift = shift as u32 & 0xff;
if shift > 15 || (15 - (i % 16)) < shift {
0
} else {
32 + (i + shift)
}
}
unsafe {
let a = a.as_i8x32();
let r: i8x32 = simd_shuffle!(
i8x32::ZERO,
a,
[
mask(IMM8, 0),
mask(IMM8, 1),
mask(IMM8, 2),
mask(IMM8, 3),
...
mask(IMM8, 31),
],
);
transmute(r)
}
}
```
Thus, we then go to to `core_arch/x86/models/avx2.rs`, and add the implementation. After some modification, it ends up looking like this.
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Can you please elaborate on what this "implementation" needs to look like, what it can do/cannot do? I am looking at the code above and your "implementation" below and am having a hard time understanding the reasons for each of the differences.

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We added more descriptions and brought the code so much closer that the diff is encapsulated in one change: the macro switches to a function (with the same arguments).

``` rust
/// Shifts 128-bit lanes in `a` right by `imm8` bytes while shifting in zeros.
///
/// [Intel's documentation](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/intrinsics-guide/index.html#text=_mm256_bsrli_epi128)

pub fn _mm256_bsrli_epi128<const IMM8: i32>(a: __m256i) -> __m256i {
const fn mask(shift: i32, i: u32) -> u64 {
let shift = shift as u32 & 0xff;
if shift > 15 || (15 - (i % 16)) < shift {
0 as u64
} else {
(32 + (i + shift)) as u64
}
}

let a = BitVec::to_i8x32(a);
let r: i8x32 = simd_shuffle(
i8x32::from_fn(|_| 0),
a,
[
mask(IMM8, 0),
mask(IMM8, 1),
mask(IMM8, 2),
mask(IMM8, 3),
...
mask(IMM8, 31),
],
);
r.into()
}
```

3. Next, we add a test for this intrinsic. For this, we navigate to `core_arch/avx2/tests/avx2.rs`. Since the value of
`IMM8` can be up to 8 bits, we want to test constant arguments up to 255. Thus, we write the following macro invocation.
```rust
mk!([100]_mm256_bsrli_epi128{<0>,<1>,<2>,<3>,...,<255>}(a: BitVec));
```
Here, the `[100]` means we test 100 random inputs for each constant value. This concludes the necessary steps for implementing an intrinsic.


## Contributing Models

To contribute new models of intrinsics, we expect the author to follow
the above steps and provide comprehensive tests. It is important that
the model author look carefully at both the Intel/ARM specification
and the Rust `stdarch` implementation, because the Rust implementation
may not necessarily be correct.
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I find "the above steps" not particularly obvious, and they do not at all mention looking at the Intel/ARM specs (which I agree is very important). Can you please work on improving the description above so that it provides a recipe that someone else could actually follow?

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We added more explanations, comments welcome.


Indeed, the previous implementation of `_mm256_bsrli_epi128` (and a
similar intrinsic called `_mm512_bsrli_epi128`) in `stdarch` had a
bug, which we found during the process of modeling and testing this
intrinsic. This bug was [reported by
us](https://github.com/rust-lang/stdarch/issues/1822) using a failing
test case generated from the testable model and then fixed by [our
PR](https://github.com/rust-lang/stdarch/pull/1823) in the 2025-06-30
version of `stdarch`.
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//! # Bit Manipulation and Machine Integer Utilities
//!
//! This module provides utilities for working with individual bits and machine integer types.
//! It defines a [`Bit`] enum to represent a single bit (`0` or `1`) along with convenient
//! conversion implementations between `Bit`, [`bool`], and various primitive integer types.
//!
//! In addition, the module introduces the [`MachineInteger`] trait which abstracts over
//! integer types, providing associated constants:
//!
//! - `BITS`: The size of the integer type in bits.
//! - `SIGNED`: A flag indicating whether the type is signed.
//!
//! The [`Bit`] type includes methods for extracting the value of a specific bit from an integer.
//! For example, [`Bit::of_int`] returns the bit at a given position for a provided integer,
//! handling both positive and negative values (assuming a two's complement representation).
//!
//! # Examples
//!
//! ```rust
//! use testable_simd_models::abstractions::bit::{Bit, MachineInteger};
//!
//! // Extract the 3rd bit (0-indexed) from an integer.
//! let bit = Bit::of_int(42, 2);
//! println!("The extracted bit is: {:?}", bit);
//!
//! // Convert Bit to a primitive integer type.
//! let num: u8 = bit.into();
//! println!("As an integer: {}", num);
//! ```
//!
//! [`bool`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.bool.html
//! [`Bit::of_int`]: enum.Bit.html#method.of_int

/// Represent a bit: `0` or `1`.
#[derive(Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
pub enum Bit {
Zero,
One,
}
impl std::ops::BitAnd for Bit {
type Output = Self;
fn bitand(self, rhs: Self) -> Self {
match self {
Bit::Zero => Bit::Zero,
Bit::One => rhs,
}
}
}

impl std::ops::BitOr for Bit {
type Output = Self;
fn bitor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self {
match self {
Bit::Zero => rhs,
Bit::One => Bit::One,
}
}
}

impl std::ops::BitXor for Bit {
type Output = Self;
fn bitxor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self {
match (self, rhs) {
(Bit::Zero, Bit::Zero) => Bit::Zero,
(Bit::One, Bit::One) => Bit::Zero,
_ => Bit::One,
}
}
}

impl std::ops::Neg for Bit {
type Output = Self;
fn neg(self) -> Self {
match self {
Bit::One => Bit::Zero,
Bit::Zero => Bit::One,
}
}
}
macro_rules! generate_from_bit_impls {
($($ty:ident),*) => {
$(impl From<Bit> for $ty {
fn from(bit: Bit) -> Self {
bool::from(bit) as $ty
}
})*
};
}
generate_from_bit_impls!(u8, u16, u32, u64, u128, i8, i16, i32, i64, i128);

impl From<Bit> for bool {
fn from(bit: Bit) -> Self {
match bit {
Bit::Zero => false,
Bit::One => true,
}
}
}

impl From<bool> for Bit {
fn from(b: bool) -> Bit {
match b {
false => Bit::Zero,
true => Bit::One,
}
}
}

/// A trait for types that represent machine integers.
pub trait MachineInteger {
/// The size of this integer type in bits.
fn bits() -> u32;

/// The signedness of this integer type.
const SIGNED: bool;
/// Element of the integer type with every bit as 0.
const ZEROS: Self;
/// Element of the integer type with every bit as 1.
const ONES: Self;
/// Minimum value of the integer type.
const MIN: Self;
/// Maximum value of the integer type.
const MAX: Self;

/// Implements functionality for `simd_add` in `crate::abstractions::simd`.
fn wrapping_add(self, rhs: Self) -> Self;
/// Implements functionality for `simd_sub` in `crate::abstractions::simd`.
fn wrapping_sub(self, rhs: Self) -> Self;
/// Implements functionality for `simd_mul` in `crate::abstractions::simd`.
fn overflowing_mul(self, rhs: Self) -> Self;
/// Implements functionality for `simd_saturating_add` in `crate::abstractions::simd`.
fn saturating_add(self, rhs: Self) -> Self;
/// Implements functionality for `simd_saturating_sub` in `crate::abstractions::simd`.
fn saturating_sub(self, rhs: Self) -> Self;
/// Implements functionality for `simd_abs_diff` in `crate::abstractions::simd`.
fn absolute_diff(self, rhs: Self) -> Self;
/// Implements functionality for `simd_abs` in `crate::abstractions::simd`.
fn absolute_val(self) -> Self;
}

macro_rules! generate_imachine_integer_impls {
($($ty:ident),*) => {
$(
impl MachineInteger for $ty {
const SIGNED: bool = true;
const ZEROS: $ty = 0;
const ONES: $ty = -1;
const MIN: $ty = $ty::MIN;
const MAX: $ty = $ty::MAX;
fn bits() -> u32 { $ty::BITS }
fn wrapping_add(self, rhs: Self) -> Self { self.wrapping_add(rhs) }
fn wrapping_sub(self, rhs: Self) -> Self { self.wrapping_sub(rhs) }
fn overflowing_mul(self, rhs: Self) -> Self { self.overflowing_mul(rhs).0 }
fn saturating_add(self, rhs: Self) -> Self { self.saturating_add(rhs)}
fn saturating_sub(self, rhs: Self) -> Self { self.saturating_sub(rhs) }
fn absolute_diff(self, rhs: Self) -> Self {if self > rhs {$ty::wrapping_sub(self, rhs)} else {$ty::wrapping_sub(rhs, self)}}
fn absolute_val(self) -> Self {if self == $ty::MIN {self} else {self.abs()}}
})*
};
}

macro_rules! generate_umachine_integer_impls {
($($ty:ident),*) => {
$(
impl MachineInteger for $ty {
const SIGNED: bool = false;
const ZEROS: $ty = 0;
const ONES: $ty = $ty::MAX;
const MIN: $ty = $ty::MIN;
const MAX: $ty = $ty::MAX;


fn bits() -> u32 { $ty::BITS }
fn wrapping_add(self, rhs: Self) -> Self { self.wrapping_add(rhs) }
fn wrapping_sub(self, rhs: Self) -> Self { self.wrapping_sub(rhs) }
fn overflowing_mul(self, rhs: Self) -> Self { self.overflowing_mul(rhs).0 }
fn saturating_add(self, rhs: Self) -> Self { self.saturating_add(rhs)}
fn saturating_sub(self, rhs: Self) -> Self { self.saturating_sub(rhs)}
fn absolute_diff(self, rhs: Self) -> Self {if self > rhs {self - rhs} else {rhs - self}}
fn absolute_val(self) -> Self {self}
})*
};
}
generate_imachine_integer_impls!(i8, i16, i32, i64, i128);
generate_umachine_integer_impls!(u8, u16, u32, u64, u128);

impl Bit {
fn of_raw_int(x: u128, nth: u32) -> Self {
if x / 2u128.pow(nth) % 2 == 1 {
Self::One
} else {
Self::Zero
}
}

pub fn of_int<T: Into<i128> + MachineInteger>(x: T, nth: u32) -> Bit {
let x: i128 = x.into();
if x >= 0 {
Self::of_raw_int(x as u128, nth)
} else {
Self::of_raw_int((2i128.pow(T::bits()) + x) as u128, nth)
}
}
}
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