# # Checks the binary_format constants in include/fast_float/float_common.h # with exact integer arithmetic, for double, float, std::float16_t and # std::bfloat16_t. Every string is parsed as w * 10^q with w < 10^19, so each # constant has a condition on (w, q) that it must satisfy. # # References: # Daniel Lemire, Number Parsing at a Gigabyte per Second, # Software: Practice and Experience 51 (8), 2021 https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.11408 # Noble Mushtak and Daniel Lemire, Fast Number Parsing Without Fallback, # Software: Practice and Experience 53 (6), 2023 https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.06644 # # Usage: python3 script/format_parameters.py [--types float16,bfloat16] # [--sweep-width 3] [--jobs N] # import argparse import multiprocessing import os import re import sys HEADER = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "..", "include", "fast_float", "float_common.h") MASK64 = (1 << 64) - 1 MAX_W = 10**19 CXX_TYPES = {"double": "double", "float": "float", "float16": "std::float16_t", "bfloat16": "std::bfloat16_t"} class Format: def __init__(self, name): self.name = name cxx = CXX_TYPES[name] with open(HEADER) as f: text = f.read() pattern = r"binary_format<" + re.escape(cxx) + r">::(\w+)\(\)\s*\{(.*?)\n\}" for fn, body in re.findall(pattern, text, re.S): returns = re.findall(r"return\s+([^;]+);", body) # the last return is the FLT_EVAL_METHOD 0/1 branch if returns and re.fullmatch(r"-?(0x[0-9A-Fa-f]+|\d+)", returns[-1].strip()): setattr(self, fn, int(returns[-1], 0)) tables = re.search(r"binary_format_lookup_tables<" + re.escape(cxx) + r", U>\s*\{(.*?)\n\};", text, re.S).group(1) powers = re.search(r"powers_of_ten\[\]\s*=\s*\{(.*?)\}", tables, re.S).group(1) self.powers_of_ten = [float(x) for x in re.sub(r"(bf16|f16|f)\b", "", powers).split(",") if x.strip()] mant = re.search(r"max_mantissa\[\]\s*=\s*\{(.*?)\}", tables, re.S).group(1) mant = re.sub(r"//[^\n]*", "", mant).replace("/", "//").replace("\n", " ") self.max_mantissa = [eval(x.strip(), {"constant_55555": 5**5}) for x in mant.split(",") if x.strip()] self.p = self.mantissa_explicit_bits self.bias = self.p - self.minimum_exponent self.denorm_min_exp = 1 - self.bias # smallest subnormal is 2^denorm_min_exp self.emin = self.minimum_exponent + 1 # leading bit of the smallest normal self.emax = self.infinite_power - 1 + self.minimum_exponent def grid(self): """Every finite value and every midpoint as (num, exp2, kind) with kind in value, tie_down (even lower neighbour), tie_up, overflow.""" out = [] two_p = 1 << self.p d = self.denorm_min_exp for m in range(1, two_p): out.append((m, d, "value")) for m in range(two_p): out.append((2 * m + 1, d - 1, "tie_down" if m % 2 == 0 else "tie_up")) for e in range(self.emin, self.emax + 1): for f in range(two_p): out.append((two_p + f, e - self.p, "value")) kind = "tie_down" if f % 2 == 0 else "tie_up" if e == self.emax and f == two_p - 1: kind = "overflow" out.append((2 * (two_p + f) + 1, e - self.p - 1, kind)) return out def ratio(num, exp2): return (num << exp2, 1) if exp2 >= 0 else (num, 1 << -exp2) def ratio10(w, q): return (w * 10**q, 1) if q >= 0 else (w, 10**-q) def le(n1, d1, n2, d2): return n1 * d2 <= n2 * d1 def floor_log2(n, d): e = n.bit_length() - d.bit_length() if (d << e if e >= 0 else d) > (n if e >= 0 else n << -e): e -= 1 return e def round_ties_even(n, d): m, r = divmod(n, d) if 2 * r > d or (2 * r == d and m & 1): m += 1 return m def reference_bits(fmt, n, d): """Correctly rounded bit pattern of n/d >= 0.""" if n == 0: return 0 e = floor_log2(n, d) s = fmt.denorm_min_exp if e < fmt.emin else e - fmt.p m = round_ties_even(n, d << s) if s >= 0 else round_ties_even(n << -s, d) if e < fmt.emin: return m if m == 2 << fmt.p: m >>= 1 e += 1 if e > fmt.emax: return fmt.infinite_power << fmt.p return ((e - fmt.minimum_exponent) << fmt.p) | (m - (1 << fmt.p)) def ceil_log2(x): z = 0 while (1 << z) < x: z += 1 return z def table_entry(q): """T[q] as stored in fast_table.h (see table_generation.py).""" if q < 0: power5 = 5**-q z = ceil_log2(power5) b = z + 127 if q >= -27 else 2 * z + 128 c = 2**b // power5 + 1 while c >= 1 << 128: c //= 2 return c power5 = 5**q while power5 < 1 << 127: power5 *= 2 while power5 >= 1 << 128: power5 //= 2 return power5 TABLE = {q: table_entry(q) for q in range(-342, 309)} def compute_product_approximation(q, w, bit_precision): t = TABLE[q] first = w * (t >> 64) high, low = first >> 64, first & MASK64 if (high & (MASK64 >> bit_precision)) == MASK64 >> bit_precision: second_high = (w * (t & MASK64)) >> 64 low = (low + second_high) & MASK64 if second_high > low: high += 1 return high, low def compute_float(fmt, q, w, subnormal_tie_test=True): """Model of compute_float in decimal_to_binary.h. Returns (mantissa, power2, truncated mantissa, k) with truncated == floor(w 10^q 2^k).""" if w == 0 or q < fmt.smallest_power_of_ten: return 0, 0, None, None if q > fmt.largest_power_of_ten: return 0, fmt.infinite_power, None, None lz = 64 - w.bit_length() w <<= lz high, low = compute_product_approximation(q, w, fmt.p + 3) upperbit = high >> 63 shift = upperbit + 64 - fmt.p - 3 mantissa = high >> shift power2 = ((152170 + 65536) * q >> 16) + 63 + upperbit - lz - fmt.minimum_exponent tie_q = fmt.min_exponent_round_to_even <= q <= fmt.max_exponent_round_to_even if power2 <= 0: if -power2 + 1 >= 64: return 0, 0, None, None extra = -power2 + 1 mantissa >>= extra truncated, k = mantissa, fmt.bias if (subnormal_tie_test and low <= 1 and tie_q and (mantissa & 3) == 1 and ((mantissa << extra) << shift) == high): mantissa &= ~1 mantissa += mantissa & 1 mantissa >>= 1 return mantissa, int(mantissa >= 1 << fmt.p), truncated, k truncated, k = mantissa, 1 + fmt.bias - power2 if low <= 1 and tie_q and (mantissa & 3) == 1 and (mantissa << shift) == high: mantissa &= ~1 mantissa += mantissa & 1 mantissa >>= 1 if mantissa >= 2 << fmt.p: mantissa = 1 << fmt.p power2 += 1 mantissa &= ~(1 << fmt.p) if power2 >= fmt.infinite_power: return 0, fmt.infinite_power, truncated, k return mantissa, power2, truncated, k def parsed_bits(fmt, w, q, subnormal_tie_test=True): """from_chars on the digits w * 10^q. Clinger's fast path is one correctly rounded operation on exact operands, so it equals the reference.""" if fmt.min_exponent_fast_path <= q <= fmt.max_exponent_fast_path and w <= 2 << fmt.p: return reference_bits(fmt, *ratio10(w, q)), None, None mantissa, power2, truncated, k = compute_float(fmt, q, w, subnormal_tie_test) return mantissa | (power2 << fmt.p), truncated, k failures = 0 def check(ok, text): global failures print((" ok " if ok else " FAIL ") + text) failures += not ok def note(text): print(" note " + text) def continued_fraction(numer, denom): cf = [] while denom: quot, rem = divmod(numer, denom) cf.append(quot) numer, denom = denom, rem return cf def convergents(cf): p2, q2, p1, q1 = 0, 1, 1, 0 for a in cf: p1, p2, q1, q2 = a * p1 + p2, p1, a * q1 + q2, q1 yield p1, q1 def check_constants(fmt): half_denorm = ratio(1, fmt.denorm_min_exp - 1) q = fmt.smallest_power_of_ten check(le(*ratio10(MAX_W - 1, q - 1), *half_denorm), "smallest_power_of_ten=%d: q < %d rounds to zero" % (q, q)) check(not le(*ratio10(MAX_W - 1, q), *half_denorm), "smallest_power_of_ten is tight") threshold = ratio((4 << fmt.p) - 1, fmt.emax - fmt.p - 1) # max + ulp/2 q = fmt.largest_power_of_ten check(le(*threshold, *ratio10(1, q + 1)), "largest_power_of_ten=%d: q > %d overflows" % (q, q)) check(not le(*threshold, *ratio10(1, q)), "largest_power_of_ten is tight") two_p1 = 2 << fmt.p q = fmt.max_exponent_fast_path check(5**q <= two_p1 < 5 ** (q + 1), "max_exponent_fast_path=%d: 10^q exact in T iff q <= %d" % (q, q)) check(fmt.powers_of_ten[: q + 1] == [10.0**i for i in range(q + 1)], "powers_of_ten") check(fmt.max_mantissa[: q + 1] == [two_p1 // 5**i for i in range(q + 1)], "max_mantissa[q] == floor(2^%d / 5^q)" % (fmt.p + 1)) overflow = not le(two_p1 * 10**q, 1, *ratio(two_p1 - 1, fmt.emax - fmt.p)) note("fast path product 2^%d * 10^%d %s the largest finite value" % (fmt.p + 1, q, "exceeds" if overflow else "is below")) k = -fmt.min_exponent_fast_path check(0 <= k <= fmt.max_exponent_fast_path, "min_exponent_fast_path=%d" % -k) if fmt.p <= 10: # double rounding: w / 10^k rounded to `wide` bits, then to T for wide in (24, 53, 64): bad = 0 for kk in range(1, fmt.max_exponent_fast_path + 1): for w in range(1, two_p1 + 1): e = floor_log2(w, 10**kk) s = e - wide + 1 m = round_ties_even(w, 10**kk << s) if s >= 0 else round_ties_even(w << -s, 10**kk) if reference_bits(fmt, *ratio(m, s)) != reference_bits(fmt, w, 10**kk): bad += 1 check(bad == 0, "w / 10^k, k <= %d, via %d-bit intermediate never double-rounds" % (fmt.max_exponent_fast_path, wide)) def check_ties(fmt): """A tie is m * 2^e with m odd. It is w * 10^q, w < 10^19, iff q <= e and w = m 5^-q 2^(e-q) (q <= 0) or 5^q | m (q > 0). Ties whose lower neighbour is even (m == 1 mod 4) must fall in the round-to-even range.""" p = fmt.p lo, hi = fmt.min_exponent_round_to_even, fmt.max_exponent_round_to_even q = 0 while ((1 << (p + 1)) + 1) * 5 ** (q + 1) < MAX_W: q += 1 normal_lo = -q q = 0 while 5 ** (q + 1) < 1 << (p + 2): q += 1 while True: c = 1 while 5**q * c <= 1 << (p + 1): c += 4 if 5**q * c < 1 << (p + 2) and q <= fmt.emax - p - 1: break q -= 1 normal_hi = q e = fmt.denorm_min_exp - 1 sub = [] q = e while 5**-q << (e - q) < MAX_W: sub.append(q) q -= 1 check(lo <= normal_lo and hi >= normal_hi, "round_to_even range [%d, %d] covers normal ties [%d, %d]" % (lo, hi, normal_lo, normal_hi)) if sub: check(lo <= min(sub), "and the subnormal ties at q in [%d, %d]" % (min(sub), max(sub))) else: note("no subnormal tie has fewer than 20 digits") # subnormal_ties_possible() in float_common.h: an upper bound on the # largest q that can give a subnormal, compared with the tie range q_sub = ((fmt.minimum_exponent + 1) * 1233) >> 12 check(10**q_sub < 2**fmt.emin < 10 ** (q_sub + 2), "q <= %d bounds the subnormal exponents" % q_sub) check((lo <= q_sub) == bool(sub), "subnormal_ties_possible() == %s" % bool(sub)) longest = len(str(((1 << (p + 2)) - 1) * 5**fmt.bias)) check(fmt.max_digits >= longest, "max_digits=%d >= %d, the longest tie" % (fmt.max_digits, longest)) def check_table(fmt): """Facts behind the tie test (product.low <= 1 and dropped bits zero).""" q_lo, q_hi = max(fmt.smallest_power_of_ten, -27), -1 check(fmt.min_exponent_round_to_even >= -27, "tie test stays where 5^-q < 2^64") check(all(TABLE[q] & MASK64 for q in range(q_lo, q_hi + 1)), "T[q] low word nonzero for %d <= q <= %d" % (q_lo, q_hi)) fake = False for q in range(q_lo, q_hi + 1): t_hi = TABLE[q] >> 64 v2 = (t_hi & -t_hi).bit_length() - 1 z = ceil_log2(5**-q) for shift in (61 - fmt.p, 62 - fmt.p): # skipped second product: w * t_hi == 0 or 1 mod 2^(shift+64) if shift + 64 - v2 <= 63: fake = True if v2 == 0 and (1 << 63) <= pow(t_hi, -1, 1 << (shift + 64)) < 1 << 64: fake = True # computed second product: a non-tie within 2^-62 of a rational # with denominator 2^(z-1-shift) is impossible if z - 1 - shift > 62: fake = True check(not fake, "no false tie for %d <= q <= %d" % (q_lo, q_hi)) bad = False for q in range(fmt.smallest_power_of_ten, fmt.largest_power_of_ten + 1): for _, w in convergents(continued_fraction(TABLE[q], 2**137)): if w >= 2**64: break if (TABLE[q] * w) % 2**137 > 2**137 - 2**64: bad = True check(not bad, "Mushtak-Lemire condition for %d <= q <= %d" % (fmt.smallest_power_of_ten, fmt.largest_power_of_ten)) def sweep_q(args): fmt, grid, q, width = args cands = set() for num, exp2, _ in grid: n, d = ratio(num, exp2) if q >= 0: d *= 10**q else: n *= 10**-q cands.update(w for w in range(n // d - width, n // d + width + 2) if 1 <= w < MAX_W) wrong, wrong_without, bad_trunc = [], 0, 0 for w in cands: n, d = ratio10(w, q) want = reference_bits(fmt, n, d) got, truncated, k = parsed_bits(fmt, w, q) if got != want: wrong.append((w, q, got, want)) if truncated is not None: exact = (n << k) // d if k >= 0 else n // (d << -k) bad_trunc += truncated != exact if parsed_bits(fmt, w, q, False)[0] != want: wrong_without += 1 return len(cands), wrong, wrong_without, bad_trunc def sweep(fmt, width, jobs): """Compare the model with the reference on every w within `width` of G / 10^q for every value, tie and the overflow threshold G.""" grid = fmt.grid() qs = range(fmt.smallest_power_of_ten - 1, fmt.largest_power_of_ten + 2) tasks = [(fmt, grid, q, width) for q in qs] with multiprocessing.Pool(jobs) as pool: results = pool.map(sweep_q, tasks) wrong = [x for r in results for x in r[1]] note("swept %d pairs (w, q)" % sum(r[0] for r in results)) check(sum(r[3] for r in results) == 0, "truncated mantissa is exact") check(not wrong, "compute_float matches the reference") for w, q, got, want in sorted(wrong)[:20]: print(" w=%d q=%d got 0x%04x want 0x%04x" % (w, q, got, want)) note("without the subnormal tie test: %d wrong" % sum(r[2] for r in results)) def main(): ap = argparse.ArgumentParser() ap.add_argument("--types", default="double,float,float16,bfloat16") ap.add_argument("--sweep-width", type=int, default=3) ap.add_argument("--jobs", type=int, default=os.cpu_count() or 1) args = ap.parse_args() for name in args.types.split(","): fmt = Format(name.strip()) print("== %s" % fmt.name) check_constants(fmt) check_table(fmt) check_ties(fmt) if fmt.p <= 10 and args.sweep_width > 0: sweep(fmt, args.sweep_width, args.jobs) print("%d failure(s)" % failures) return 1 if failures else 0 if __name__ == "__main__": sys.exit(main())