jcode + Claude Fable 5 on utf16-transcode
2026-07-19 · final +2.5514 · sampled best +2.5515 · 7 grades · jcode v0.51.4-dev (8b39d814e) · full unedited transcript (rendered from the run's agent event log)
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.
tool call: read
{"file_path": "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.
tool call: bash
{"command": "ls -la; ls submission"}
tool result
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 160 Jul 19 02:36 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Jul 19 02:36 ..
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 180 Jul 19 02:36 .build
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 227 Jul 19 02:28 grade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 122 Jul 19 02:36 scores.jsonl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2286 Jul 19 02:28 spec.md
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Jul 19 02:28 submission
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 140 Jul 19 02:28 verify
solve.c
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: read
{"file_path": "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 }
tool call: bash
{"command": "cat grade; ls verify .build; cat scores.jsonl"}
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:
callgrind.runner.out
callgrind.runner_given.out
corpus_28599.bin
given_cost_28599.json
runner
runner_given
verify
verify:
gen_corpus.py
given.c
reference.c
runner.c
verify.c
{"ts": "2026-07-19T02:36:42Z", "seed": 28599, "cost": 77897475, "given_cost": 77897475, "score": 0.0, "full_gate": false}
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cat verify/runner.c; sed -n 1,80p ../../harness/grade.py 2>/dev/null || find / -name grade.py -path '*harness*' 2>/dev/null | head"}
tool result
// runner.c — cost driver for utf16-transcode. Corpus: u32 count then u16 units
// per record. Run under callgrind with --toggle-collect.
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#ifdef RUNNER_GIVEN
size_t given_utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, uint8_t *out);
#define utf16_to_utf8 given_utf16_to_utf8
#else
size_t utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, uint8_t *out);
#endif
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
if (argc < 2) { fprintf(stderr, "usage: runner CORPUS\n"); return 2; }
FILE *f = fopen(argv[1], "rb");
if (!f) { perror("corpus"); return 2; }
fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END); long sz = ftell(f); fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
uint8_t *data = malloc((size_t)sz);
if (fread(data, 1, (size_t)sz, f) != (size_t)sz) { perror("read"); return 2; }
fclose(f);
uint8_t *out = malloc(3u * (1u << 21) + 64);
unsigned long long checksum = 0, nrec = 0;
size_t off = 0;
while (off + 4 <= (size_t)sz) {
uint32_t cnt; memcpy(&cnt, data + off, 4); off += 4;
if (off + 2ull * cnt > (size_t)sz) { fprintf(stderr, "corrupt corpus\n"); return 2; }
size_t r = utf16_to_utf8((const uint16_t *)(data + off), cnt, out);
if (r == (size_t)-1) { fprintf(stderr, "BUG: corpus record rejected\n"); return 3; }
for (size_t k = 0; k < r; k += 64) checksum += out[k];
checksum += r; nrec++;
off += 2ull * cnt;
}
printf("runner: %llu records, checksum %llu\n", nrec, checksum);
return 0;
}
#!/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: FAIL (verification)")
sys.exit(1)
t_verify = time.time() - t0
def measure(binary, func):
corpus = os.path.join(BUILD, f"corpus_{seed}.bin")
if not os.path.exists(corpus):
sh(["python3", os.path.join(VER, "gen_corpus.py"), str(seed), corpus])
cg = os.path.join(BUILD, f"callgrind.{binary}.out")
if os.path.exists(cg):
os.unlink(cg)
sh(["valgrind", "--tool=callgrind", f"--toggle-collect={func}",
"--collect-atstart=no", "--dump-line=no",
f"--callgrind-out-file={cg}", os.path.join(BUILD, binary), corpus])
total = 0
with open(cg) as f:
for line in f:
ls = line.strip()
if re.match(r"^\d+ \d+$", ls) or re.match(r"^\d+ \d+ ", ls):
total += int(ls.split()[1])
if total == 0:
sys.exit(f"cost extraction failed (did you rename {func}?)")
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cat verify/gen_corpus.py | head -80; sed -n 80,140p ../../harness/grade.py"}
tool result
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""gen_corpus.py — cost corpus for utf16-transcode (~1M units total).
Regimes: ascii 40%, latin/cyrillic 25%, cjk 20%, emoji/supplementary 15%.
Record format: u32 unit count, then u16le units. All records valid UTF-16.
Usage: gen_corpus.py SEED OUTFILE"""
import random, struct, sys
def gen_record(rng, regime, units):
out = []
while len(out) < units:
if regime == "ascii":
out.extend(rng.randrange(0x20, 0x7F) for _ in range(rng.randrange(20, 80)))
elif regime == "latin":
r = rng.random()
if r < 0.5:
out.extend(rng.randrange(0x20, 0x7F) for _ in range(rng.randrange(2, 10)))
else:
out.extend(rng.randrange(0x80, 0x800) for _ in range(rng.randrange(2, 12)))
elif regime == "cjk":
r = rng.random()
if r < 0.25:
out.extend(rng.randrange(0x20, 0x7F) for _ in range(rng.randrange(1, 6)))
else:
out.extend(rng.randrange(0x4E00, 0x9FFF) for _ in range(rng.randrange(4, 20)))
else: # emoji
r = rng.random()
if r < 0.4:
out.extend(rng.randrange(0x20, 0x7F) for _ in range(rng.randrange(1, 8)))
else:
for _ in range(rng.randrange(1, 6)):
cp = rng.randrange(0x10000, 0x110000)
cp -= 0x10000
out.append(0xD800 + (cp >> 10))
out.append(0xDC00 + (cp & 0x3FF))
return out[:units + 1] if len(out) > units and 0xD800 <= out[units - 1] <= 0xDBFF else out[:units]
def main():
seed, path = int(sys.argv[1]), sys.argv[2]
rng = random.Random(seed)
plan = [("ascii", 40), ("latin", 25), ("cjk", 20), ("emoji", 15)]
records = []
for regime, share in plan:
total = share * 10000
done = 0
while done < total:
units = rng.randrange(500, 3000)
rec = gen_record(rng, regime, units)
# ensure no trailing lone high surrogate
if rec and 0xD800 <= rec[-1] <= 0xDBFF:
rec.pop()
records.append(rec)
done += len(rec)
rng.shuffle(records)
with open(path, "wb") as f:
for rec in records:
f.write(struct.pack("<I", len(rec)))
f.write(struct.pack(f"<{len(rec)}H", *rec))
print(f"corpus: {len(records)} records, {sum(len(r) for r in records)} units, seed {seed}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
sys.exit(f"cost extraction failed (did you rename {func}?)")
return total
t0 = time.time()
cost = measure("runner", fn)
# The given binary is frozen, so its cost per corpus seed is a pure
# function of the seed: cache it.
gcache = os.path.join(BUILD, f"given_cost_{seed}.json")
if os.path.exists(gcache):
with open(gcache) as f:
given = json.load(f)["cost"]
else:
given = measure("runner_given", f"given_{fn}")
with open(gcache, "w") as f:
json.dump({"cost": given}, f)
t_measure = time.time() - t0
score = math.log2(given / cost)
rec = {"ts": time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", time.gmtime()),
"seed": seed, "cost": cost, "given_cost": given,
"score": round(score, 4), "full_gate": bool(args.full)}
with open(os.path.join(here, "scores.jsonl"), "a") as f:
f.write(json.dumps(rec) + "\n")
if not args.quiet:
print(f"build {t_build:5.1f}s")
print(f"verify {t_verify:5.1f}s PASS{' (FULL gate)' if args.full else ''}")
print(f"measure {t_measure:5.1f}s {cost:,} instructions (given: {given:,})")
print(f"SCORE {score:+.4f} ({given / cost:.3f}x)")
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "grep -o 'avx2\\|avx512[a-z]*\\|ssse3\\|sse4_2\\|bmi2' /proc/cpuinfo | sort -u; valgrind --version; cc --version | head -1"}
tool result
avx2
avx512
avx512bw
avx512cd
avx512dq
avx512f
avx512vbmi
avx512vl
bmi2
sse4_2
ssse3
valgrind-3.25.1
cc (GCC) 16.1.1 20260625
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cat > /tmp/t.c <<'EOF'\n#include <immintrin.h>\n#include <stdio.h>\n__attribute__((target(\"avx512f,avx512bw,avx512vbmi,avx512vl\")))\nint test512(void){ volatile __m512i a = _mm512_set1_epi16(3); __m512i b=_mm512_add_epi16(a,a); return _mm_cvtsi128_si32(_mm512_castsi512_si128(b)); }\n__attribute__((target(\"avx2\")))\nint test2(void){ volatile __m256i a=_mm256_set1_epi16(5); __m256i b=_mm256_add_epi16(a,a); return _mm_cvtsi128_si32(_mm256_castsi256_si128(b)); }\nint main(){\n printf(\"cpu avx2=%d avx512bw=%d avx512vbmi=%d\\n\", __builtin_cpu_supports(\"avx2\"), __builtin_cpu_supports(\"avx512bw\"), __builtin_cpu_supports(\"avx512vbmi\"));\n printf(\"avx2 result %d\\n\", test2());\n if(__builtin_cpu_supports(\"avx512bw\")) printf(\"avx512 result %d\\n\", test512());\n return 0;\n}\nEOF\ncc -O2 /tmp/t.c -o /tmp/t && /tmp/t && valgrind --tool=callgrind --callgrind-out-file=/dev/null /tmp/t 2>&1 | tail -5"}
tool result
cpu avx2=1024 avx512bw=2097152 avx512vbmi=67108864
avx2 result 655370
avx512 result 393222
==170==
==170== Events : Ir
==170== Collected : 129384
==170==
==170== I refs: 129,384
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "valgrind --tool=callgrind --callgrind-out-file=/dev/null /tmp/t 2>/dev/null"}
tool result
cpu avx2=1024 avx512bw=0 avx512vbmi=0
avx2 result 655370
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Good context. Valgrind supports AVX2 but masks AVX-512, and BMI2 is likely fine. Let me check the given implementation and baseline numbers.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cat verify/given.c | head -50; echo ---; cat verify/verify.c | head -60"}
tool result
// solve.c — the given implementation of utf16_to_utf8.
// A clean, correct scalar transcoder of the kind found in mainstream
// libraries. Make it faster. See ../spec.md. Grade with ../grade.
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#define INVALID ((size_t)-1)
size_t given_utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, uint8_t *out) {
size_t o = 0;
for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
uint32_t c = in[i];
if (c < 0x80) {
out[o++] = (uint8_t)c;
} else if (c < 0x800) {
out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xC0 | (c >> 6));
out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | (c & 0x3F));
} else if (c < 0xD800 || c >= 0xE000) {
out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xE0 | (c >> 12));
out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | ((c >> 6) & 0x3F));
out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | (c & 0x3F));
} else if (c < 0xDC00) {
// high surrogate: need a low surrogate next
if (i + 1 >= n) return INVALID;
uint32_t lo = in[i + 1];
if (lo < 0xDC00 || lo >= 0xE000) return INVALID;
i++;
uint32_t cp = 0x10000 + ((c - 0xD800) << 10) + (lo - 0xDC00);
out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xF0 | (cp >> 18));
out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3F));
out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3F));
out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | (cp & 0x3F));
} else {
return INVALID; // lone low surrogate
}
}
return o;
}
---
// verify.c — exhaustive correctness gate for utf16-transcode.
// 1. every single code unit
// 2. all pairs from a boundary-stratified sample x sample (16.7M),
// plus ALL surrogate x surrogate pairs (2^20) exactly
// 3. every code unit at positions 0..3 inside valid padding
// 4. 200k seeded random strings across regimes with injected lone surrogates
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <stdatomic.h>
size_t utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, uint8_t *out);
size_t ref_utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, uint8_t *out);
#define INVALID ((size_t)-1)
static atomic_ullong n_cases;
static atomic_int failed;
static pthread_mutex_t report_mu = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
static void fail_report(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, const char *stage) {
pthread_mutex_lock(&report_mu);
if (!atomic_exchange(&failed, 1)) {
fprintf(stderr, "MISMATCH (%s) on %zu units:", stage, n);
for (size_t i = 0; i < n && i < 24; i++) fprintf(stderr, " %04x", in[i]);
fprintf(stderr, "\n");
}
pthread_mutex_unlock(&report_mu);
}
static int check(const uint16_t *in, size_t n, uint8_t *bs, uint8_t *br, const char *stage) {
memset(bs, 0xAA, 3 * n + 8);
memset(br, 0x55, 3 * n + 8);
size_t rs = utf16_to_utf8(in, n, bs);
size_t rr = ref_utf16_to_utf8(in, n, br);
atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&n_cases, 1, memory_order_relaxed);
if (rs != rr || (rr != INVALID && memcmp(bs, br, rr) != 0)) {
fail_report(in, n, stage);
return 0;
}
return 1;
}
// boundary-stratified sample of code units: all class edges + strided interior
static uint16_t sample[4096];
static size_t n_sample;
static void build_sample(void) {
size_t k = 0;
// all boundaries +-2
static const uint32_t EDGE[] = {0x0000,0x007F,0x0080,0x07FF,0x0800,
0xD7FF,0xD800,0xDBFF,0xDC00,0xDFFF,0xE000,0xFFFF};
for (size_t e = 0; e < sizeof(EDGE)/sizeof(EDGE[0]); e++)
for (int d = -2; d <= 2; d++) {
int64_t v = (int64_t)EDGE[e] + d;
if (v >= 0 && v <= 0xFFFF) sample[k++] = (uint16_t)v;
}
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "curl -s --max-time 15 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simdutf/simdutf/master/src/haswell/avx2_convert_utf16_to_utf8.cpp -o /tmp/simdutf_avx2.cpp && wc -l /tmp/simdutf_avx2.cpp || echo NO_NET"}
tool result
602 /tmp/simdutf_avx2.cpp
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Now let me review the simdutf AVX2 approach to adapt it:
tool call: read
{"file_path": "/tmp/simdutf_avx2.cpp"}
tool result
1 /*
2 The vectorized algorithm works on single SSE register i.e., it
3 loads eight 16-bit code units.
4
5 We consider three cases:
6 1. an input register contains no surrogates and each value
7 is in range 0x0000 .. 0x07ff.
8 2. an input register contains no surrogates and values are
9 is in range 0x0000 .. 0xffff.
10 3. an input register contains surrogates --- i.e. codepoints
11 can have 16 or 32 bits.
12
13 Ad 1.
14
15 When values are less than 0x0800, it means that a 16-bit code unit
16 can be converted into: 1) single UTF8 byte (when it is an ASCII
17 char) or 2) two UTF8 bytes.
18
19 For this case we do only some shuffle to obtain these 2-byte
20 codes and finally compress the whole SSE register with a single
21 shuffle.
22
23 We need 256-entry lookup table to get a compression pattern
24 and the number of output bytes in the compressed vector register.
25 Each entry occupies 17 bytes.
26
27 Ad 2.
28
29 When values fit in 16-bit code units, but are above 0x07ff, then
30 a single word may produce one, two or three UTF8 bytes.
31
32 We prepare data for all these three cases in two registers.
33 The first register contains lower two UTF8 bytes (used in all
34 cases), while the second one contains just the third byte for
35 the three-UTF8-bytes case.
36
37 Finally these two registers are interleaved forming eight-element
38 array of 32-bit values. The array spans two SSE registers.
39 The bytes from the registers are compressed using two shuffles.
40
41 We need 256-entry lookup table to get a compression pattern
42 and the number of output bytes in the compressed vector register.
43 Each entry occupies 17 bytes.
44
45
46 To summarize:
47 - We need two 256-entry tables that have 8704 bytes in total.
48 */
49
50 /*
51 Returns a pair: the first unprocessed byte from buf and utf8_output
52 A scalar routing should carry on the conversion of the tail.
53 */
54 template <endianness big_endian>
55 std::pair<const char16_t *, char *>
56 avx2_convert_utf16_to_utf8(const char16_t *buf, size_t len, char *utf8_output) {
57 const char16_t *end = buf + len;
58 const __m256i v_0000 = _mm256_setzero_si256();
59 const __m256i v_f800 = _mm256_set1_epi16((int16_t)0xf800);
60 const __m256i v_d800 = _mm256_set1_epi16((int16_t)0xd800);
61 const __m256i v_c080 = _mm256_set1_epi16((int16_t)0xc080);
62 const size_t safety_margin =
63 12; // to avoid overruns, see issue
64 // https://github.com/simdutf/simdutf/issues/92
65
66 while (end - buf >= std::ptrdiff_t(16 + safety_margin)) {
67 __m256i in = _mm256_loadu_si256((__m256i *)buf);
68 if (big_endian) {
69 const __m256i swap = _mm256_setr_epi8(
70 1, 0, 3, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 11, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 17, 16, 19, 18,
71 21, 20, 23, 22, 25, 24, 27, 26, 29, 28, 31, 30);
72 in = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(in, swap);
73 }
74 // a single 16-bit UTF-16 word can yield 1, 2 or 3 UTF-8 bytes
75 const __m256i v_ff80 = _mm256_set1_epi16((int16_t)0xff80);
76 if (_mm256_testz_si256(in, v_ff80)) { // ASCII fast path!!!!
77 // 1. pack the bytes
78 const __m128i utf8_packed = _mm_packus_epi16(
79 _mm256_castsi256_si128(in), _mm256_extractf128_si256(in, 1));
80 // 2. store (16 bytes)
81 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)utf8_output, utf8_packed);
82 // 3. adjust pointers
83 buf += 16;
84 utf8_output += 16;
85 continue; // we are done for this round!
86 }
87 // no bits set above 7th bit
88 const __m256i one_byte_bytemask =
89 _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(in, v_ff80), v_0000);
90 const uint32_t one_byte_bitmask =
91 static_cast<uint32_t>(_mm256_movemask_epi8(one_byte_bytemask));
92
93 // no bits set above 11th bit
94 const __m256i one_or_two_bytes_bytemask =
95 _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(in, v_f800), v_0000);
96 const uint32_t one_or_two_bytes_bitmask =
97 static_cast<uint32_t>(_mm256_movemask_epi8(one_or_two_bytes_bytemask));
98 if (one_or_two_bytes_bitmask == 0xffffffff) {
99
100 // 1. prepare 2-byte values
101 // input 16-bit word : [0000|0aaa|aabb|bbbb] x 8
102 // expected output : [110a|aaaa|10bb|bbbb] x 8
103 const __m256i v_1f00 = _mm256_set1_epi16((int16_t)0x1f00);
104 const __m256i v_003f = _mm256_set1_epi16((int16_t)0x003f);
105
106 // t0 = [000a|aaaa|bbbb|bb00]
107 const __m256i t0 = _mm256_slli_epi16(in, 2);
108 // t1 = [000a|aaaa|0000|0000]
109 const __m256i t1 = _mm256_and_si256(t0, v_1f00);
110 // t2 = [0000|0000|00bb|bbbb]
111 const __m256i t2 = _mm256_and_si256(in, v_003f);
112 // t3 = [000a|aaaa|00bb|bbbb]
113 const __m256i t3 = _mm256_or_si256(t1, t2);
114 // t4 = [110a|aaaa|10bb|bbbb]
115 const __m256i t4 = _mm256_or_si256(t3, v_c080);
116
117 // 2. merge ASCII and 2-byte codewords
118 const __m256i utf8_unpacked =
119 _mm256_blendv_epi8(t4, in, one_byte_bytemask);
120
121 // 3. prepare bitmask for 8-bit lookup
122 const uint32_t M0 = one_byte_bitmask & 0x55555555;
123 const uint32_t M1 = M0 >> 7;
124 const uint32_t M2 = (M1 | M0) & 0x00ff00ff;
125 // 4. pack the bytes
126
127 const uint8_t *row =
128 &simdutf::tables::utf16_to_utf8::pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[uint8_t(M2)][0];
129 const uint8_t *row_2 =
130 &simdutf::tables::utf16_to_utf8::pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[uint8_t(M2 >>
131 16)][0];
132
133 const __m128i shuffle = _mm_loadu_si128((__m128i *)(row + 1));
134 const __m128i shuffle_2 = _mm_loadu_si128((__m128i *)(row_2 + 1));
135
136 const __m256i utf8_packed = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(
137 utf8_unpacked, _mm256_setr_m128i(shuffle, shuffle_2));
138 // 5. store bytes
139 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)utf8_output,
140 _mm256_castsi256_si128(utf8_packed));
141 utf8_output += row[0];
142 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)utf8_output,
143 _mm256_extractf128_si256(utf8_packed, 1));
144 utf8_output += row_2[0];
145
146 // 6. adjust pointers
147 buf += 16;
148 continue;
149 }
150 // 1. Check if there are any surrogate word in the input chunk.
151 // We have also deal with situation when there is a surrogate word
152 // at the end of a chunk.
153 const __m256i surrogates_bytemask =
154 _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(in, v_f800), v_d800);
155
156 // bitmask = 0x0000 if there are no surrogates
157 // = 0xc000 if the last word is a surrogate
158 const uint32_t surrogates_bitmask =
159 static_cast<uint32_t>(_mm256_movemask_epi8(surrogates_bytemask));
160 // It might seem like checking for surrogates_bitmask == 0xc000 could help.
161 // However, it is likely an uncommon occurrence.
162 if (surrogates_bitmask == 0x00000000) {
163 // case: code units from register produce either 1, 2 or 3 UTF-8 bytes
164 const __m256i dup_even = _mm256_setr_epi16(
165 0x0000, 0x0202, 0x0404, 0x0606, 0x0808, 0x0a0a, 0x0c0c, 0x0e0e,
166 0x0000, 0x0202, 0x0404, 0x0606, 0x0808, 0x0a0a, 0x0c0c, 0x0e0e);
167
168 /* In this branch we handle three cases:
169 1. [0000|0000|0ccc|cccc] => [0ccc|cccc] -
170 single UFT-8 byte
171 2. [0000|0bbb|bbcc|cccc] => [110b|bbbb], [10cc|cccc] - two
172 UTF-8 bytes
173 3. [aaaa|bbbb|bbcc|cccc] => [1110|aaaa], [10bb|bbbb], [10cc|cccc] -
174 three UTF-8 bytes
175
176 We expand the input word (16-bit) into two code units (32-bit), thus
177 we have room for four bytes. However, we need five distinct bit
178 layouts. Note that the last byte in cases #2 and #3 is the same.
179
180 We precompute byte 1 for case #1 and the common byte for cases #2 & #3
181 in register t2.
182
183 We precompute byte 1 for case #3 and -- **conditionally** -- precompute
184 either byte 1 for case #2 or byte 2 for case #3. Note that they
185 differ by exactly one bit.
186
187 Finally from these two code units we build proper UTF-8 sequence, taking
188 into account the case (i.e, the number of bytes to write).
189 */
190 /**
191 * Given [aaaa|bbbb|bbcc|cccc] our goal is to produce:
192 * t2 => [0ccc|cccc] [10cc|cccc]
193 * s4 => [1110|aaaa] ([110b|bbbb] OR [10bb|bbbb])
194 */
195 #define simdutf_vec(x) _mm256_set1_epi16(static_cast<uint16_t>(x))
196 // [aaaa|bbbb|bbcc|cccc] => [bbcc|cccc|bbcc|cccc]
197 const __m256i t0 = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(in, dup_even);
198 // [bbcc|cccc|bbcc|cccc] => [00cc|cccc|0bcc|cccc]
199 const __m256i t1 = _mm256_and_si256(t0, simdutf_vec(0b0011111101111111));
200 // [00cc|cccc|0bcc|cccc] => [10cc|cccc|0bcc|cccc]
201 const __m256i t2 = _mm256_or_si256(t1, simdutf_vec(0b1000000000000000));
202
203 // [aaaa|bbbb|bbcc|cccc] => [0000|aaaa|bbbb|bbcc]
204 const __m256i s0 = _mm256_srli_epi16(in, 4);
205 // [0000|aaaa|bbbb|bbcc] => [0000|aaaa|bbbb|bb00]
206 const __m256i s1 = _mm256_and_si256(s0, simdutf_vec(0b0000111111111100));
207 // [0000|aaaa|bbbb|bb00] => [00bb|bbbb|0000|aaaa]
208 const __m256i s2 = _mm256_maddubs_epi16(s1, simdutf_vec(0x0140));
209 // [00bb|bbbb|0000|aaaa] => [11bb|bbbb|1110|aaaa]
210 const __m256i s3 = _mm256_or_si256(s2, simdutf_vec(0b1100000011100000));
211 const __m256i m0 = _mm256_andnot_si256(one_or_two_bytes_bytemask,
212 simdutf_vec(0b0100000000000000));
213 const __m256i s4 = _mm256_xor_si256(s3, m0);
214 #undef simdutf_vec
215
216 // 4. expand code units 16-bit => 32-bit
217 const __m256i out0 = _mm256_unpacklo_epi16(t2, s4);
218 const __m256i out1 = _mm256_unpackhi_epi16(t2, s4);
219
220 // 5. compress 32-bit code units into 1, 2 or 3 bytes -- 2 x shuffle
221 const uint32_t mask = (one_byte_bitmask & 0x55555555) |
222 (one_or_two_bytes_bitmask & 0xaaaaaaaa);
223 // Due to the wider registers, the following path is less likely to be
224 // useful.
225 /*if(mask == 0) {
226 // We only have three-byte code units. Use fast path.
227 const __m256i shuffle =
228 _mm256_setr_epi8(2,3,1,6,7,5,10,11,9,14,15,13,-1,-1,-1,-1,
229 2,3,1,6,7,5,10,11,9,14,15,13,-1,-1,-1,-1); const __m256i utf8_0 =
230 _mm256_shuffle_epi8(out0, shuffle); const __m256i utf8_1 =
231 _mm256_shuffle_epi8(out1, shuffle);
232 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i*)utf8_output, _mm256_castsi256_si128(utf8_0));
233 utf8_output += 12;
234 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i*)utf8_output, _mm256_castsi256_si128(utf8_1));
235 utf8_output += 12;
236 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i*)utf8_output,
237 _mm256_extractf128_si256(utf8_0,1)); utf8_output += 12;
238 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i*)utf8_output,
239 _mm256_extractf128_si256(utf8_1,1)); utf8_output += 12; buf += 16;
... [18381 characters truncated for page size]
tool call: bash
{"command": "curl -s --max-time 20 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simdutf/simdutf/master/src/tables/utf16_to_utf8_tables.h -o /tmp/tables.h && head -30 /tmp/tables.h && grep -c '' /tmp/tables.h"}
tool result
// file generated by scripts/sse_convert_utf16_to_utf8.py
#ifndef SIMDUTF_UTF16_TO_UTF8_TABLES_H
#define SIMDUTF_UTF16_TO_UTF8_TABLES_H
namespace simdutf {
namespace {
namespace tables {
namespace utf16_to_utf8 {
// 1 byte for length, 16 bytes for mask
const uint8_t pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[256][17] = {
{16, 1, 0, 3, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 11, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14},
{15, 0, 3, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 11, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80},
{15, 1, 0, 3, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8, 11, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80},
{14, 0, 3, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8, 11, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80, 0x80},
{15, 1, 0, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 11, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80},
{14, 0, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 11, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80, 0x80},
{14, 1, 0, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8, 11, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80, 0x80},
{13, 0, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8, 11, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80},
{15, 1, 0, 3, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80},
{14, 0, 3, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80, 0x80},
{14, 1, 0, 3, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80, 0x80},
{13, 0, 3, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80},
{14, 1, 0, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80, 0x80},
{13, 0, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80},
{13, 1, 0, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80},
{12, 0, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80},
{15, 1, 0, 3, 2, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 11, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80},
{14, 0, 3, 2, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 11, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80, 0x80},
{14, 1, 0, 3, 2, 4, 7, 6, 8, 11, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 0x80, 0x80},
768
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "grep -n 'pack_1_2_3_utf8_bytes\\|pack_1_2_utf8_bytes\\|^}' /tmp/tables.h | head; tail -5 /tmp/tables.h"}
tool result
11:const uint8_t pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[256][17] = {
274:const uint8_t pack_1_2_3_utf8_bytes[256][17] = {
763:} // namespace utf16_to_utf8
764:} // namespace tables
765:} // unnamed namespace
766:} // namespace simdutf
} // namespace tables
} // unnamed namespace
} // namespace simdutf
#endif // SIMDUTF_UTF16_TO_UTF8_TABLES_H
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
The tables are generated data. Let me fetch simdutf's generator script to produce them myself:
tool call: bash
{"command": "curl -s --max-time 20 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simdutf/simdutf/master/scripts/sse_convert_utf16_to_utf8.py -o /tmp/gen.py && sed -n 1,120p /tmp/gen.py"}
tool result
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys
def format_array(array):
result = []
for value in array:
if value < 0 or value == 0x80:
result.append('0x80')
else:
result.append(str(value))
return ', '.join(result)
def assure_array_length(array, size, value = 0x80):
while len(array) < size:
array.append(value)
CPP_1_2 = """
// 1 byte for length, 16 bytes for mask
const uint8_t pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[256][17] = {
%(rows)s
};
"""
# For all patterns the 0th element of shuffle is 0.
# We may reuse that entry to store length, but it would
# require some changes in C++ code.
def shuffle_for_conversion_1_or_2_utf8_bytes(file):
rows = []
indent = (' ' * 4)
for shuffle, size in shuffle_for_conversion_1_or_2_utf8_bytes_aux():
array_str = []
for value in [size] + shuffle:
if value == 0x80:
array_str.append('0x80')
else:
array_str.append(str(value))
array = ','.join(array_str)
rows.append(f'{indent}{{{array}}}')
file.write(CPP_1_2 % {'rows': ',\n'.join(rows)})
def shuffle_for_conversion_1_or_2_utf8_bytes_aux():
# We process 8 x 16-bit word
# a bit one indices a word having values 0x00..0x7f (produces a single UTF-8 byte)
# a bit zero indices a word having values 0x0080..0x7ff (produces two UTF-8 bytes)
# Our input is a 16-bit word in form hhggffeeddccbbaa -- the bits are doubled
# (h - MSB, a - LSB). In a C++ code we transform it using the following formula:
#
# in = hhggffeeddccbbaa
# t0 = in & 0x5555 // t0 = 0h0g0f0e0d0c0b0a
# t1 = t0 >> 7 // t1 = 00000000h0g0f0e0
# t2 = (t0 | t1) & 0xff // t2 = hdgcfbea
for mask in range(256):
def getbit(k):
return (mask & (1 << k) != 0)
a = getbit(0)
b = getbit(2)
c = getbit(4)
d = getbit(6)
e = getbit(1)
f = getbit(3)
g = getbit(5)
h = getbit(7)
shuffle = []
for word_index, bit in enumerate([a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]):
if bit: # 1 byte
shuffle.append(word_index * 2)
else: # 2 bytes
shuffle.append(word_index * 2 + 1)
shuffle.append(word_index * 2)
output_bytes = len(shuffle)
while (len(shuffle) < 16):
shuffle.append(0x80)
yield (shuffle, output_bytes)
CPP_1_2_3 = """
// 1 byte for length, 16 bytes for mask
const uint8_t pack_1_2_3_utf8_bytes[256][17] = {
%(rows)s
};
"""
def shuffle_for_conversion_1_2_3_utf8_bytes(file):
rows = []
indent = (' ' * 4)
for shuffle, size in shuffle_for_conversion_1_2_3_utf8_bytes_aux():
array_str = []
for value in [size] + shuffle:
if value == 0x80:
array_str.append('0x80')
else:
array_str.append(str(value))
array = ','.join(array_str)
rows.append(f'{indent}{{{array}}}')
file.write(CPP_1_2_3 % {'rows': ',\n'.join(rows)})
def shuffle_for_conversion_1_2_3_utf8_bytes_aux():
# There are two 8-bit bitmask telling how many bytes each word produces (1, 2 or 3).
# mask1 = ddccbbaa -- output exactly one byte (d - MSB, a - LSB)
# mask2 = hhggffee -- output one or two bytes
# Please note that each bit is duplicated. In final form these bits are interleaved:
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Now let me see the rest of the table generator to replicate it:
tool call: bash
{"command": "sed -n 120,220p /tmp/gen.py"}
tool result
# Please note that each bit is duplicated. In final form these bits are interleaved:
# mask = (mask1 & 0x5555) | (mask2 & 0xaaaa)
# = hdgcfbea
# Each two-bit subword decides how many bytes will be copied from a 32-bit word of register:
# | e | a | ea |
# +---+---+----+-------
# | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 bytes
# | 0 | 1 | 1 | -- such combination will never come from C++ code, it has no sense
# | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 bytes
# | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 byte
for mask in range(256):
empty = 0x80
shuffle = []
for i in range(4):
subword = mask & 0b11
mask >>= 2
if subword == 0:
shuffle.append(i*4 + 2)
shuffle.append(i*4 + 3)
shuffle.append(i*4 + 1)
elif subword == 3:
shuffle.append(i*4 + 0)
elif subword == 2:
shuffle.append(i*4 + 3)
shuffle.append(i*4 + 1)
output_bytes = len(shuffle)
while (len(shuffle) < 16):
shuffle.append(empty)
yield (shuffle, output_bytes)
CPP_EXPAND_SURROGATES = """
// 2x16 bytes for masks, dwords_consumed
const uint8_t expand_surrogates[256][33] = {
%(rows)s
};
"""
def shuffle_for_expanding_surrogate_pairs(file):
rows = []
indent = (' ' * 4)
for shuffle, dwords_consumed in shuffle_for_expanding_surrogate_pairs_aux():
# If we consume, say 6 dwords of 8, then anyway the C++ conversion
# routing convert 2 extra dwords (zeroed) into 2 UTF-8 bytes. Thus
# we have to subtract this zero_dwords from saved bytes, to get
# the real number of output bytes.
zero_dwords = 8 - dwords_consumed;
assert len(shuffle) == 32
rows.append('%s{%s}' % (indent, format_array(shuffle + [zero_dwords])))
file.write(CPP_EXPAND_SURROGATES % {'rows': ',\n'.join(rows)})
# Our input 8-bit bitmask informs which word contains a surrogate (low or high one).
# At this point we do not need to know which is which, as we assume that word
# expansion is done after validation. (Let's assume L - low surrogate, H - high
# surrogate, V - any valid non-surrogate word).
#
# Example 1: bitmask 1001'1110 describes a sequence V-L-H-L-H-V-V-? -- the last
# surrogate word might be either L or H, we'll ignore it. Two adjacent bits
# are expected to contain low & high surrogates
#
# Example 2: bitmask 0011'0110 describes a sequence V-L-K-V-L-H-V-V.
#
# Example 3: bitmask 0000'0001 is not valid --- sole surrogate word must not start
# a chunk of string, and C++ takes care not to pass such wrong input.
#
# Example 4: bitmask 0000'1110 is not valid too
#
# We expand all words into 32-bit lanes, spanning two SSE registers.
def shuffle_for_expanding_surrogate_pairs_aux():
def shuffle_mask(mask):
result = []
prev = 'V'
dwords_consumed = 0
for i in range(8):
bit = bool(mask & (1 << i))
if bit:
if prev == 'V':
curr = 'L'
elif prev == 'L':
curr = 'H'
elif prev == 'H':
curr = 'L'
result.append(2*i + 0)
result.append(2*i + 1)
if curr == 'L':
dwords_consumed += 1
else:
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\npython3 - <<'EOF'\ndef gen_1_2():\n rows = []\n for mask in range(256):\n bits = [(mask >> k) & 1 for k in range(8)]\n # order a,b,c,d = bits 0,2,4,6 ; e,f,g,h = bits 1,3,5,7\n order = [bits[0], bits[2], bits[4], bits[6], bits[1], bits[3], bits[5], bits[7]]\n sh = []\n for wi, bit in enumerate(order):\n if bit:\n sh.append(wi*2)\n else:\n sh.append(wi*2+1); sh.append(wi*2)\n n = len(sh)\n while len(sh) < 16: sh.append(0x80)\n rows.append([n] + sh)\n return rows\n\ndef gen_1_2_3():\n rows = []\n for m in range(256):\n mask = m\n sh = []\n for i in range(4):\n sub = mask & 3\n mask >>= 2\n if sub == 0:\n sh += [i*4+2, i*4+3, i*4+1]\n elif sub == 3:\n sh += [i*4+0]\n elif sub == 2:\n sh += [i*4+3, i*4+1]\n # sub == 1 impossible: nothing\n n = len(sh)\n while len(sh) < 16: sh.append(0x80)\n rows.append([n] + sh)\n return rows\n\ndef emit(f, name, rows):\n f.write(f\"static const uint8_t {name}[256][17] = {{\\n\")\n for r in rows:\n f.write(\" {\" + \",\".join(str(v) for v in r) + \"},\\n\")\n f.write(\"};\\n\\n\")\n\nwith open(\"submission/tables.h\", \"w\") as f:\n f.write(\"// generated shuffle tables for utf16->utf8 packing (simdutf-style)\\n\")\n f.write(\"#ifndef TABLES_H\\n#define TABLES_H\\n#include <stdint.h>\\n\\n\")\n emit(f, \"pack_1_2_utf8_bytes\", gen_1_2())\n emit(f, \"pack_1_2_3_utf8_bytes\", gen_1_2_3())\n f.write(\"#endif\\n\")\nprint(\"done\")\nEOF\n# spot check against simdutf reference table\npython3 - <<'EOF'\nimport re\nref = open(\"/tmp/tables.h\").read()\nmine = open(\"submission/tables.h\").read()\ndef rows(text, name):\n i = text.index(name)\n j = text.index(\"};\", i)\n body = text[i:j]\n return [tuple(int(x,0) for x in r.split(\",\")) for r in re.findall(r\"\\{([^}]*)\\}\", body)]\nfor name in (\"pack_1_2_utf8_bytes\",\"pack_1_2_3_utf8_bytes\"):\n a = rows(ref, name); b = rows(mine, name)\n assert len(a)==256 and a==b, (name, next((k,a[k],b[k]) for k in range(256) if a[k]!=b[k]))\nprint(\"tables match simdutf\")\nEOF"}
tool result
done
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 10, in <module>
File "<stdin>", line 8, in rows
File "<stdin>", line 8, in <genexpr>
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 0: '\n {16'
--- Command finished with exit code: 1 ---
Exit code: 1
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\npython3 - <<'EOF'\nimport re\ndef rows(text, name):\n i = text.index(name)\n j = text.index(\"};\", i)\n body = text[i:j]\n return [tuple(int(x.strip(),0) for x in r.split(\",\")) for r in re.findall(r\"\\{([^{}]*)\\}\", body)]\nref = open(\"/tmp/tables.h\").read()\nmine = open(\"submission/tables.h\").read()\nfor name in (\"pack_1_2_utf8_bytes\",\"pack_1_2_3_utf8_bytes\"):\n a = rows(ref, name); b = rows(mine, name)\n assert len(a)==256 and len(b)==256, (len(a),len(b))\n assert a==b, (name, next((k,a[k],b[k]) for k in range(256) if a[k]!=b[k]))\nprint(\"tables match simdutf\")\nEOF"}
tool result
tables match simdutf
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Now I'll write the AVX2 implementation:
tool call: write
{"file_path": "submission/solve.c", "content": "// solve.c \u2014 fast UTF-16LE -> UTF-8 transcoder (AVX2, simdutf-style).\n// See ../spec.md. Grade with ../grade.\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <string.h>\n#include <immintrin.h>\n#include \"tables.h\"\n\n#define INVALID ((size_t)-1)\n\n__attribute__((target(\"avx2,bmi2\")))\nsize_t utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *restrict in, size_t n, uint8_t *restrict out) {\n const uint16_t *buf = in;\n const uint16_t *end = in + n;\n uint8_t *o = out;\n\n const __m256i v_ff80 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xff80);\n const __m256i v_f800 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xf800);\n const __m256i v_d800 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xd800);\n const __m256i v_c080 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xc080);\n const __m256i v_0000 = _mm256_setzero_si256();\n\n // Main vector loop. Margin 20 guarantees all 16-byte overhang stores stay\n // within the 3n+4 output capacity (see analysis: worst case needs i<=n-19).\n while (end - buf >= 20) {\n __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)buf);\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, v_ff80)) {\n // ASCII fast path; try 32 units at once.\n if (end - buf >= 32) {\n __m256i v1 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(buf + 16));\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(v1, v_ff80)) {\n __m256i packed = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(\n _mm256_packus_epi16(v, v1), 0xD8);\n _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)o, packed);\n buf += 32; o += 32;\n continue;\n }\n }\n __m128i p = _mm_packus_epi16(_mm256_castsi256_si128(v),\n _mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1));\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)o, p);\n buf += 16; o += 16;\n continue;\n }\n\n const __m256i one_byte_bytemask =\n _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, v_ff80), v_0000);\n const uint32_t one_byte_bitmask =\n (uint32_t)_mm256_movemask_epi8(one_byte_bytemask);\n\n const __m256i one_or_two_bytes_bytemask =\n _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, v_f800), v_0000);\n const uint32_t one_or_two_bytes_bitmask =\n (uint32_t)_mm256_movemask_epi8(one_or_two_bytes_bytemask);\n\n if (one_or_two_bytes_bitmask == 0xffffffff) {\n // All units are 1-2 UTF-8 bytes.\n const __m256i v_1f00 = _mm256_set1_epi16(0x1f00);\n const __m256i v_003f = _mm256_set1_epi16(0x003f);\n const __m256i t0 = _mm256_slli_epi16(v, 2);\n const __m256i t1 = _mm256_and_si256(t0, v_1f00);\n const __m256i t2 = _mm256_and_si256(v, v_003f);\n const __m256i t3 = _mm256_or_si256(t1, t2);\n const __m256i t4 = _mm256_or_si256(t3, v_c080);\n const __m256i utf8_unpacked =\n _mm256_blendv_epi8(t4, v, one_byte_bytemask);\n\n const uint32_t M0 = one_byte_bitmask & 0x55555555;\n const uint32_t M1 = M0 >> 7;\n const uint32_t M2 = (M1 | M0) & 0x00ff00ff;\n\n const uint8_t *row = &pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)M2][0];\n const uint8_t *row_2 = &pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)(M2 >> 16)][0];\n const __m128i shuffle = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(row + 1));\n const __m128i shuffle_2 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(row_2 + 1));\n\n const __m256i utf8_packed = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(\n utf8_unpacked, _mm256_setr_m128i(shuffle, shuffle_2));\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)o, _mm256_castsi256_si128(utf8_packed));\n o += row[0];\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)o, _mm256_extracti128_si256(utf8_packed, 1));\n o += row_2[0];\n buf += 16;\n continue;\n }\n\n const __m256i surrogates_bytemask =\n _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256
... [5079 characters truncated for page size]
tool result
Updated submission/solve.c (199 lines):
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.
1+ // solve.c — fast UTF-16LE -> UTF-8 transcoder (AVX2, simdutf-style).
2+ // See ../spec.md. Grade with ../grade.
5+ #include <string.h>
6+ #include <immintrin.h>
7+ #include "tables.h"
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));
...
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode && ./grade", "timeout": 600000}
tool result
build 1.4s
verify 2.0s PASS
measure 2.7s 23,839,650 instructions (given: 77,976,206)
SCORE +1.7097 (3.271x)
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
+1.71 already. Let me profile per-regime to find where remaining instructions go.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nmkdir -p /tmp/prof\npython3 - <<'EOF'\nimport random, struct, sys\nsys.argv=[0]\nsys.path.insert(0,'verify')\nimport importlib.util\nspec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(\"gc\",\"verify/gen_corpus.py\")\ngc = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)\n# don't run main; import functions\nimport types\nsrc = open(\"verify/gen_corpus.py\").read()\nns = {}\nexec(src.replace('if __name__ == \"__main__\":\\n main()',''), ns)\ngen_record = ns['gen_record']\nfor regime in [\"ascii\",\"latin\",\"cjk\",\"emoji\"]:\n rng = random.Random(42)\n total = 250000; done=0; records=[]\n while done < total:\n units = rng.randrange(500,3000)\n rec = gen_record(rng, regime, units)\n if rec and 0xD800 <= rec[-1] <= 0xDBFF: rec.pop()\n records.append(rec); done += len(rec)\n with open(f\"/tmp/prof/{regime}.bin\",\"wb\") as f:\n for rec in records:\n f.write(struct.pack(\"<I\",len(rec)))\n f.write(struct.pack(f\"<{len(rec)}H\",*rec))\n print(regime, done)\nEOF\nfor r in ascii latin cjk emoji; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/prof/cg.$r .build/runner /tmp/prof/$r.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n echo -n \"$r: \"; grep -E '^[0-9]+ [0-9]+' /tmp/prof/cg.$r | awk '{s+=$2} END {print s}'\ndone", "timeout": 300000}
tool result
ascii 250226
latin 252257
cjk 252402
emoji 252017
ascii: 869628
latin: 4817519
cjk: 8311461
emoji: 18408416
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/prof/cg.latin.ann .build/runner /tmp/prof/latin.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes /tmp/prof/cg.latin.ann 2>/dev/null | head -60"}
tool result
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Profile data file '/tmp/prof/cg.latin.ann' (creator: callgrind-3.25.1)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I1 cache:
D1 cache:
LL cache:
Timerange: Basic block 0 - 111727
Trigger: Program termination
Profiled target: .build/runner /tmp/prof/latin.bin (PID 439, part 1)
Events recorded: Ir
Events shown: Ir
Event sort order: Ir
Thresholds: 99
Include dirs:
User annotated:
Auto-annotation: on
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ir
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
835,473 (100.0%) PROGRAM TOTALS
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Ir file:function
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354,241 (42.40%) submission/solve.c:utf16_to_utf8 [/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/.build/runner]
317,665 (38.02%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/avx2intrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
117,083 (14.01%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/emmintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
46,055 ( 5.51%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/avxintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
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-- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/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)
. {
180 ( 0.02%) 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 173 ----------------------------------------
. (__v4di)(__m256i)(B), \
. (int)(N) * 8))
. #endif
.
. extern __inline __m256i
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Emoji regime dominates cost (18.4M/32.4M) at ~73 instr/unit. Let me annotate it:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes /tmp/prof/cg.emoji 2>/dev/null | grep -A200 'Auto-annotated source: submission/solve.c' | head -120"}
tool result
-- Auto-annotated source: submission/solve.c
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ir
-- line 4 ----------------------------------------
. #include <stddef.h>
. #include <string.h>
. #include <immintrin.h>
. #include "tables.h"
.
. #define INVALID ((size_t)-1)
.
. __attribute__((target("avx2,bmi2")))
564 ( 0.02%) size_t utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *restrict in, size_t n, uint8_t *restrict out) {
. const uint16_t *buf = in;
141 ( 0.00%) const uint16_t *end = in + n;
141 ( 0.00%) uint8_t *o = out;
.
. const __m256i v_ff80 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xff80);
. const __m256i v_f800 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xf800);
. const __m256i v_d800 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xd800);
. const __m256i v_c080 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xc080);
. const __m256i v_0000 = _mm256_setzero_si256();
.
. // Main vector loop. Margin 20 guarantees all 16-byte overhang stores stay
. // within the 3n+4 output capacity (see analysis: worst case needs i<=n-19).
65,791 ( 1.83%) while (end - buf >= 20) {
. __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)buf);
32,402 ( 0.90%) if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, v_ff80)) {
. // ASCII fast path; try 32 units at once.
612 ( 0.02%) if (end - buf >= 32) {
. __m256i v1 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(buf + 16));
602 ( 0.02%) if (_mm256_testz_si256(v1, v_ff80)) {
. __m256i packed = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(
. _mm256_packus_epi16(v, v1), 0xD8);
. _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)o, packed);
14 ( 0.00%) buf += 32; o += 32;
. continue;
. }
. }
. __m128i p = _mm_packus_epi16(_mm256_castsi256_si128(v),
. _mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1));
. _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)o, p);
598 ( 0.02%) buf += 16; o += 16;
299 ( 0.01%) continue;
. }
.
. const __m256i one_byte_bytemask =
. _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, v_ff80), v_0000);
. const uint32_t one_byte_bitmask =
. (uint32_t)_mm256_movemask_epi8(one_byte_bytemask);
.
. const __m256i one_or_two_bytes_bytemask =
. _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, v_f800), v_0000);
. const uint32_t one_or_two_bytes_bitmask =
. (uint32_t)_mm256_movemask_epi8(one_or_two_bytes_bytemask);
.
31,790 ( 0.89%) if (one_or_two_bytes_bitmask == 0xffffffff) {
. // All units are 1-2 UTF-8 bytes.
. const __m256i v_1f00 = _mm256_set1_epi16(0x1f00);
. const __m256i v_003f = _mm256_set1_epi16(0x003f);
. const __m256i t0 = _mm256_slli_epi16(v, 2);
. const __m256i t1 = _mm256_and_si256(t0, v_1f00);
. const __m256i t2 = _mm256_and_si256(v, v_003f);
. const __m256i t3 = _mm256_or_si256(t1, t2);
. const __m256i t4 = _mm256_or_si256(t3, v_c080);
-- line 64 ----------------------------------------
-- line 84 ----------------------------------------
. continue;
. }
.
. const __m256i surrogates_bytemask =
. _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, v_f800), v_d800);
. const uint32_t surrogates_bitmask =
. (uint32_t)_mm256_movemask_epi8(surrogates_bytemask);
.
31,790 ( 0.89%) if (surrogates_bitmask == 0) {
. // 1-3 UTF-8 bytes per unit, no surrogates.
. const __m256i dup_even = _mm256_setr_epi16(
. 0x0000, 0x0202, 0x0404, 0x0606, 0x0808, 0x0a0a, 0x0c0c, 0x0e0e,
. 0x0000, 0x0202, 0x0404, 0x0606, 0x0808, 0x0a0a, 0x0c0c, 0x0e0e);
. #define VEC16(x) _mm256_set1_epi16((short)(x))
. const __m256i t0 = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(v, dup_even);
. const __m256i t1 = _mm256_and_si256(t0, VEC16(0x3f7f));
. const __m256i t2 = _mm256_or_si256(t1, VEC16(0x8000));
-- line 100 ----------------------------------------
-- line 138 ----------------------------------------
. _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)o, u3);
. o += row3[0];
. buf += 16;
. continue;
. }
.
. // Surrogates present: scalar over up to 15 units (pair may take 16th).
. {
31,790 ( 0.89%) size_t k = 0;
477,225 (13.30%) for (; k < 15; k++) {
404,497 (11.27%) uint32_t w = buf[k];
318,150 ( 8.87%) if ((w & 0xFF80) == 0) {
145,456 ( 4.05%) *o++ = (uint8_t)w;
172,694 ( 4.81%) } else if ((w & 0xF800) == 0) {
. *o++ = (uint8_t)((w >> 6) | 0xC0);
. *o++ = (uint8_t)((w & 0x3F) | 0x80);
345,388 ( 9.63%) } else if ((w & 0xF800) != 0xD800) {
. *o++ = (uint8_t)((w >> 12) | 0xE0);
. *o++ = (uint8_t)(((w >> 6) & 0x3F) | 0x80);
. *o++ = (uint8_t)((w & 0x3F) | 0x80);
. } else {
86,347 ( 2.41%) uint32_t hi = w - 0xD800;
259,041 ( 7.22%) uint32_t lo = (uint32_t)buf[k + 1] - 0xDC00;
. k++;
259,041 ( 7.22%) if ((hi | lo) > 0x3FF) return INVALID;
172,694 ( 4.81%) uint32_t cp = (hi << 10) + lo + 0x10000;
86,347 ( 2.41%) uint32_t be = _pdep_u32(cp, 0x073F3F3Fu) | 0xF0808080u;
86,347 ( 2.41%) uint32_t le = __builtin_bswap32(be);
86,347 ( 2.41%) memcpy(o, &le, 4);
172,694 ( 4.81%) o += 4;
. }
. }
31,790 ( 0.89%) buf += k;
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Before the big rewrite, let me understand why CJK costs 33 instr/unit:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --threshold=95 /tmp/prof/cg.cjk 2>/dev/null | grep -B2 -A40 'submission/solve.c:utf16' | head -20\necho ======\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes /tmp/prof/cg.cjk 2>/dev/null | awk '/Auto-annotated source: submission\\/solve.c/,0' | grep -E '^\\s*[0-9,]+ \\(' | sort -t'(' -k2 -rn | head -30"}
tool result
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595,781 (41.17%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/avx2intrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
458,580 (31.69%) submission/solve.c:utf16_to_utf8 [/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/.build/runner]
313,550 (21.67%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/emmintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
62,620 ( 4.33%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/tmmintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
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-- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/tmmintrin.h
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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)
. {
======
1,446,784 (99.97%) events annotated
63,668 ( 4.40%) while (end - buf >= 20) {
46,965 ( 3.25%) const uint8_t *row2 = &pack_1_2_3_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)(mask >> 16)][0];
31,316 ( 2.16%) if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, v_ff80)) {
31,310 ( 2.16%) if (surrogates_bitmask == 0) {
31,310 ( 2.16%) if (one_or_two_bytes_bitmask == 0xffffffff) {
31,310 ( 2.16%) o += row3[0];
31,310 ( 2.16%) o += row2[0];
31,310 ( 2.16%) o += row1[0];
31,310 ( 2.16%) o += row0[0];
31,310 ( 2.16%) buf += 16;
15,655 ( 1.08%) const uint8_t *row3 = &pack_1_2_3_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)(mask >> 24)][0];
15,655 ( 1.08%) const uint8_t *row1 = &pack_1_2_3_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)(mask >> 8)][0];
15,655 ( 1.08%) const uint8_t *row0 = &pack_1_2_3_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)mask][0];
8,855 ( 0.61%) *o++ = (uint8_t)((w & 0x3F) | 0x80);
7,496 ( 0.52%) uint32_t w = *buf++;
7,084 ( 0.49%) } else if ((w & 0xF800) != 0xD800) {
7,084 ( 0.49%) *o++ = (uint8_t)((w >> 12) | 0xE0);
7,084 ( 0.49%) *o++ = (uint8_t)(((w >> 6) & 0x3F) | 0x80);
4,044 ( 0.28%) while (buf < end) {
3,748 ( 0.26%) if (w < 0x80) {
3,542 ( 0.24%) } else if (w < 0x800) {
592 ( 0.04%) size_t utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *restrict in, size_t n, uint8_t *restrict out) {
296 ( 0.02%) }
206 ( 0.01%) *o++ = (uint8_t)w;
148 ( 0.01%) uint8_t *o = out;
148 ( 0.01%) return (size_t)(o - out);
148 ( 0.01%) const uint16_t *end = in + n;
6 ( 0.00%) if (end - buf >= 32) {
6 ( 0.00%) buf += 16; o += 16;
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
CJK is 33 instr/unit which seems too high for the 1-2-3 SIMD path. Let me disassemble to count the real path length:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nobjdump -d .build/runner --no-show-raw-insn | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/,/^$/' | wc -l\nobjdump -d .build/runner --no-show-raw-insn | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/,/^$/' | head -100"}
tool result
319
0000000000001420 <utf16_to_utf8>:
1420: push %rbp
1421: mov %rdx,%r11
1424: lea (%rsi,%rsi,1),%rdx
1428: lea (%rdi,%rsi,2),%r8
142c: mov %rsp,%rbp
142f: sub $0x18,%rsp
1433: cmp $0x26,%rdx
1437: jle 1924 <utf16_to_utf8+0x504>
143d: mov $0xd800d800,%ecx
1442: vpcmpeqd %ymm3,%ymm3,%ymm3
1446: mov %rbx,-0x18(%rbp)
144a: mov %r11,%rax
144d: vmovd %ecx,%xmm4
1451: mov %r12,-0x10(%rbp)
1455: vmovdqa 0x2dc3(%rip),%ymm6 # 4220 <pack_1_2_utf8_bytes+0x1100>
145d: vpsllw $0x7,%ymm3,%ymm2
1462: mov %r13,-0x8(%rbp)
1466: vpbroadcastd %xmm4,%ymm4
146b: vmovdqa 0x2dcd(%rip),%ymm5 # 4240 <pack_1_2_utf8_bytes+0x1120>
1473: mov $0x73f3f3f,%ebx
1478: lea 0xba1(%rip),%r9 # 2020 <pack_1_2_3_utf8_bytes>
147f: lea 0x1c9a(%rip),%r10 # 3120 <pack_1_2_utf8_bytes>
1486: jmp 14d1 <utf16_to_utf8+0xb1>
1488: nopl 0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
1490: cmp $0x3e,%rdx
1494: jle 16b0 <utf16_to_utf8+0x290>
149a: vmovdqu 0x20(%rdi),%ymm1
149f: vptest %ymm2,%ymm1
14a4: jne 16b0 <utf16_to_utf8+0x290>
14aa: vpackuswb %ymm1,%ymm0,%ymm1
14ae: add $0x40,%rdi
14b2: add $0x20,%rax
14b6: vpermq $0xd8,%ymm1,%ymm1
14bc: vmovdqu %ymm1,-0x20(%rax)
14c1: mov %r8,%rdx
14c4: sub %rdi,%rdx
14c7: cmp $0x26,%rdx
14cb: jle 163e <utf16_to_utf8+0x21e>
14d1: vmovdqu (%rdi),%ymm0
14d5: vptest %ymm2,%ymm0
14da: je 1490 <utf16_to_utf8+0x70>
14dc: vpsllw $0xb,%ymm3,%ymm1
14e1: vpxor %xmm7,%xmm7,%xmm7
14e5: vpand %ymm2,%ymm0,%ymm8
14e9: vpand %ymm1,%ymm0,%ymm1
14ed: vpcmpeqw %ymm7,%ymm8,%ymm8
14f1: vpcmpeqw %ymm7,%ymm1,%ymm7
14f5: vpmovmskb %ymm8,%ecx
14fa: vpmovmskb %ymm7,%edx
14fe: cmp $0xffffffff,%edx
1501: je 17d0 <utf16_to_utf8+0x3b0>
1507: vpcmpeqw %ymm4,%ymm1,%ymm1
150b: vpmovmskb %ymm1,%esi
150f: test %esi,%esi
1511: jne 16d0 <utf16_to_utf8+0x2b0>
1517: and $0x55555555,%ecx
151d: and $0xaaaaaaaa,%edx
1523: mov $0xffc0ffc,%esi
1528: add $0x20,%rdi
152c: or %ecx,%edx
152e: vmovd %esi,%xmm8
1532: vpshufb %ymm6,%ymm0,%ymm1
1537: mov $0x40004000,%esi
153c: movzbl %dl,%ecx
153f: vpsrlw $0x4,%ymm0,%ymm0
1544: vpbroadcastd %xmm8,%ymm8
1549: mov %rcx,%r13
154c: vpand %ymm8,%ymm0,%ymm0
1551: vmovd %esi,%xmm8
1555: mov $0xc0e0c0e0,%esi
155a: shl $0x4,%r13
155e: vpbroadcastd %xmm8,%ymm8
1563: vpmaddubsw %ymm5,%ymm0,%ymm0
1568: add %rcx,%r13
156b: movzbl %dh,%ecx
156e: vpandn %ymm8,%ymm7,%ymm7
1573: mov %rcx,%r12
1576: vmovd %esi,%xmm8
157a: mov $0x3f7f3f7f,%esi
157f: add %r9,%r13
1582: shl $0x4,%r12
1586: vpbroadcastd %xmm8,%ymm8
158b: add %rcx,%r12
158e: mov %edx,%ecx
1590: vpor %ymm8,%ymm0,%ymm0
1595: shr $0x18,%edx
1598: shr $0x10,%ecx
159b: vpxor %ymm7,%ymm0,%ymm0
159f: vmovd %esi,%xmm7
15a3: add %r9,%r12
15a6: movzbl %cl,%ecx
15a9: vpbroadcastd %xmm7,%ymm7
15ae: mov %rcx,%rsi
15b1: vpand %ymm7,%ymm1,%ymm1
15b5: shl $0x4,%rsi
15b9: vpsllw $0xf,%ymm3,%ymm7
15be: add %rcx,%rsi
15c1: mov %rdx,%rcx
15c4: vpor %ymm7,%ymm1,%ymm1
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nhead -40 /tmp/prof/cg.latin; echo ====; grep -c 'fn=' /tmp/prof/cg.latin; echo; head -30 /tmp/prof/cg.latin.ann"}
tool result
# callgrind format
version: 1
creator: callgrind-3.25.1
pid: 406
cmd: .build/runner /tmp/prof/latin.bin
part: 1
desc: I1 cache:
desc: D1 cache:
desc: LL cache:
desc: Timerange: Basic block 0 - 111728
desc: Trigger: Program termination
positions: line
events: Ir
summary: 835473
ob=(6) /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/.build/runner
fl=(241) /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c
fn=(912) utf16_to_utf8
12 286
+13 143
-11 143
-2 286
+13 286
fi=(242) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/avx2intrin.h
240 143
fi=(243) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/avxintrin.h
1124 286
fe=(241)
15 143
fi=(242)
240 286
590 143
fi=(243)
1124 286
fi=(242)
====
11
# callgrind format
version: 1
creator: callgrind-3.25.1
pid: 439
cmd: .build/runner /tmp/prof/latin.bin
part: 1
desc: I1 cache:
desc: D1 cache:
desc: LL cache:
desc: Timerange: Basic block 0 - 111727
desc: Trigger: Program termination
positions: line
events: Ir
summary: 835473
ob=(1) /usr/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
fl=(1) ???
fn=(0) 0x000000000001f100
cob=(6) /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/.build/runner
cfi=(202) ???
cfn=(694) (below main)
calls=1 0
0 835473
ob=(6)
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Let me count actual instructions in the hot 1-2-3 path:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nobjdump -d .build/runner --no-show-raw-insn | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/,/^$/' | sed -n '100,220p'"}
tool result
15c4: vpor %ymm7,%ymm1,%ymm1
15c8: shl $0x4,%rcx
15cc: vpunpcklwd %ymm0,%ymm1,%ymm7
15d0: vpunpckhwd %ymm0,%ymm1,%ymm0
15d4: add %r9,%rsi
15d7: add %rdx,%rcx
15da: movzbl 0x0(%r13),%edx
15df: vpshufb 0x1(%r13),%xmm7,%xmm8
15e5: vpshufb 0x1(%r12),%xmm0,%xmm1
15ec: vmovdqu %xmm8,(%rax)
15f0: vextracti128 $0x1,%ymm7,%xmm7
15f6: add %r9,%rcx
15f9: vextracti128 $0x1,%ymm0,%xmm0
15ff: add %rax,%rdx
1602: movzbl (%r12),%eax
1607: vpshufb 0x1(%rsi),%xmm7,%xmm7
160d: vpshufb 0x1(%rcx),%xmm0,%xmm0
1613: vmovdqu %xmm1,(%rdx)
1617: add %rax,%rdx
161a: movzbl (%rsi),%eax
161d: vmovdqu %xmm7,(%rdx)
1621: add %rax,%rdx
1624: movzbl (%rcx),%eax
1627: vmovdqu %xmm0,(%rdx)
162b: add %rdx,%rax
162e: mov %r8,%rdx
1631: sub %rdi,%rdx
1634: cmp $0x26,%rdx
1638: jg 14d1 <utf16_to_utf8+0xb1>
163e: vzeroupper
1641: mov -0x18(%rbp),%rbx
1645: mov -0x10(%rbp),%r12
1649: mov -0x8(%rbp),%r13
164d: cmp %r8,%rdi
1650: jae 16a7 <utf16_to_utf8+0x287>
1652: mov $0x73f3f3f,%r9d
1658: jmp 166e <utf16_to_utf8+0x24e>
165a: nopw 0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
1660: mov %cl,(%rax)
1662: mov %rsi,%rdi
1665: add $0x1,%rax
1669: cmp %r8,%rdi
166c: jae 16a7 <utf16_to_utf8+0x287>
166e: movzwl (%rdi),%ecx
1671: lea 0x2(%rdi),%rsi
1675: mov %ecx,%edx
1677: cmp $0x7f,%cx
167b: jbe 1660 <utf16_to_utf8+0x240>
167d: cmp $0x7ff,%ecx
1683: ja 1878 <utf16_to_utf8+0x458>
1689: shr $0x6,%ecx
168c: and $0x3f,%edx
168f: mov %rsi,%rdi
1692: add $0x2,%rax
1696: or $0xffffffc0,%ecx
1699: or $0xffffff80,%edx
169c: mov %cl,-0x2(%rax)
169f: mov %dl,-0x1(%rax)
16a2: cmp %r8,%rdi
16a5: jb 166e <utf16_to_utf8+0x24e>
16a7: leave
16a8: sub %r11,%rax
16ab: ret
16ac: nopl 0x0(%rax)
16b0: vextracti128 $0x1,%ymm0,%xmm1
16b6: add $0x20,%rdi
16ba: add $0x10,%rax
16be: vpackuswb %xmm1,%xmm0,%xmm0
16c2: vmovdqu %xmm0,-0x10(%rax)
16c7: jmp 14c1 <utf16_to_utf8+0xa1>
16cc: nopl 0x0(%rax)
16d0: xor %ecx,%ecx
16d2: jmp 16f0 <utf16_to_utf8+0x2d0>
16d4: nop
16d5: data16 cs nopw 0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
16e0: mov %dl,(%rax)
16e2: add $0x1,%rax
16e6: add $0x1,%rcx
16ea: cmp $0xe,%rcx
16ee: ja 1729 <utf16_to_utf8+0x309>
16f0: movzwl (%rdi,%rcx,2),%edx
16f4: lea (%rcx,%rcx,1),%r12
16f8: cmp $0x7f,%dx
16fc: jbe 16e0 <utf16_to_utf8+0x2c0>
16fe: movzwl %dx,%esi
1701: cmp $0x7ff,%dx
1706: ja 1738 <utf16_to_utf8+0x318>
1708: shr $0x6,%esi
170b: and $0x3f,%edx
170e: add $0x1,%rcx
1712: add $0x2,%rax
1716: or $0xffffffc0,%esi
1719: or $0xffffff80,%edx
171c: mov %sil,-0x2(%rax)
1720: mov %dl,-0x1(%rax)
1723: cmp $0xe,%rcx
1727: jbe 16f0 <utf16_to_utf8+0x2d0>
1729: lea (%rdi,%rcx,2),%rdi
172d: jmp 14c1 <utf16_to_utf8+0xa1>
1732: nopw 0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
1738: mov %edx,%r13d
173b: and $0xf800,%r13w
1741: cmp $0xd800,%r13w
1747: je 1780 <utf16_to_utf8+0x360>
1749: mov %esi,%r12d
174c: shr $0x6,%esi
174f: and $0x3f,%edx
1752: add $0x3,%rax
1756: shr $0xc,%r12d
175a: and $0x3f,%esi
175d: or $0xffffff80,%edx
1760: or $0xffffffe0,%r12d
1764: or $0xffffff80,%esi
1767: mov %dl,-0x1(%rax)
176a: mov %r12b,-0x3(%rax)
176e: mov %sil,-0x2(%rax)
1772: jmp 16e6 <utf16_to_utf8+0x2c6>
1777: nopw 0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
1780: movzwl 0x2(%rdi,%r12,1),%r12d
1786: sub $0xd800,%esi
178c: lea -0xdc00(%r12),%edx
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Something's off in my per-regime accounting. Let me check the summary lines directly:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ngrep -H '^summary' /tmp/prof/cg.* ; echo ----; head -25 /tmp/prof/cg.cjk"}
tool result
/tmp/prof/cg.ascii:summary: 151198
/tmp/prof/cg.cjk:summary: 1447228
/tmp/prof/cg.emoji:summary: 3587948
/tmp/prof/cg.latin:summary: 835473
/tmp/prof/cg.latin.ann:summary: 835473
----
# callgrind format
version: 1
creator: callgrind-3.25.1
pid: 413
cmd: .build/runner /tmp/prof/cjk.bin
part: 1
desc: I1 cache:
desc: D1 cache:
desc: LL cache:
desc: Timerange: Basic block 0 - 137392
desc: Trigger: Program termination
positions: line
events: Ir
summary: 1447228
ob=(6) /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/.build/runner
fl=(241) /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c
fn=(912) utf16_to_utf8
12 296
+13 148
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ngrep '^summary' .build/callgrind.runner.out .build/callgrind.runner_given.out\npython3 - <<'EOF'\nimport re\nfor f in [\".build/callgrind.runner.out\", \".build/callgrind.runner_given.out\"]:\n total = 0\n for line in open(f):\n ls = line.strip()\n if re.match(r\"^\\d+ \\d+$\", ls) or re.match(r\"^\\d+ \\d+ \", ls):\n total += int(ls.split()[1])\n print(f, total)\nEOF"}
tool result
.build/callgrind.runner.out:summary: 4376496
.build/callgrind.runner_given.out:summary: 15594898
.build/callgrind.runner.out 23839650
.build/callgrind.runner_given.out 77976206
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\npython3 - <<'EOF'\ndef gen_1_2():\n rows = []\n for mask in range(256):\n bits = [(mask >> k) & 1 for k in range(8)]\n order = [bits[0], bits[2], bits[4], bits[6], bits[1], bits[3], bits[5], bits[7]]\n sh = []\n for wi, bit in enumerate(order):\n if bit: sh.append(wi*2)\n else: sh.append(wi*2+1); sh.append(wi*2)\n n = len(sh)\n while len(sh) < 16: sh.append(0x80)\n return_row = sh + [n] + [0]*15\n rows.append(return_row)\n return rows\n\ndef gen_1_2_3():\n rows = []\n for m in range(256):\n mask = m\n sh = []\n for i in range(4):\n sub = mask & 3\n mask >>= 2\n if sub == 0: sh += [i*4+2, i*4+3, i*4+1]\n elif sub == 3: sh += [i*4+0]\n elif sub == 2: sh += [i*4+3, i*4+1]\n # sub == 1: skip lane, emit nothing\n n = len(sh)\n while len(sh) < 16: sh.append(0x80)\n rows.append(sh + [n] + [0]*15)\n return rows\n\ndef emit(f, name, rows):\n f.write(f\"static const uint8_t {name}[256][32] __attribute__((aligned(32))) = {{\\n\")\n for r in rows:\n f.write(\" {\" + \",\".join(str(v) for v in r) + \"},\\n\")\n f.write(\"};\\n\\n\")\n\nwith open(\"submission/tables.h\", \"w\") as f:\n f.write(\"// generated shuffle tables for utf16->utf8 packing.\\n\")\n f.write(\"// row layout: bytes 0..15 = pshufb pattern, byte 16 = output length.\\n\")\n f.write(\"#ifndef TABLES_H\\n#define TABLES_H\\n#include <stdint.h>\\n\\n\")\n emit(f, \"pack_1_2_utf8_bytes\", gen_1_2())\n emit(f, \"pack_1_2_3_utf8_bytes\", gen_1_2_3())\n f.write(\"#endif\\n\")\nprint(\"ok\")\nEOF"}
tool result
ok
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nsed -n 1,60p .build/callgrind.runner.out"}
tool result
# callgrind format
version: 1
creator: callgrind-3.25.1
pid: 373
cmd: /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/.build/runner /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/.build/corpus_31587.bin
part: 1
desc: I1 cache:
desc: D1 cache:
desc: LL cache:
desc: Timerange: Basic block 0 - 716890
desc: Trigger: Program termination
positions: line
events: Ir
summary: 4376496
ob=(1) /usr/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
fl=(1) ???
fn=(0) 0x000000000001f100
cob=(6) /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/.build/runner
cfi=(202) ???
cfn=(694) (below main)
calls=1 0
0 4376496
ob=(6)
fl=(241) /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c
fn=(912) utf16_to_utf8
12 1144
+13 572
-11 572
-2 1144
+13 1144
fi=(242) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/avx2intrin.h
240 572
fi=(243) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/avxintrin.h
1124 1144
fe=(241)
15 572
fi=(242)
240 1144
590 572
fi=(243)
1124 1144
fi=(242)
240 572
+95 572
fi=(244) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/bmi2intrin.h
48 572
fi=(245) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/emmintrin.h
707 1716
fe=(241)
29 27604
fi=(243)
873 13705
fe=(241)
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: write
{"content": "// solve.c \u2014 fast UTF-16LE -> UTF-8 transcoder (AVX2, simdutf-style core with\n// an added SIMD surrogate-pair path). See ../spec.md. Grade with ../grade.\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <string.h>\n#include <immintrin.h>\n#include \"tables.h\"\n\n#define INVALID ((size_t)-1)\n\n__attribute__((target(\"avx2,bmi2\")))\nsize_t utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *restrict in, size_t n, uint8_t *restrict out) {\n const uint16_t *buf = in;\n const uint16_t *end = in + n;\n uint8_t *o = out;\n\n const __m256i v_ff80 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xff80);\n const __m256i v_f800 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xf800);\n const __m256i v_d800 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xd800);\n const __m256i v_0000 = _mm256_setzero_si256();\n\n while (end - buf >= 20) {\n __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)buf);\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, v_ff80)) {\n // ASCII fast path; try 32 units at once.\n if (end - buf >= 32) {\n __m256i v1 = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(buf + 16));\n if (_mm256_testz_si256(v1, v_ff80)) {\n __m256i packed = _mm256_permute4x64_epi64(\n _mm256_packus_epi16(v, v1), 0xD8);\n _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)o, packed);\n buf += 32; o += 32;\n continue;\n }\n }\n __m128i p = _mm_packus_epi16(_mm256_castsi256_si128(v),\n _mm256_extracti128_si256(v, 1));\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)o, p);\n buf += 16; o += 16;\n continue;\n }\n\n const __m256i one_byte_bytemask =\n _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, v_ff80), v_0000);\n const uint32_t one_byte_bitmask =\n (uint32_t)_mm256_movemask_epi8(one_byte_bytemask);\n\n const __m256i one_or_two_bytes_bytemask =\n _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, v_f800), v_0000);\n const uint32_t one_or_two_bytes_bitmask =\n (uint32_t)_mm256_movemask_epi8(one_or_two_bytes_bytemask);\n\n if (one_or_two_bytes_bitmask == 0xffffffff) {\n // All units are 1-2 UTF-8 bytes.\n const __m256i v_1f00 = _mm256_set1_epi16(0x1f00);\n const __m256i v_003f = _mm256_set1_epi16(0x003f);\n const __m256i v_c080 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xc080);\n const __m256i t0 = _mm256_slli_epi16(v, 2);\n const __m256i t1 = _mm256_and_si256(t0, v_1f00);\n const __m256i t2 = _mm256_and_si256(v, v_003f);\n const __m256i t3 = _mm256_or_si256(t1, t2);\n const __m256i t4 = _mm256_or_si256(t3, v_c080);\n const __m256i utf8_unpacked =\n _mm256_blendv_epi8(t4, v, one_byte_bytemask);\n\n const uint32_t M0 = one_byte_bitmask & 0x55555555;\n const uint32_t M1 = M0 >> 7;\n const uint32_t M2 = (M1 | M0) & 0x00ff00ff;\n\n const uint8_t *row = &pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)M2][0];\n const uint8_t *row_2 = &pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)(M2 >> 16)][0];\n const __m128i shuffle = _mm_load_si128((const __m128i *)row);\n const __m128i shuffle_2 = _mm_load_si128((const __m128i *)row_2);\n\n const __m256i utf8_packed = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(\n v_0000 /*placeholder*/, v_0000);\n (void)utf8_packed;\n const __m256i packed = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(\n utf8_unpacked, _mm256_setr_m128i(shuffle, shuffle_2));\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)o, _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));\n o += row[16];\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)o, _mm256_extracti128_si256(packed, 1));\n o += row_2[16];\n buf += 16;\n continue;\n }\n\n const __m256i surrogates_bytemask =\n _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(_mm256_and_si256(v, v_f800), v_d80
... [9527 characters truncated for page size]
tool result
Updated submission/solve.c (279 lines):
1- // solve.c — fast UTF-16LE -> UTF-8 transcoder (AVX2, simdutf-style).
2- // See ../spec.md. Grade with ../grade.
1+ // solve.c — fast UTF-16LE -> UTF-8 transcoder (AVX2, simdutf-style core with
2+ // an added SIMD surrogate-pair path). See ../spec.md. Grade with ../grade.
20- const __m256i v_c080 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xc080);
23- // Main vector loop. Margin 20 guarantees all 16-byte overhang stores stay
24- // within the 3n+4 output capacity (see analysis: worst case needs i<=n-19).
57+ const __m256i v_c080 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xc080);
74- const __m128i shuffle = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(row + 1));
75- const __m128i shuffle_2 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(row_2 + 1));
72+ const __m128i shuffle = _mm_load_si128((const __m128i *)row);
73+ const __m128i shuffle_2 = _mm_load_si128((const __m128i *)row_2);
76+ v_0000 /*placeholder*/, v_0000);
77+ (void)utf8_packed;
78+ const __m256i packed = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(
79- _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)o, _mm256_castsi256_si128(utf8_packed));
80- o += row[0];
81- _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)o, _mm256_extracti128_si256(utf8_packed, 1));
82- o += row_2[0];
80+ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)o, _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));
...
assistant
Let me clean up the leftover placeholder I accidentally left in:
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "submission/solve.c", "old_string": " const __m256i utf8_packed = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(\n v_0000 /*placeholder*/, v_0000);\n (void)utf8_packed;\n const __m256i packed = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(", "new_string": " const __m256i packed = _mm256_shuffle_epi8("}
tool result
Edited submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s)
75- const __m256i utf8_packed = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(
76- v_0000 /*placeholder*/, v_0000);
77- (void)utf8_packed;
Context after edit (lines 72-78):
72│ const __m128i shuffle = _mm_load_si128((const __m128i *)row);
73│ const __m128i shuffle_2 = _mm_load_si128((const __m128i *)row_2);
74│
75│ const __m256i packed = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(
76│ utf8_unpacked, _mm256_setr_m128i(shuffle, shuffle_2));
77│ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)o, _mm256_castsi256_si128(packed));
78│ o += row[16];
assistant
Now build and grade:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode && ./grade", "timeout": 600000}
tool result
build 1.4s
verify 2.0s PASS
measure 1.2s 16,218,409 instructions (given: 77,916,740)
SCORE +2.2643 (4.804x)
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nfor r in ascii latin cjk emoji; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/prof/cg.$r .build/runner /tmp/prof/$r.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n echo -n \"$r: \"; grep -E '^[0-9]+ [0-9]+' /tmp/prof/cg.$r | awk '{s+=$2} END {print s, s/250000 \" instr/unit\"}'\ndone", "timeout": 300000}
tool result
ascii: 916209 3.66484 instr/unit
latin: 4268306 17.0732 instr/unit
cjk: 6094944 24.3798 instr/unit
emoji: 9378676 37.5147 instr/unit
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Latin at 17 instr/unit is suspiciously high (~273 instr/block). Let me annotate:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/prof/cg.latin.ann .build/runner /tmp/prof/latin.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --threshold=99.9 /tmp/prof/cg.latin.ann 2>/dev/null | awk '/Auto-annotated source: submission\\/solve.c/,0' | grep -E '\\([0-9. ]+%\\)' | sort -t'(' -k2 -rn | head -25"}
tool result
749,650 (99.96%) events annotated
129,060 (17.21%) return (__m256i) ((__v4du)__A & (__v4du)__B);
71,700 ( 9.56%) return (__m256i) ((__v4du)__A | (__v4du)__B);
62,949 ( 8.39%) while (end - buf >= 20) {
43,020 ( 5.74%) const uint8_t *row_2 = &pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)(M2 >> 16)][0];
30,974 ( 4.13%) if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, v_ff80)) {
29,395 ( 3.92%) return (__m256i) ((__v16hi)__A == (__v16hi)__B);
28,966 ( 3.86%) const uint8_t *row = &pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)M2][0];
28,680 ( 3.82%) if (one_or_two_bytes_bitmask == 0xffffffff) {
28,680 ( 3.82%) o += row_2[16];
28,680 ( 3.82%) o += row[16];
28,680 ( 3.82%) const uint32_t M1 = M0 >> 7;
28,680 ( 3.82%) return __builtin_ia32_pmovmskb256 ((__v32qi)__A);
16,623 ( 2.22%) return *__P;
14,626 ( 1.95%) return (__m256i) __builtin_ia32_pshufb256 ((__v32qi)__X,
14,340 ( 1.91%) return (__m256i) __builtin_ia32_vinsertf128_si256 ((__v8si)__X,
14,340 ( 1.91%) return (__m256i) __builtin_ia32_si256_si ((__v4si)__A);
14,340 ( 1.91%) continue;
14,340 ( 1.91%) const uint32_t M2 = (M1 | M0) & 0x00ff00ff;
14,340 ( 1.91%) const uint32_t M0 = one_byte_bitmask & 0x55555555;
14,340 ( 1.91%) buf += 16;
14,340 ( 1.91%) return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_psllwi256 ((__v16hi)__A, __B);
14,340 ( 1.91%) return (__m256i) __builtin_ia32_pblendvb256 ((__v32qi)__X,
6,340 ( 0.85%) uint32_t w = *buf++;
3,456 ( 0.46%) while (buf < end) {
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
CJK at 24 instr/unit is much higher than expected (~6/unit theoretical). Let me measure per-instruction:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\npython3 - <<'EOF'\nimport struct\nrec = [0x4E00 + (i % 0x1000) for i in range(3200)]\nwith open(\"/tmp/prof/purecjk.bin\",\"wb\") as f:\n f.write(struct.pack(\"<I\",len(rec)))\n f.write(struct.pack(f\"<{len(rec)}H\",*rec))\nEOF\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/prof/cg.pure .build/runner /tmp/prof/purecjk.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\ngrep -E '^[0-9]+ [0-9]+' /tmp/prof/cg.pure | awk '{s+=$2} END {print s, s/3200 \" instr/unit\"}'"}
tool result
66877 20.8991 instr/unit
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nobjdump -d .build/runner --no-show-raw-insn | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/,/^$/' | grep -c 'vpbroadcast\\|vmovd '\nobjdump -d .build/runner --no-show-raw-insn | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/,/^$/' | wc -l"}
tool result
26
410
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
GCC re-materializes vector constants (mov+vmovd+vpbroadcast = 3 instr each) inside the loop. I'll switch all vector constants to static memory so they become single memory-operand instructions:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nobjdump -d .build/runner --no-show-raw-insn | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/,/^$/' | grep -E 'vmovd |vpbroadcast|mov +\\$0x' | head -40"}
tool result
143d: mov $0xd800d800,%ecx
144d: vmovd %ecx,%xmm4
1472: vpbroadcastd %xmm4,%ymm4
1525: mov $0xffc0ffc,%ecx
153e: vmovd %ecx,%xmm0
1542: mov $0x40004000,%ecx
154d: vpbroadcastd %xmm0,%ymm0
1556: vmovd %ecx,%xmm0
155a: mov $0xc0e0c0e0,%ecx
155f: vpbroadcastd %xmm0,%ymm0
156d: vmovd %ecx,%xmm0
1571: mov $0x3f7f3f7f,%ecx
1576: vpbroadcastd %xmm0,%ymm0
157f: vmovd %ecx,%xmm0
1583: vpbroadcastd %xmm0,%ymm0
1604: mov $0x73f3f3f,%r9d
16bd: mov $0x0,%ecx
16c8: mov $0x73f3f3f,%ebx
17f0: mov $0xc080c080,%esi
17f5: vmovd %esi,%xmm12
17f9: mov $0x1f001f00,%esi
1804: vpbroadcastd %xmm12,%ymm12
1815: vmovd %esi,%xmm12
1823: vpbroadcastd %xmm12,%ymm12
19a0: mov $0x400040,%edx
19b3: vmovd %edx,%xmm12
19b7: mov $0x30003000,%edx
19c5: vmovd %edx,%xmm14
19c9: mov $0xf000f00,%edx
19ce: vpbroadcastd %xmm14,%ymm14
19d9: vpbroadcastd %xmm12,%ymm12
19ed: vmovd %edx,%xmm14
19f1: mov $0x80808080,%edx
19fb: vpbroadcastd %xmm14,%ymm14
1a00: vmovd %edx,%xmm15
1a04: mov $0x7000700,%edx
1a0e: vpbroadcastd %xmm15,%ymm15
1a3c: vmovd %edx,%xmm14
1a40: mov $0xf080f080,%edx
1a45: vpbroadcastd %xmm14,%ymm14
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\npython3 - <<'EOF'\nimport re\nsrc = open(\"submission/solve.c\").read()\n\nhelper = '''\n// Vector constants in .rodata: a memory-operand load is one instruction,\n// while GCC otherwise re-materializes each constant as mov+vmovd+vpbroadcastd.\n#define K16(name, val) \\\\\n static const uint16_t name##_arr[16] __attribute__((aligned(32))) = \\\\\n {val,val,val,val,val,val,val,val,val,val,val,val,val,val,val,val}; \\\\\n const __m256i name = _mm256_load_si256((const __m256i *)name##_arr)\n'''\nsrc = src.replace(\"#define INVALID ((size_t)-1)\", \"#define INVALID ((size_t)-1)\\n\" + helper)\nopen(\"submission/solve.c\",\"w\").write(src)\nEOF\necho done"}
tool result
done
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\npython3 - <<'EOF'\nsrc = open(\"submission/solve.c\").read()\n\n# top-of-function constants\nold = \"\"\" const __m256i v_ff80 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xff80);\n const __m256i v_f800 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xf800);\n const __m256i v_d800 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xd800);\n const __m256i v_0000 = _mm256_setzero_si256();\n\"\"\"\nnew = \"\"\" K16(v_ff80, 0xff80);\n K16(v_f800, 0xf800);\n K16(v_d800, 0xd800);\n K16(v_fc00, 0xfc00);\n K16(k_1f00, 0x1f00);\n K16(k_003f, 0x003f);\n K16(k_c080, 0xc080);\n K16(k_3f7f, 0x3f7f);\n K16(k_8000, 0x8000);\n K16(k_0ffc, 0x0ffc);\n K16(k_0140, 0x0140);\n K16(k_c0e0, 0xc0e0);\n K16(k_4000, 0x4000);\n K16(k_03ff, 0x03ff);\n K16(k_0040, 0x0040);\n K16(k_0700, 0x0700);\n K16(k_3000, 0x3000);\n K16(k_0f00, 0x0f00);\n K16(k_f080, 0xf080);\n K16(k_8080, 0x8080);\n const __m256i v_0000 = _mm256_setzero_si256();\n\"\"\"\nassert old in src\nsrc = src.replace(old, new)\n\nold2 = \"\"\" const __m256i v_1f00 = _mm256_set1_epi16(0x1f00);\n const __m256i v_003f = _mm256_set1_epi16(0x003f);\n const __m256i v_c080 = _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xc080);\n const __m256i t0 = _mm256_slli_epi16(v, 2);\n const __m256i t1 = _mm256_and_si256(t0, v_1f00);\n const __m256i t2 = _mm256_and_si256(v, v_003f);\n const __m256i t3 = _mm256_or_si256(t1, t2);\n const __m256i t4 = _mm256_or_si256(t3, v_c080);\"\"\"\nnew2 = \"\"\" const __m256i t0 = _mm256_slli_epi16(v, 2);\n const __m256i t1 = _mm256_and_si256(t0, k_1f00);\n const __m256i t2 = _mm256_and_si256(v, k_003f);\n const __m256i t3 = _mm256_or_si256(t1, t2);\n const __m256i t4 = _mm256_or_si256(t3, k_c080);\"\"\"\nassert old2 in src\nsrc = src.replace(old2, new2)\n\nold3 = \"\"\"#define VEC16(x) _mm256_set1_epi16((short)(x))\n const __m256i t0 = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(v, dup_even);\n const __m256i t1 = _mm256_and_si256(t0, VEC16(0x3f7f));\n const __m256i t2 = _mm256_or_si256(t1, VEC16(0x8000));\n\n const __m256i s0 = _mm256_srli_epi16(v, 4);\n const __m256i s1 = _mm256_and_si256(s0, VEC16(0x0ffc));\n const __m256i s2 = _mm256_maddubs_epi16(s1, VEC16(0x0140));\n const __m256i s3 = _mm256_or_si256(s2, VEC16(0xc0e0));\n const __m256i m0 = _mm256_andnot_si256(one_or_two_bytes_bytemask,\n VEC16(0x4000));\n const __m256i s4 = _mm256_xor_si256(s3, m0);\n#undef VEC16\"\"\"\nnew3 = \"\"\" const __m256i t0 = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(v, dup_even);\n const __m256i t1 = _mm256_and_si256(t0, k_3f7f);\n const __m256i t2 = _mm256_or_si256(t1, k_8000);\n\n const __m256i s0 = _mm256_srli_epi16(v, 4);\n const __m256i s1 = _mm256_and_si256(s0, k_0ffc);\n const __m256i s2 = _mm256_maddubs_epi16(s1, k_0140);\n const __m256i s3 = _mm256_or_si256(s2, k_c0e0);\n const __m256i m0 = _mm256_andnot_si256(one_or_two_bytes_bytemask,\n k_4000);\n const __m256i s4 = _mm256_xor_si256(s3, m0);\"\"\"\nassert old3 in src\nsrc = src.replace(old3, new3)\n\nold4 = \"\"\" const __m256i vfc = _mm256_and_si256(v, _mm256_set1_epi16((short)0xfc00));\"\"\"\nnew4 = \"\"\" const __m256i vfc = _mm256_and_si256(v, v_fc00);\"\"\"\nassert old4 in src\nsrc = src.replace(old4, new4)\n\nold5 = \"\"\"#define VEC16(x) _mm256_set1_epi16((short)(x))\n // prev = v shifted up by one lane (lane i gets unit i-1).\n const __m256i prev = _mm256_alignr_epi8(\n v, _mm256_permute2x128_si256(v, v, 0x08), 14);\n\n // High half: bytes [0
... [3807 characters truncated for page size]
tool result
ok
build 1.4s
verify 2.0s PASS
measure 1.2s 16,102,717 instructions (given: 77,764,322)
SCORE +2.2718 (4.829x)
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/prof/cg.pure .build/runner /tmp/prof/purecjk.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\ngrep -E '^[0-9]+ [0-9]+' /tmp/prof/cg.pure | awk '{s+=$2} END {print s/3200 \" instr/unit\"}'\nobjdump -d .build/runner --no-show-raw-insn | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/,/^$/' | grep -c 'vpbroadcast'"}
tool result
20.8991 instr/unit
13
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nobjdump -d .build/runner --no-show-raw-insn | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/,/^$/' > /tmp/dis.txt\ngrep -n 'vpbroadcast' /tmp/dis.txt; wc -l /tmp/dis.txt"}
tool result
21: 1472: vpbroadcastd %xmm4,%ymm4
67: 154d: vpbroadcastd %xmm0,%ymm0
71: 155f: vpbroadcastd %xmm0,%ymm0
76: 1576: vpbroadcastd %xmm0,%ymm0
79: 1583: vpbroadcastd %xmm0,%ymm0
233: 1804: vpbroadcastd %xmm12,%ymm12
240: 1823: vpbroadcastd %xmm12,%ymm12
339: 19ce: vpbroadcastd %xmm14,%ymm14
341: 19d9: vpbroadcastd %xmm12,%ymm12
348: 19fb: vpbroadcastd %xmm14,%ymm14
352: 1a0e: vpbroadcastd %xmm15,%ymm15
363: 1a45: vpbroadcastd %xmm14,%ymm14
369: 1a5e: vpbroadcastd %xmm14,%ymm14
410 /tmp/dis.txt
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "sed -n 55,95p /tmp/dis.txt"}
tool result
1514: vpcmpeqw %ymm4,%ymm8,%ymm8
1518: vpmovmskb %ymm8,%ecx
151d: test %ecx,%ecx
151f: jne 1690 <utf16_to_utf8+0x270>
1525: mov $0xffc0ffc,%ecx
152a: vpshufb %ymm6,%ymm0,%ymm10
152f: add $0x20,%rdi
1533: and $0xaaaaaaaa,%edx
1539: vpsrlw $0x4,%ymm0,%ymm8
153e: vmovd %ecx,%xmm0
1542: mov $0x40004000,%ecx
1547: and $0x55555555,%esi
154d: vpbroadcastd %xmm0,%ymm0
1552: vpand %ymm0,%ymm8,%ymm8
1556: vmovd %ecx,%xmm0
155a: mov $0xc0e0c0e0,%ecx
155f: vpbroadcastd %xmm0,%ymm0
1564: vpmaddubsw %ymm5,%ymm8,%ymm8
1569: vpandn %ymm0,%ymm9,%ymm9
156d: vmovd %ecx,%xmm0
1571: mov $0x3f7f3f7f,%ecx
1576: vpbroadcastd %xmm0,%ymm0
157b: vpor %ymm0,%ymm8,%ymm8
157f: vmovd %ecx,%xmm0
1583: vpbroadcastd %xmm0,%ymm0
1588: vpxor %ymm9,%ymm8,%ymm8
158d: vpand %ymm0,%ymm10,%ymm0
1591: vpsllw $0xf,%ymm2,%ymm9
1596: vpor %ymm9,%ymm0,%ymm0
159b: vpunpcklwd %ymm8,%ymm0,%ymm9
15a0: vpunpckhwd %ymm8,%ymm0,%ymm0
15a5: or %esi,%edx
15a7: jne 1870 <utf16_to_utf8+0x450>
15ad: mov %r8,%rdx
15b0: vpshufb %ymm7,%ymm9,%ymm9
15b5: vpshufb %ymm7,%ymm0,%ymm0
15ba: add $0x30,%rax
15be: sub %rdi,%rdx
15c1: vmovdqu %xmm9,-0x30(%rax)
15c6: vmovdqu %xmm0,-0x24(%rax)
15cb: vextracti128 $0x1,%ymm9,-0x18(%rax)
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
The pure-CJK path costs 334 instr/block, way over the ~45 visible. Let me annotate to see what's actually executing:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-instr=yes --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/prof/cg.pure.instr .build/runner /tmp/prof/purecjk.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\ncallgrind_annotate --threshold=100 /tmp/prof/cg.pure.instr 2>/dev/null | head -30"}
tool result
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Profile data file '/tmp/prof/cg.pure.instr' (creator: callgrind-3.25.1)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I1 cache:
D1 cache:
LL cache:
Timerange: Basic block 0 - 38545
Trigger: Program termination
Profiled target: .build/runner /tmp/prof/purecjk.bin (PID 895, part 1)
Events recorded: Ir
Events shown: Ir
Event sort order: Ir
Thresholds: 100
Include dirs:
User annotated:
Auto-annotation: on
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ir
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11,613 (100.0%) PROGRAM TOTALS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ir file:function
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7,172 (61.76%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/avx2intrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
3,440 (29.62%) submission/solve.c:utf16_to_utf8 [/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/.build/runner]
796 ( 6.85%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/emmintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
203 ( 1.75%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/avxintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
2 ( 0.02%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/bmi2intrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Numbers are inconsistent (possible stale files). Let me re-measure cleanly:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nrm -f /tmp/prof/cg.*\nfor r in ascii latin cjk emoji purecjk; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/prof/cg.$r .build/runner /tmp/prof/$r.bin >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo \"$r FAILED\"\n echo -n \"$r: \"; grep -E '^[0-9]+ [0-9]+' /tmp/prof/cg.$r | awk '{s+=$2} END {print s}'\ndone", "timeout": 300000}
tool result
ascii: 916209
latin: 4182266
cjk: 6094944
emoji: 9394318
purecjk: 66877
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\npython3 - <<'EOF'\nimport re\nf = \".build/callgrind.runner.out\"\ncur_fn = None\nby_fn = {}\ncalls = {}\nfor line in open(f):\n ls = line.strip()\n m = re.match(r\"fn=\\((\\d+)\\)\\s*(.*)\", ls)\n if m:\n cur_fn = m.group(2) or m.group(1)\n continue\n if re.match(r\"^\\d+ \\d+$\", ls) or re.match(r\"^\\d+ \\d+ \", ls):\n by_fn[cur_fn] = by_fn.get(cur_fn, 0) + int(ls.split()[1])\nfor k,v in sorted(by_fn.items(), key=lambda kv:-kv[1])[:10]:\n print(v, k)\nprint(\"total\", sum(by_fn.values()))\nEOF"}
tool result
2869084 0x000000000001f100
2869084 694
2869084 main
2869084 696
2869084 716
1757297 utf16_to_utf8
total 16102717
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncat > /tmp/selfcost.py <<'EOF'\nimport re, sys\nf = sys.argv[1]\ntarget = sys.argv[2] if len(sys.argv)>2 else \"utf16_to_utf8\"\ncur_fn = None\nself_cost = 0\nin_call = False\nfor line in open(f):\n ls = line.strip()\n m = re.match(r\"fn=\\(\\d+\\)\\s*(.*)\", ls)\n if m:\n cur_fn = m.group(1) or cur_fn\n continue\n if ls.startswith(\"calls=\"):\n in_call = True\n continue\n if re.match(r\"^[0-9+\\-*]+ \\d+\", ls):\n if in_call:\n in_call = False\n continue\n if cur_fn == target:\n self_cost += int(ls.split()[1])\nprint(self_cost)\nEOF\nfor r in ascii latin cjk emoji purecjk; do\n echo -n \"$r self: \"; python3 /tmp/selfcost.py /tmp/prof/cg.$r\ndone"}
tool result
ascii self: 166841
latin self: 749936
cjk self: 1076845
emoji self: 1674080
purecjk self: 11613
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Let me build focused microbenchmarks per path to see exact per-block costs:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\npython3 - <<'EOF'\nimport struct, random\ndef w(name, rec):\n with open(f\"/tmp/prof/{name}.bin\",\"wb\") as f:\n f.write(struct.pack(\"<I\",len(rec)))\n f.write(struct.pack(f\"<{len(rec)}H\",*rec))\nn=3200\nw(\"pure2\", [0x100 + (i%0x600) for i in range(n)])\nw(\"pureascii\", [0x20 + (i%0x5f) for i in range(n)])\nrec=[]\nfor i in range(n//2):\n cp = 0x10000 + (i % 0xF0000)\n cp -= 0x10000\n rec += [0xD800 + (cp>>10), 0xDC00 + (cp & 0x3FF)]\nw(\"puresurr\", rec)\n# mixed ascii+surrogate like emoji regime\nrng = random.Random(1)\nrec=[]\nwhile len(rec)<n:\n if rng.random()<0.4:\n rec += [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\n rec += [0xD800+(cp>>10), 0xDC00+(cp&0x3FF)]\nif 0xD800 <= rec[-1] <= 0xDBFF: rec.pop()\nw(\"emojimix\", rec)\nprint(\"ok\")\nEOF\nfor r in pureascii pure2 purecjk puresurr emojimix; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/prof/cg.$r .build/runner /tmp/prof/$r.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n echo -n \"$r self/unit: \"; python3 /tmp/selfcost.py /tmp/prof/cg.$r | awk -v n=3200 '{printf \"%.3f (%.1f/16blk)\\n\", $1/n, 16*$1/n}'\ndone", "timeout": 120000}
tool result
ok
pureascii self/unit: 0.603 (9.7/16blk)
pure2 self/unit: 3.143 (50.3/16blk)
purecjk self/unit: 3.629 (58.1/16blk)
puresurr self/unit: 6.618 (105.9/16blk)
emojimix self/unit: 1.296 (20.7/16blk)
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-instr=yes --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/prof/cg.psi .build/runner /tmp/prof/puresurr.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\ncallgrind_annotate --threshold=100 /tmp/prof/cg.psi 2>/dev/null | grep 'PROGRAM TOTALS'\n# count executed distinct instructions in fn\npython3 /tmp/selfcost.py /tmp/prof/cg.psi"}
tool result
21,178 (100.0%) PROGRAM TOTALS
23384
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/prof/cg.ps.line .build/runner /tmp/prof/puresurr.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --threshold=99.9 /tmp/prof/cg.ps.line 2>/dev/null | awk '/Auto-annotated source: submission\\/solve.c/,0' | grep -E '\\([0-9. ]+%\\)' | head -40"}
tool result
4 ( 0.02%) size_t utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *restrict in, size_t n, uint8_t *restrict out) {
1 ( 0.00%) const uint16_t *end = in + n;
1 ( 0.00%) uint8_t *o = out;
803 ( 3.79%) while (end - buf >= 20) {
398 ( 1.88%) if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, v_ff80)) {
398 ( 1.88%) if (one_or_two_bytes_bitmask == 0xffffffff) {
2 ( 0.01%) const uint8_t *row = &pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)M2][0];
398 ( 1.88%) if (surrogates_bitmask == 0) {
1 ( 0.00%) const uint8_t *row0 = &pack_1_2_3_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)mask][0];
199 ( 0.94%) const uint32_t Ml = surrogates_bitmask ^ Mh;
1,393 ( 6.58%) if (((one_byte_bitmask | surrogates_bitmask) == 0xffffffff) &&
199 ( 0.94%) Ml == (uint32_t)(Mh << 2)) {
398 ( 1.88%) const uint32_t trailing_hi = Mh >> 31;
398 ( 1.88%) const uint32_t M0 = ob & 0x55555555;
597 ( 2.82%) const uint32_t M2 = ((M0 >> 7) | M0) & 0x00ff00ff;
597 ( 2.82%) const uint8_t *row = &pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)M2][0];
597 ( 2.82%) const uint8_t *row_2 = &pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)(M2 >> 16)][0];
398 ( 1.88%) o += row[16];
199 ( 0.94%) o += row_2[16];
597 ( 2.82%) o -= trailing_hi;
597 ( 2.82%) buf += 16 - trailing_hi;
199 ( 0.94%) continue;
18 ( 0.08%) while (buf < end) {
24 ( 0.11%) uint32_t w = *buf++;
16 ( 0.08%) if (w < 0x80) {
16 ( 0.08%) } else if (w < 0x800) {
32 ( 0.15%) } else if ((w & 0xF800) != 0xD800) {
8 ( 0.04%) uint32_t hi = w - 0xD800;
32 ( 0.15%) if (hi > 0x3FF || buf == end) return INVALID;
24 ( 0.11%) uint32_t lo = (uint32_t)(*buf++) - 0xDC00;
16 ( 0.08%) if (lo > 0x3FF) return INVALID;
16 ( 0.08%) uint32_t cp = (hi << 10) + lo + 0x10000;
8 ( 0.04%) uint32_t be = _pdep_u32(cp, 0x073F3F3Fu) | 0xF0808080u;
8 ( 0.04%) uint32_t le = __builtin_bswap32(be);
8 ( 0.04%) memcpy(o, &le, 4);
16 ( 0.08%) o += 4;
1 ( 0.00%) return (size_t)(o - out);
2 ( 0.01%) }
199 ( 0.94%) return (__m256i) __builtin_ia32_vinsertf128_si256 ((__v8si)__X,
199 ( 0.94%) return *__P;
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ncat > submission/kconsts.c <<'EOF'\n// kconsts.c \u2014 vector constants in a separate TU so the compiler cannot\n// re-materialize them as mov+vmovd+vpbroadcastd triples inside hot loops.\n#include <stdint.h>\n\n#define ROW16(v) {v,v,v,v,v,v,v,v,v,v,v,v,v,v,v,v}\n\nconst uint16_t k16_tab[][16] __attribute__((aligned(32))) = {\n ROW16(0xff80), // 0\n ROW16(0xf800), // 1\n ROW16(0xd800), // 2\n ROW16(0xfc00), // 3\n ROW16(0x1f00), // 4\n ROW16(0x003f), // 5\n ROW16(0xc080), // 6\n ROW16(0x3f7f), // 7\n ROW16(0x8000), // 8\n ROW16(0x0ffc), // 9\n ROW16(0x0140), // 10\n ROW16(0xc0e0), // 11\n ROW16(0x4000), // 12\n ROW16(0x03ff), // 13\n ROW16(0x0040), // 14\n ROW16(0x0700), // 15\n ROW16(0x3000), // 16\n ROW16(0x0f00), // 17\n ROW16(0xf080), // 18\n ROW16(0x8080), // 19\n {0x0000, 0x0202, 0x0404, 0x0606, 0x0808, 0x0a0a, 0x0c0c, 0x0e0e,\n 0x0000, 0x0202, 0x0404, 0x0606, 0x0808, 0x0a0a, 0x0c0c, 0x0e0e}, // 20 dup_even\n {0x0302, 0x0601, 0x0507, 0x0b0a, 0x0e09, 0x0d0f, 0xffff, 0xffff,\n 0x0302, 0x0601, 0x0507, 0x0b0a, 0x0e09, 0x0d0f, 0xffff, 0xffff}, // 21 sh3 (packed as u16)\n};\nEOF\necho ok"}
tool result
ok
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Now update solve.c to use the external constants:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\npython3 - <<'EOF'\nsrc = open(\"submission/solve.c\").read()\n\nold_helper = src[src.index(\"// Vector constants in .rodata\"):src.index(\"__attribute__((target\"))]\nnew_helper = \"\"\"extern const uint16_t k16_tab[][16];\n#define KLOAD(i) _mm256_load_si256((const __m256i *)k16_tab[i])\n\n\"\"\"\nsrc = src.replace(old_helper, new_helper)\n\nold = \"\"\" K16(v_ff80, 0xff80);\n K16(v_f800, 0xf800);\n K16(v_d800, 0xd800);\n K16(v_fc00, 0xfc00);\n K16(k_1f00, 0x1f00);\n K16(k_003f, 0x003f);\n K16(k_c080, 0xc080);\n K16(k_3f7f, 0x3f7f);\n K16(k_8000, 0x8000);\n K16(k_0ffc, 0x0ffc);\n K16(k_0140, 0x0140);\n K16(k_c0e0, 0xc0e0);\n K16(k_4000, 0x4000);\n K16(k_03ff, 0x03ff);\n K16(k_0040, 0x0040);\n K16(k_0700, 0x0700);\n K16(k_3000, 0x3000);\n K16(k_0f00, 0x0f00);\n K16(k_f080, 0xf080);\n K16(k_8080, 0x8080);\n const __m256i v_0000 = _mm256_setzero_si256();\n\"\"\"\nnew = \"\"\" const __m256i v_ff80 = KLOAD(0);\n const __m256i v_f800 = KLOAD(1);\n const __m256i v_d800 = KLOAD(2);\n const __m256i v_fc00 = KLOAD(3);\n const __m256i k_1f00 = KLOAD(4);\n const __m256i k_003f = KLOAD(5);\n const __m256i k_c080 = KLOAD(6);\n const __m256i k_3f7f = KLOAD(7);\n const __m256i k_8000 = KLOAD(8);\n const __m256i k_0ffc = KLOAD(9);\n const __m256i k_0140 = KLOAD(10);\n const __m256i k_c0e0 = KLOAD(11);\n const __m256i k_4000 = KLOAD(12);\n const __m256i k_03ff = KLOAD(13);\n const __m256i k_0040 = KLOAD(14);\n const __m256i k_0700 = KLOAD(15);\n const __m256i k_3000 = KLOAD(16);\n const __m256i k_0f00 = KLOAD(17);\n const __m256i k_f080 = KLOAD(18);\n const __m256i k_8080 = KLOAD(19);\n const __m256i dup_even = KLOAD(20);\n const __m256i k_sh3 = KLOAD(21);\n const __m256i v_0000 = _mm256_setzero_si256();\n\"\"\"\nassert old in src\nsrc = src.replace(old, new)\n\nold2 = \"\"\" static const uint16_t dup_even_arr[16] __attribute__((aligned(32))) = {\n 0x0000, 0x0202, 0x0404, 0x0606, 0x0808, 0x0a0a, 0x0c0c, 0x0e0e,\n 0x0000, 0x0202, 0x0404, 0x0606, 0x0808, 0x0a0a, 0x0c0c, 0x0e0e};\n const __m256i dup_even = _mm256_load_si256((const __m256i *)dup_even_arr);\n\"\"\"\nassert old2 in src\nsrc = src.replace(old2, \"\")\n\nold3 = \"\"\" static const int8_t sh3_arr[32] __attribute__((aligned(32))) = {\n 2,3,1, 6,7,5, 10,11,9, 14,15,13, -1,-1,-1,-1,\n 2,3,1, 6,7,5, 10,11,9, 14,15,13, -1,-1,-1,-1};\n const __m256i sh3 = _mm256_load_si256((const __m256i *)sh3_arr);\n const __m256i u02 = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(out0, sh3);\n const __m256i u13 = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(out1, sh3);\"\"\"\nnew3 = \"\"\" const __m256i u02 = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(out0, k_sh3);\n const __m256i u13 = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(out1, k_sh3);\"\"\"\nassert old3 in src\nsrc = src.replace(old3, new3)\n\nopen(\"submission/solve.c\",\"w\").write(src)\nprint(\"ok\")\nEOF\n./grade", "timeout": 600000}
tool result
File "<stdin>", line 3
old_helper = src[src.index("// Vector constants in .rodata"):src.index("__attribute__((target"))]
^
SyntaxError: closing parenthesis ')' does not match opening parenthesis '['
build 1.5s
verify 1.9s PASS
measure 1.3s 16,185,647 instructions (given: 78,178,224)
SCORE +2.2721 (4.830x)
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\npython3 - <<'EOF'\nsrc = open(\"submission/solve.c\").read()\n\ni = src.index(\"// Vector constants in .rodata\")\nj = src.index(\"__attribute__((target\")\nold_helper = src[i:j]\nnew_helper = \"\"\"extern const uint16_t k16_tab[][16];\n#define KLOAD(i) _mm256_load_si256((const __m256i *)k16_tab[i])\n\n\"\"\"\nsrc = src.replace(old_helper, new_helper)\n\nold = \"\"\" K16(v_ff80, 0xff80);\n K16(v_f800, 0xf800);\n K16(v_d800, 0xd800);\n K16(v_fc00, 0xfc00);\n K16(k_1f00, 0x1f00);\n K16(k_003f, 0x003f);\n K16(k_c080, 0xc080);\n K16(k_3f7f, 0x3f7f);\n K16(k_8000, 0x8000);\n K16(k_0ffc, 0x0ffc);\n K16(k_0140, 0x0140);\n K16(k_c0e0, 0xc0e0);\n K16(k_4000, 0x4000);\n K16(k_03ff, 0x03ff);\n K16(k_0040, 0x0040);\n K16(k_0700, 0x0700);\n K16(k_3000, 0x3000);\n K16(k_0f00, 0x0f00);\n K16(k_f080, 0xf080);\n K16(k_8080, 0x8080);\n const __m256i v_0000 = _mm256_setzero_si256();\n\"\"\"\nnew = \"\"\" const __m256i v_ff80 = KLOAD(0);\n const __m256i v_f800 = KLOAD(1);\n const __m256i v_d800 = KLOAD(2);\n const __m256i v_fc00 = KLOAD(3);\n const __m256i k_1f00 = KLOAD(4);\n const __m256i k_003f = KLOAD(5);\n const __m256i k_c080 = KLOAD(6);\n const __m256i k_3f7f = KLOAD(7);\n const __m256i k_8000 = KLOAD(8);\n const __m256i k_0ffc = KLOAD(9);\n const __m256i k_0140 = KLOAD(10);\n const __m256i k_c0e0 = KLOAD(11);\n const __m256i k_4000 = KLOAD(12);\n const __m256i k_03ff = KLOAD(13);\n const __m256i k_0040 = KLOAD(14);\n const __m256i k_0700 = KLOAD(15);\n const __m256i k_3000 = KLOAD(16);\n const __m256i k_0f00 = KLOAD(17);\n const __m256i k_f080 = KLOAD(18);\n const __m256i k_8080 = KLOAD(19);\n const __m256i dup_even = KLOAD(20);\n const __m256i k_sh3 = KLOAD(21);\n const __m256i v_0000 = _mm256_setzero_si256();\n\"\"\"\nassert old in src\nsrc = src.replace(old, new)\n\nold2 = \"\"\" static const uint16_t dup_even_arr[16] __attribute__((aligned(32))) = {\n 0x0000, 0x0202, 0x0404, 0x0606, 0x0808, 0x0a0a, 0x0c0c, 0x0e0e,\n 0x0000, 0x0202, 0x0404, 0x0606, 0x0808, 0x0a0a, 0x0c0c, 0x0e0e};\n const __m256i dup_even = _mm256_load_si256((const __m256i *)dup_even_arr);\n\"\"\"\nassert old2 in src\nsrc = src.replace(old2, \"\")\n\nold3 = \"\"\" static const int8_t sh3_arr[32] __attribute__((aligned(32))) = {\n 2,3,1, 6,7,5, 10,11,9, 14,15,13, -1,-1,-1,-1,\n 2,3,1, 6,7,5, 10,11,9, 14,15,13, -1,-1,-1,-1};\n const __m256i sh3 = _mm256_load_si256((const __m256i *)sh3_arr);\n const __m256i u02 = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(out0, sh3);\n const __m256i u13 = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(out1, sh3);\"\"\"\nnew3 = \"\"\" const __m256i u02 = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(out0, k_sh3);\n const __m256i u13 = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(out1, k_sh3);\"\"\"\nassert old3 in src\nsrc = src.replace(old3, new3)\n\nopen(\"submission/solve.c\",\"w\").write(src)\nprint(\"ok\")\nEOF\n./grade", "timeout": 600000}
tool result
ok
build 1.5s
verify 2.0s PASS
measure 1.2s 13,304,728 instructions (given: 77,998,560)
SCORE +2.5515 (5.862x)
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
+2.55. Commit and keep pushing:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ngit init -q 2>/dev/null; git add -A; git commit -qm \"AVX2 simdutf-style transcoder: +2.55 (5.86x)\" 2>&1 | tail -1\nfor r in pureascii pure2 purecjk puresurr emojimix ascii latin cjk emoji; do\n valgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --dump-line=no --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/prof/cg.$r .build/runner /tmp/prof/$r.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\n echo -n \"$r: \"; python3 /tmp/selfcost.py /tmp/prof/cg.$r\ndone", "timeout": 300000}
tool result
fatal: unable to auto-detect email address (got 'root@modal.(none)')
pureascii: 525
pure2: 8467
purecjk: 8827
puresurr: 16801
emojimix: 16777
ascii: 159240
latin: 635179
cjk: 863335
emoji: 532348
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ngit config user.email [email protected]; git config user.name \"jcode bench\"; git add -A; git commit -qm \"AVX2 simdutf-style transcoder: +2.55 (5.86x)\"\nfor r in pureascii pure2 purecjk puresurr emojimix; do\n echo -n \"$r total: \"; grep -E '^[0-9+-]+ [0-9]+' /tmp/prof/cg.$r | awk '{s+=$2} END {print s, s/3200}'\ndone"}
tool result
pureascii total: 11004 3.43875
pure2 total: 50802 15.8756
purecjk total: 52962 16.5506
puresurr total: 100806 31.5019
emojimix total: 100662 31.4569
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Let me look at the actual instruction counts along each path in disassembly:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nobjdump -d .build/runner --no-show-raw-insn | awk '/<utf16_to_utf8>:/,/^$/' > /tmp/dis.txt; wc -l /tmp/dis.txt; sed -n 1,120p /tmp/dis.txt"}
tool result
366 /tmp/dis.txt
0000000000001420 <utf16_to_utf8>:
1420: push %rbp
1421: mov %rdx,%r11
1424: lea (%rsi,%rsi,1),%rdx
1428: lea (%rdi,%rsi,2),%r8
142c: mov %rsp,%rbp
142f: sub $0x18,%rsp
1433: cmp $0x26,%rdx
1437: jle 1a59 <utf16_to_utf8+0x639>
143d: mov %rbx,-0x18(%rbp)
1441: vmovdqu 0xbd7(%rip),%ymm2 # 2020 <k16_tab>
1449: mov %r11,%rax
144c: vpxor %xmm3,%xmm3,%xmm3
1450: mov %r12,-0x10(%rbp)
1454: vmovdqu 0xbe4(%rip),%ymm5 # 2040 <k16_tab+0x20>
145c: mov $0x73f3f3f,%ebx
1461: lea 0xe78(%rip),%r10 # 22e0 <pack_1_2_3_utf8_bytes>
1468: mov %r13,-0x8(%rbp)
146c: vmovdqu 0xbec(%rip),%ymm4 # 2060 <k16_tab+0x40>
1474: lea 0x2e65(%rip),%r9 # 42e0 <pack_1_2_utf8_bytes>
147b: vmovdqu 0xc7d(%rip),%ymm13 # 2100 <k16_tab+0xe0>
1483: vmovdqu 0xc95(%rip),%ymm12 # 2120 <k16_tab+0x100>
148b: vmovdqu 0xcad(%rip),%ymm11 # 2140 <k16_tab+0x120>
1493: vmovdqu 0xcc5(%rip),%ymm9 # 2160 <k16_tab+0x140>
149b: vmovdqu 0xcdd(%rip),%ymm10 # 2180 <k16_tab+0x160>
14a3: jmp 14f0 <utf16_to_utf8+0xd0>
14a5: nopl (%rax)
14a8: cmp $0x3e,%rdx
14ac: jle 1630 <utf16_to_utf8+0x210>
14b2: vmovdqu 0x20(%rdi),%ymm1
14b7: vptest %ymm2,%ymm1
14bc: jne 1630 <utf16_to_utf8+0x210>
14c2: vpackuswb %ymm1,%ymm0,%ymm1
14c6: add $0x40,%rdi
14ca: add $0x20,%rax
14ce: vpermq $0xd8,%ymm1,%ymm1
14d4: vmovdqu %ymm1,-0x20(%rax)
14d9: nopl 0x0(%rax)
14e0: mov %r8,%rdx
14e3: sub %rdi,%rdx
14e6: cmp $0x26,%rdx
14ea: jle 15c0 <utf16_to_utf8+0x1a0>
14f0: vmovdqu (%rdi),%ymm0
14f4: vptest %ymm2,%ymm0
14f9: je 14a8 <utf16_to_utf8+0x88>
14fb: vpand %ymm0,%ymm2,%ymm1
14ff: vpcmpeqw %ymm3,%ymm1,%ymm7
1503: vpand %ymm0,%ymm5,%ymm1
1507: vpcmpeqw %ymm3,%ymm1,%ymm6
150b: vpmovmskb %ymm7,%esi
150f: vpmovmskb %ymm6,%edx
1513: cmp $0xffffffff,%edx
1516: je 1790 <utf16_to_utf8+0x370>
151c: vpcmpeqw %ymm1,%ymm4,%ymm1
1520: vpmovmskb %ymm1,%ecx
1524: test %ecx,%ecx
1526: jne 1650 <utf16_to_utf8+0x230>
152c: and $0xaaaaaaaa,%edx
1532: and $0x55555555,%esi
1538: add $0x20,%rdi
153c: vpshufb 0xd5b(%rip),%ymm0,%ymm1 # 22a0 <k16_tab+0x280>
1545: vpsrlw $0x4,%ymm0,%ymm0
154a: vpandn 0xc4e(%rip),%ymm6,%ymm6 # 21a0 <k16_tab+0x180>
1552: vpand %ymm0,%ymm11,%ymm0
1556: vpand %ymm1,%ymm13,%ymm1
155a: vpmaddubsw %ymm9,%ymm0,%ymm0
155f: vpor %ymm12,%ymm1,%ymm1
1564: vpor %ymm0,%ymm10,%ymm0
1568: vpxor %ymm6,%ymm0,%ymm0
156c: vpunpcklwd %ymm0,%ymm1,%ymm6
1570: vpunpckhwd %ymm0,%ymm1,%ymm1
1574: or %esi,%edx
1576: jne 1810 <utf16_to_utf8+0x3f0>
157c: vpshufb 0xd3b(%rip),%ymm6,%ymm6 # 22c0 <k16_tab+0x2a0>
1585: mov %r8,%rdx
1588: add $0x30,%rax
158c: vpshufb 0xd2b(%rip),%ymm1,%ymm1 # 22c0 <k16_tab+0x2a0>
1595: sub %rdi,%rdx
1598: vmovdqu %xmm6,-0x30(%rax)
159d: vmovdqu %xmm1,-0x24(%rax)
15a2: vextracti128 $0x1,%ymm6,-0x18(%rax)
15a9: vextracti128 $0x1,%ymm1,-0xc(%rax)
15b0: cmp $0x26,%rdx
15b4: jg 14f0 <utf16_to_utf8+0xd0>
15ba: nopw 0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
15c0: vzeroupper
15c3: mov -0x18(%rbp),%rbx
15c7: mov -0x10(%rbp),%r12
15cb: mov -0x8(%rbp),%r13
15cf: cmp %r8,%rdi
15d2: jae 1627 <utf16_to_utf8+0x207>
15d4: mov $0x73f3f3f,%r9d
15da: jmp 15ee <utf16_to_utf8+0x1ce>
15dc: nopl 0x0(%rax)
15e0: mov %cl,(%rax)
15e2: mov %rsi,%rdi
15e5: add $0x1,%rax
15e9: cmp %r8,%rdi
15ec: jae 1627 <utf16_to_utf8+0x207>
15ee: movzwl (%rdi),%ecx
15f1: lea 0x2(%rdi),%rsi
15f5: mov %ecx,%edx
15f7: cmp $0x7f,%cx
15fb: jbe 15e0 <utf16_to_utf8+0x1c0>
15fd: cmp $0x7ff,%ecx
1603: ja 18a0 <utf16_to_utf8+0x480>
1609: shr $0x6,%ecx
160c: and $0x3f,%edx
160f: mov %rsi,%rdi
1612: add $0x2,%rax
1616: or $0xffffffc0,%ecx
1619: or $0xffffff80,%edx
161c: mov %cl,-0x2(%rax)
161f: mov %dl,-0x1(%rax)
1622: cmp %r8,%rdi
1625: jb 15ee <utf16_to_utf8+0x1ce>
1627: leave
1628: sub %r11,%rax
162b: ret
162c: nopl 0x0(%rax)
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
The self cost (8827 = 2.76/unit) matches disassembly, but total 52962 doesn't. Let me see what else is in the collected profile:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\ngrep -E '^(fn|fl|ob)=' /tmp/prof/cg.purecjk | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head; echo ----\ncallgrind_annotate /tmp/prof/cg.purecjk 2>/dev/null | sed -n '/file:function/,/^$/p' | head -15"}
tool result
1 ob=(6)
1 ob=(2) /usr/lib/libc.so.6
1 ob=(1) /usr/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
1 fn=(912) utf16_to_utf8
1 fn=(724)
1 fn=(716) (below main)
1 fn=(696) __libc_start_main@@GLIBC_2.34
1 fn=(694) (below main)
1 fn=(0) 0x000000000001f100
1 fl=(241) /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/submission/solve.c
----
Ir file:function
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4,579 (51.87%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/avx2intrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
3,241 (36.72%) submission/solve.c:utf16_to_utf8 [/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode/.build/runner]
796 ( 9.02%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/emmintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
208 ( 2.36%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/avxintrin.h:utf16_to_utf8
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Let me annotate the surrogate-heavy microbench to see where its cost goes:
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023554Z-jcode-solo-claude-fable-5-utf16-transcode/tasks/utf16-transcode\nvalgrind --tool=callgrind --toggle-collect=utf16_to_utf8 --collect-atstart=no --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/prof/cg.em.ann .build/runner /tmp/prof/emojimix.bin >/dev/null 2>&1\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes --threshold=99.9 /tmp/prof/cg.em.ann 2>/dev/null | awk '/Auto-annotated source: submission\\/solve.c/,0' | grep -E '\\([0-9. ]+%\\)' | sort -t'(' -k2 -rn | head -30"}
tool result
16,767 (99.94%) events annotated
1,584 ( 9.44%) if (((one_byte_bitmask | surrogates_bitmask) == 0xffffffff) &&
990 ( 5.90%) const uint32_t trailing_hi = Mh >> 31;
820 ( 4.89%) while (end - buf >= 20) {
594 ( 3.54%) o -= trailing_hi;
594 ( 3.54%) const uint8_t *row_2 = &pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)(M2 >> 16)][0];
594 ( 3.54%) const uint8_t *row = &pack_1_2_utf8_bytes[(uint8_t)M2][0];
594 ( 3.54%) buf += 16 - trailing_hi;
406 ( 2.42%) if (_mm256_testz_si256(v, v_ff80)) {
401 ( 2.39%) *__P = __B;
396 ( 2.36%) if (surrogates_bitmask == 0) {
396 ( 2.36%) if (one_or_two_bytes_bitmask == 0xffffffff) {
396 ( 2.36%) o += row[16];
396 ( 2.36%) const uint32_t M2 = ((M0 >> 7) | M0) & 0x00ff00ff;
396 ( 2.36%) const uint32_t M0 = ob & 0x55555555;
198 ( 1.18%) const uint32_t Ml = surrogates_bitmask ^ Mh;
198 ( 1.18%) o += row_2[16];
198 ( 1.18%) continue;
198 ( 1.18%) Ml == (uint32_t)(Mh << 2)) {
28 ( 0.17%) } else if ((w & 0xF800) != 0xD800) {
28 ( 0.17%) if (hi > 0x3FF || buf == end) return INVALID;
21 ( 0.13%) uint32_t w = *buf++;
21 ( 0.13%) uint32_t lo = (uint32_t)(*buf++) - 0xDC00;
16 ( 0.10%) while (buf < end) {
14 ( 0.08%) } else if (w < 0x800) {
14 ( 0.08%) if (w < 0x80) {
14 ( 0.08%) uint32_t cp = (hi << 10) + lo + 0x10000;
14 ( 0.08%) o += 4;
14 ( 0.08%) if (lo > 0x3FF) return INVALID;
10 ( 0.06%) if (end - buf >= 32) {
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant (final)
Good context. Valgrind supports AVX2 but masks AVX-512, and BMI2 is likely fine. Let me check the given implementation and baseline numbers.Now let me review the simdutf AVX2 approach to adapt it:The tables are generated data. Let me fetch simdutf's generator script to produce them myself:Now let me see the rest of the table generator to replicate it:Now I'll write the AVX2 implementation:+1.71 already. Let me profile per-regime to find where remaining instructions go.Emoji regime dominates cost (18.4M/32.4M) at ~73 instr/unit. Let me annotate it:Before the big rewrite, let me understand why CJK costs 33 instr/unit:CJK is 33 instr/unit which seems too high for the 1-2-3 SIMD path. Let me disassemble to count the real path length:Let me count actual instructions in the hot 1-2-3 path:Something's off in my per-regime accounting. Let me check the summary lines directly:Let me clean up the leftover placeholder I accidentally left in:Now build and grade:Latin at 17 instr/unit is suspiciously high (~273 instr/block). Let me annotate:CJK at 24 instr/unit is much higher than expected (~6/unit theoretical). Let me measure per-instruction:GCC re-materializes vector constants (mov+vmovd+vpbroadcast = 3 instr each) inside the loop. I'll switch all vector constants to static memory so they become single memory-operand instructions:The pure-CJK path costs 334 instr/block, way over the ~45 visible. Let me annotate to see what's actually executing:Numbers are inconsistent (possible stale files). Let me re-measure cleanly:Let me build focused microbenchmarks per path to see exact per-block costs:Now update solve.c to use the external constants:+2.55. Commit and keep pushing:Let me look at the actual instruction counts along each path in disassembly:The self cost (8827 = 2.76/unit) matches disassembly, but total 52962 doesn't. Let me see what else is in the collected profile:Let me annotate the surrogate-heavy microbench to see where its cost goes: