[Insight-developers] Rounding functions in itkMacro.h

Luis Ibanez luis.ibanez at kitware.com
Tue May 12 19:05:27 EDT 2009


Tom,

Thanks for catching the problem.

I'll try running another Experimental tonight.


    Luis


------------------------
Tom Vercauteren wrote:
> Oups, in my previous email
>   "I see that vnl_math.h is only included if ITK_USE_PORTABLE_ROUND is ON."
> should have been
>   "I see that vnl_math.h is only included if ITK_USE_PORTABLE_ROUND is
> OFF or not defined."
> 
> Tom
> 
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 23:26, Tom Vercauteren <tom.vercauteren at m4x.org> wrote:
> 
>>Hi Luis,
>>
>>I think I got the culprit. It didn't make sense to me how
>>vnl_math_rnd_halfintup could be undeclared. I am using ubuntu 9.04
>>with gcc 4.3 and every thing works out fine. Se for example this debug
>>build with sse2 rounding:
>>http://www.cdash.org/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=331407
>>http://www.cdash.org/CDash/testDetails.php?test=22870870&build=331407
>>
>>The only possible reason for a mising vnl_math_rnd_halfintup is a
>>missing or outdated vnl_math.h. Looking back at the code
>> http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/Code/Common/itkMacro.h?root=Insight&view=markup
>>I see that vnl_math.h is only included if ITK_USE_PORTABLE_ROUND is
>>ON. I wasn't using this variable...
>>
>>Could you please try and recompile by changing
>> #ifndef ITK_USE_PORTABLE_ROUND
>> #include "vnl/vnl_math.h"
>> #endif
>>by
>> #include "vnl/vnl_math.h"
>>in
>> itkMacro.h
>>?
>>
>>Sorry for not giving you a patch but I don't have a development machine at hand.
>>
>>Also, I saw from your previous email that you had set
>>VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2 to ON. This is not used by the sse2 rounding
>>functions which only relies on VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2_ROUNDING. Since
>>VXL developers aresaying that VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2 is unstable, I
>>wouldn't recommend turning this option on.
>>
>>Hope this helps,
>>Tom
>>
>>
>>On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 18:14, Luis Ibanez <luis.ibanez at kitware.com> wrote:
>>
>>>HI Tom,
>>>
>>>Thanks for the new patch.
>>>
>>>Unfortunately it is not compiling for me.
>>>
>>>
>>>Here is what I got:
>>>
>>>
>>>[ 41%] Building CXX object Code/Common/CMakeFiles/ITKCommon.dir/itkBarrier.o
>>>In file included from /home/ibanez/src/Insight/Code/Common/itkTimeStamp.h:23,
>>>                from /home/ibanez/src/Insight/Code/Common/itkLightObject.h:21,
>>>                from /home/ibanez/src/Insight/Code/Common/itkBarrier.h:20,
>>>                from /home/ibanez/src/Insight/Code/Common/itkBarrier.cxx:17:
>>>/home/ibanez/src/Insight/Code/Common/itkMacro.h: In function ‘int
>>>itk::Math::RoundHalfIntegerUp(float)’:
>>>/home/ibanez/src/Insight/Code/Common/itkMacro.h:979: error:
>>>‘vnl_math_rnd_halfintup’ was not declared in this scope
>>>/home/ibanez/src/Insight/Code/Common/itkMacro.h: In function ‘int
>>>itk::Math::RoundHalfIntegerUp(double)’:
>>>/home/ibanez/src/Insight/Code/Common/itkMacro.h:980: error:
>>>‘vnl_math_rnd_halfintup’ was not declared in this scope
>>>/home/ibanez/src/Insight/Code/Common/itkMacro.h: In function ‘int
>>>itk::Math::RoundHalfIntegerToEven(float)’:
>>>/home/ibanez/src/Insight/Code/Common/itkMacro.h:981: error:
>>>‘vnl_math_rnd_halfinttoeven’ was not declared in this scope
>>>/home/ibanez/src/Insight/Code/Common/itkMacro.h: In function ‘int
>>>itk::Math::RoundHalfIntegerToEven(double)’:
>>>/home/ibanez/src/Insight/Code/Common/itkMacro.h:982: error:
>>>‘vnl_math_rnd_halfinttoeven’ was not declared in this scope
>>>make[2]: *** [Code/Common/CMakeFiles/ITKCommon.dir/itkBarrier.o] Error 1
>>>make[1]: *** [Code/Common/CMakeFiles/ITKCommon.dir/all] Error 2
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>and the SSE flags in my build are ON
>>>
>>> grep ENABLE_SSE MakeCache.txt
>>>
>>>VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2:BOOL=ON
>>>VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2_ROUNDING:BOOL=ON
>>>//Advanced flag for variable: VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2
>>>VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1
>>>//Modified flag for variable: VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2
>>>VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2-MODIFIED:INTERNAL=1
>>>//Advanced flag for variable: VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2_ROUNDING
>>>VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2_ROUNDING-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1
>>>//Modified flag for variable: VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2_ROUNDING
>>>VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2_ROUNDING-MODIFIED:INTERNAL=1
>>>
>>>
>>>BTW: This is a Debug build in gcc 4.3.2, Linux Ubuntu 8.10.
>>>
>>>
>>>     Luis
>>>
>>>
>>>=========================================
>>>On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Tom Vercauteren
>>><tom.vercauteren at m4x.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Luis,
>>>>
>>>>I have put an updated patch on the bug tracker:
>>>>http://public.kitware.com/Bug/file_download.php?file_id=2236&type=bug
>>>>
>>>>In addition to the changes I mentioned earlier, it includes some small
>>>>modifications to some CMakeLists.txt in order to ease turning on SSE2
>>>>rounding.
>>>> cmake -DVNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2_ROUNDING=ON <path_to_itk>
>>>>and
>>>> ccmake <path_to_itk>
>>>> switch VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2_ROUNDING to on
>>>>now also works with gcc
>>>>
>>>>Let me know if it works for you.
>>>>
>>>>Tom
>>>>
>>>>On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:43, Tom Vercauteren <tom.vercauteren at m4x.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Luis,
>>>>>
>>>>>I have almost the same system so this will ease the process.
>>>>>
>>>>>The problem is indeed related to the -msse2 flag. Running
>>>>> cmake -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-msse2" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-msse2"
>>>>>-DVNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2_ROUNDING=ON <path_to_itk>
>>>>>works correctly.
>>>>>
>>>>>So it looks like the cmake magic used by vxl to detect and add sse2
>>>>>support is wrong. Actually running
>>>>> cmake -DVNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2_ROUNDING=ON <path_to_itk>
>>>>>leads to a cmake error.
>>>>>
>>>>>This is not specific to the patched itk version as the same behavior
>>>>>is observed on a pristine checkout of the vxl svn trunk.
>>>>>
>>>>>There are at least two errors I can see from the cmake scripts in vxl
>>>>>svn trunk when VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2_ROUNDING is ON.
>>>>>
>>>>>1)  ADD_DEFINITIONS( -msse2 ) is called after vxl tries to detect
>>>>>whether it has sse2 support. However this flag is required for gcc
>>>>>(4.3) to find emmintrin.h and use the sse2 intrinsics.
>>>>>
>>>>>2) Even if ADD_DEFINITIONS( -msse2 ) was called prior to
>>>>> PERFORM_CHECK_HEADER(emmintrin.h VXL_HAS_EMMINTRIN_H)
>>>>>and
>>>>> PERFORM_CMAKE_TEST_RUN(vxl_platform_tests.cxx VXL_HAS_SSE2_HARDWARE_SUPPORT)
>>>>>it wouldn't make a difference since PERFORM_CHECK_HEADER and
>>>>>PERFORM_CMAKE_TEST_RUN do not rely on such ADD_DEFINITIONS.
>>>>>
>>>>>I am not sure how to fix this right now as I am not a cmake expert.
>>>>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Note this this issue does not affect the case when
>>>>>VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2_ROUNDING is OFF. In such a case, on your
>>>>>system, the implementation will fallback to the gcc assembly calls,
>>>>>e.g.
>>>>> inline int vnl_math_rnd_halfinttoeven(float  x) { int r; __asm__
>>>>>__volatile__ ("fistpl %0" : "=m"(r) : "t"(x) : "st"); return r; }
>>>>>
>>>>>I'll report back if I find a patch for the cmake scripts that I find reasonable.
>>>>>
>>>>>Tom
>>>>>
>>>>>On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 04:27, Luis Ibanez <luis.ibanez at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi Tom,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm testing this on a Laptop:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Linux Ubuntu 8.10
>>>>>>   gcc 4.3.2
>>>>>>   Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T9600  @ 2.80GHz
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The error was a link error.
>>>>>>Missing symbols.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>lshw returns the following data from the CPU:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *-cpu
>>>>>>         description: CPU
>>>>>>         product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T9600  @ 2.80GHz
>>>>>>         vendor: Intel Corp.
>>>>>>         physical id: 400
>>>>>>         bus info: cpu at 0
>>>>>>         version: 6.7.6
>>>>>>         slot: Microprocessor
>>>>>>         size: 2801MHz
>>>>>>         capacity: 2801MHz
>>>>>>         width: 64 bits
>>>>>>         clock: 266MHz
>>>>>>         capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae
>>>>>>mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr
>>>>>>sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni
>>>>>>monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr sse4_1 lahf_lm cpufreq
>>>>>>         configuration: id=0
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Luis
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>------------------------------
>>>>>>On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Tom Vercauteren
>>>>>><tom.vercauteren at m4x.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Luis,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Can you provide some information on your configuration (OS, compiler,
>>>>>>>cpu)? Also did you get a compilation error or a link error?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>One potential thing to look at is whether your machine actually
>>>>>>>supports sse2 and whether vxl correctly detects it. It looks like I
>>>>>>>missed a patch to the sse2 detection in the list I gave you:
>>>>>>>http://vxl.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vxl/trunk/config/cmake/config/CMakeLists.txt?r1=23457&r2=23456&pathrev=23457
>>>>>>>http://vxl.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vxl/trunk/config/cmake/config/vxl_platform_tests.cxx?r1=23457&r2=23456&pathrev=23457
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>No matter this patch, setting  VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2_ROUNDING to OFF
>>>>>>>should definitely not remove the declarations of the new rounding
>>>>>>>methods. It should simply fallback to another implementation than the
>>>>>>>SSE2 one (gcc-specific or msvc-specific or vanilla c).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Since I don't have access to my computer right now, it's a bit
>>>>>>>difficult for me to provide you more information right now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Tom
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 00:44, Luis Ibanez <luis.ibanez at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Hi Tom,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Setting  VNL_CONFIG_ENABLE_SSE2_ROUNDING to OFF
>>>>>>>>removes the declarations of the new rounding methods in
>>>>>>>>vnl_math.h.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I'm probably doing something wrong here.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I have generated a patch with the changes and uploaded it
>>>>>>>>to the bug tracker:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>You will find it in:
>>>>>>>>   http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=6558
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>is the patch named:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>         PortableRound-May-11-2009.patch
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>If you have a chance,
>>>>>>>>could you help me find out what I'm missing ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     Thanks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>           Luis
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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