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+/*
+	(c) Copyright 2024 Feoramund <rune@swevencraft.org>.
+	Made available under Odin's BSD-3 license.
+
+	List of contributors:
+		Feoramund: `index_byte` procedures.
+*/
+
+// package simd_util implements compositions of SIMD operations for optimizing
+// the core library where available.
+
+//+build i386, amd64
+package simd_util
+
+import "base:intrinsics"
+import "core:simd/x86"
+
+@private SCAN_REGISTER_SIZE :: 16
+@private SCAN_REGISTERS     :: 4
+@private SCAN_WIDTH         :: SCAN_REGISTERS * SCAN_REGISTER_SIZE
+
+// How long should a string be before using any of the `index_*` procedures in
+// this package.
+RECOMMENDED_SCAN_SIZE :: SCAN_REGISTER_SIZE
+
+/*
+Scan a slice of bytes for a specific byte.
+
+This procedure safely handles padding out slices of any length, including empty
+slices.
+
+Inputs:
+- data: A slice of bytes.
+- c: The byte to search for.
+
+Returns:
+- index: The index of the byte `c`, or -1 if it was not found.
+*/
+@(enable_target_feature="sse2")
+index_byte :: proc(data: []u8, c: byte) -> (index: int) #no_bounds_check {
+	scanner_data: [SCAN_REGISTER_SIZE]u8 = c
+	scanner := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^x86.__m128i)&scanner_data[0])
+
+	i: int
+	length := len(data)
+	full_chunks_length := length - length % SCAN_WIDTH
+
+	for /**/; i < full_chunks_length; i += SCAN_WIDTH {
+		simd_load := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^[SCAN_REGISTERS]x86.__m128i)&data[i])
+
+		#unroll for j in 0..<SCAN_REGISTERS {
+			cmp := x86._mm_cmpeq_epi8(simd_load[j], scanner)
+			mask := x86._mm_movemask_epi8(cmp)
+
+			// NOTE(Feoramund): I experimented with ORing all the masks onto a
+			// 128-bit integer before performing the `mask != 0` check to see
+			// if that might be faster. However, the cost to avoid 3
+			// compares resulted in a marginally slower runtime on my machine.
+			//
+			// Simpler won out here.
+			if mask != 0 {
+				ctz := intrinsics.count_trailing_zeros(mask)
+				return i + j * SCAN_REGISTER_SIZE + cast(int)ctz
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if i < length {
+		// The data is not exactly divisible by SCAN_WIDTH, and we haven't found
+		// what we're looking for yet, so we must pad out the end, then run our
+		// algorithm on it.
+		padded_data_end: [SCAN_WIDTH]u8 = ---
+		remnant_length := length % SCAN_WIDTH
+		intrinsics.mem_copy_non_overlapping(
+			&padded_data_end[0],
+			&raw_data(data)[full_chunks_length],
+			remnant_length,
+		)
+
+		simd_load := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^[SCAN_REGISTERS]x86.__m128i)&padded_data_end[0])
+
+		#unroll for j in 0..<SCAN_REGISTERS {
+			cmp := x86._mm_cmpeq_epi8(simd_load[j], scanner)
+			mask := x86._mm_movemask_epi8(cmp)
+
+			// Because this data is padded out, it's possible that we could
+			// match on uninitialized memory, so we must guard against that.
+
+			// Create a relevancy mask: (Example)
+			//
+			//    max(u64)        = 0xFFFF_FFFF_FFFF_FFFF
+			//
+			//  Convert an integer into a stream of on-bits by using the
+			//  shifted negation of the maximum. The subtraction selects which
+			//  section of the overall mask we should apply.
+			//
+			//                   << 17 - (1 * SCAN_REGISTER_SIZE)
+			//                    = 0xFFFF_FFFF_FFFF_FFFE
+			//
+			submask := max(u64) << u64(remnant_length - (j * SCAN_REGISTER_SIZE))
+			//
+			//    ~submask        = 0x0000_0000_0000_0001
+			//    (submask >> 63) = 0x0000_0000_0000_0001
+			//
+			//  The multiplication is a guard against zero.
+			//
+			submask = ~submask * (submask >> 63)
+			//
+			//  Finally, mask out any irrelevant bits with the submask.
+			mask &= i32(submask)
+
+			if mask != 0 {
+				ctz := int(intrinsics.count_trailing_zeros(mask))
+				return i + j * SCAN_REGISTER_SIZE + ctz
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -1
+}
+
+/*
+Scan a slice of bytes for a specific byte, starting from the end and working
+backwards to the start.
+
+This procedure safely handles padding out slices of any length, including empty
+slices.
+
+Inputs:
+- data: A slice of bytes.
+- c: The byte to search for.
+
+Returns:
+- index: The index of the byte `c`, or -1 if it was not found.
+*/
+@(enable_target_feature="sse2")
+last_index_byte :: proc(data: []u8, c: byte) -> int #no_bounds_check {
+	scanner_data: [SCAN_REGISTER_SIZE]u8 = c
+	scanner := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^x86.__m128i)&scanner_data[0])
+
+	i := len(data) - SCAN_WIDTH
+
+	for /**/; i >= 0; i -= SCAN_WIDTH {
+		simd_load := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^[SCAN_REGISTERS]x86.__m128i)&data[i])
+
+		// There is no #reverse #unroll at the time of this writing, so we use
+		// `j` to count down by subtraction.
+		#unroll for j in 1..=SCAN_REGISTERS {
+			cmp := x86._mm_cmpeq_epi8(simd_load[SCAN_REGISTERS-j], scanner)
+			mask := x86._mm_movemask_epi8(cmp)
+
+			if mask != 0 {
+				// CLZ is used instead to get the on-bit from the other end.
+				clz := (8 * size_of(mask) - 1) - int(intrinsics.count_leading_zeros(mask))
+				return i + SCAN_WIDTH - j * SCAN_REGISTER_SIZE + clz
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if i < 0 {
+		padded_data_end: [SCAN_WIDTH]u8 = ---
+		remnant_length := len(data) % SCAN_WIDTH
+		intrinsics.mem_copy_non_overlapping(
+			&padded_data_end[0],
+			&raw_data(data)[0],
+			remnant_length,
+		)
+
+		simd_load := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^[SCAN_REGISTERS]x86.__m128i)&padded_data_end[0])
+
+		#unroll for j in 1..=SCAN_REGISTERS {
+			cmp := x86._mm_cmpeq_epi8(simd_load[SCAN_REGISTERS-j], scanner)
+			mask := x86._mm_movemask_epi8(cmp)
+
+			submask := max(u64) << u64(remnant_length - (SCAN_REGISTERS-j) * SCAN_REGISTER_SIZE)
+			submask = ~submask * (submask >> 63)
+
+			mask &= i32(submask)
+
+			if mask != 0 {
+				clz := (8 * size_of(mask) - 1) - int(intrinsics.count_leading_zeros(mask))
+				return SCAN_WIDTH - j * SCAN_REGISTER_SIZE + clz
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -1
+}