Improved performance of sum aggregation via aligned loads (-10%)

src/compute/aggregate/sum.rs

@@ -23,19 +23,17 @@ pub trait Sum<T> {
 #[clone(target = "x86_64+avx")]
 fn nonnull_sum<T>(values: &[T]) -> T
 where
-    T: NativeType + Simd,
-    T::Simd: Add<Output = T::Simd> + Sum<T>,
+    T: NativeType + Simd + Add<Output = T> + std::iter::Sum<T>,
+    T::Simd: Sum<T> + Add<Output = T::Simd>,
 {
-    let mut chunks = values.chunks_exact(T::Simd::LANES);
+    let (head, simd_vals, tail) = T::Simd::align(values);
 
-    let sum = chunks.by_ref().fold(T::Simd::default(), |acc, chunk| {
-        acc + T::Simd::from_chunk(chunk)
-    });
-
-    let remainder = T::Simd::from_incomplete_chunk(chunks.remainder(), T::default());
-    let reduced = sum + remainder;
+    let mut reduced = T::Simd::from_incomplete_chunk(&[], T::default());
+    for chunk in simd_vals {
+        reduced = reduced + *chunk;
+    }
 
-    reduced.simd_sum()
+    reduced.simd_sum() + head.iter().copied().sum() + tail.iter().copied().sum()
 }
 
 /// # Panics
@@ -90,7 +88,7 @@ where
 /// Returns `None` if the array is empty or only contains null values.
 pub fn sum_primitive<T>(array: &PrimitiveArray<T>) -> Option<T>
 where
-    T: NativeType + Simd,
+    T: NativeType + Simd + Add<Output = T> + std::iter::Sum<T>,
     T::Simd: Add<Output = T::Simd> + Sum<T>,
 {
     let null_count = array.null_count();

src/types/simd/mod.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ pub trait FromMaskChunk<T> {
 }
 
 /// A struct that lends itself well to be compiled leveraging SIMD
-pub trait NativeSimd: Default {
+/// # Safety
+/// The `NativeType` and the `NativeSimd` must have possible a matching alignment.
+/// e.g. slicing `&[NativeType]` by `align_of<NativeSimd>()` must be properly aligned/safe.
+pub unsafe trait NativeSimd: Default + Copy {
     /// Number of lanes
     const LANES: usize;
     /// The [`NativeType`] of this struct. E.g. `f32` for a `NativeSimd = f32x16`.
@@ -32,6 +35,8 @@ pub trait NativeSimd: Default {
     /// Items from `v` at positions larger than the number of lanes are ignored;
     /// remaining items are populated with `remaining`.
     fn from_incomplete_chunk(v: &[Self::Native], remaining: Self::Native) -> Self;
+
+    fn align(values: &[Self::Native]) -> (&[Self::Native], &[Self], &[Self::Native]);
 }
 
 /// Trait implemented by some [`NativeType`] that have a SIMD representation.

src/types/simd/native.rs

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ use super::*;
 macro_rules! simd {
     ($name:tt, $type:ty, $lanes:expr, $mask:ty) => {
         #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+        #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
         pub struct $name(pub [$type; $lanes]);
 
-        impl NativeSimd for $name {
+        unsafe impl NativeSimd for $name {
             const LANES: usize = $lanes;
             type Native = $type;
             type Chunk = $mask;
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ macro_rules! simd {
                 a.iter_mut().zip(v.iter()).for_each(|(a, b)| *a = *b);
                 Self(a)
             }
+
+            #[inline]
+            fn align(values: &[Self::Native]) -> (&[Self::Native], &[Self], &[Self::Native]) {
+                unsafe { values.align_to::<Self>() }
+            }
         }
 
         impl std::ops::Index<usize> for $name {

src/types/simd/packed.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use super::*;
 
 macro_rules! simd {
     ($name:tt, $type:ty, $lanes:expr, $chunk:ty, $mask:tt) => {
-        impl NativeSimd for $name {
+        unsafe impl NativeSimd for $name {
             const LANES: usize = $lanes;
             type Native = $type;
             type Chunk = $chunk;
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ macro_rules! simd {
                 a.iter_mut().zip(v.iter()).for_each(|(a, b)| *a = *b);
                 <$name>::from_chunk(a.as_ref())
             }
+
+            #[inline]
+            fn align(values: &[Self::Native]) -> (&[Self::Native], &[Self], &[Self::Native]) {
+                unsafe { values.align_to::<Self>() }
+            }
         }
     };
 }