Generically implement ToBitMaskArray

crates/core_simd/src/masks.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
 mod mask_impl;
 
 mod to_bitmask;
-pub use to_bitmask::ToBitMask;
+pub use to_bitmask::{ToBitMask, ToBitMaskArray};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "generic_const_exprs")]
+pub use to_bitmask::bitmask_len;
 
 use crate::simd::{intrinsics, LaneCount, Simd, SimdElement, SupportedLaneCount};
 use core::cmp::Ordering;

crates/core_simd/src/masks/bitmask.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(unused_imports)]
 use super::MaskElement;
 use crate::simd::intrinsics;
-use crate::simd::{LaneCount, Simd, SupportedLaneCount, ToBitMask};
+use crate::simd::{LaneCount, Simd, SupportedLaneCount, ToBitMask, ToBitMaskArray};
 use core::marker::PhantomData;
 
 /// A mask where each lane is represented by a single bit.
@@ -115,6 +115,24 @@ where
         unsafe { Self(intrinsics::simd_bitmask(value), PhantomData) }
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    #[must_use = "method returns a new array and does not mutate the original value"]
+    pub fn to_bitmask_array<const N: usize>(self) -> [u8; N] {
+        assert!(core::mem::size_of::<Self>() == N);
+
+        // Safety: converting an integer to an array of bytes of the same size is safe
+        unsafe { core::mem::transmute_copy(&self.0) }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    #[must_use = "method returns a new mask and does not mutate the original value"]
+    pub fn from_bitmask_array<const N: usize>(bitmask: [u8; N]) -> Self {
+        assert!(core::mem::size_of::<Self>() == N);
+
+        // Safety: converting an array of bytes to an integer of the same size is safe
+        Self(unsafe { core::mem::transmute_copy(&bitmask) }, PhantomData)
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn to_bitmask_integer<U>(self) -> U
     where

crates/core_simd/src/masks/full_masks.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use super::MaskElement;
 use crate::simd::intrinsics;
-use crate::simd::{LaneCount, Simd, SupportedLaneCount, ToBitMask};
+use crate::simd::{LaneCount, Simd, SupportedLaneCount, ToBitMask, ToBitMaskArray};
 
 #[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct Mask<T, const LANES: usize>(Simd<T, LANES>)
@@ -126,6 +126,72 @@ where
         unsafe { Mask(intrinsics::simd_cast(self.0)) }
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    #[must_use = "method returns a new array and does not mutate the original value"]
+    pub fn to_bitmask_array<const N: usize>(self) -> [u8; N]
+    where
+        super::Mask<T, LANES>: ToBitMaskArray,
+        [(); <super::Mask<T, LANES> as ToBitMaskArray>::BYTES]: Sized,
+    {
+        assert_eq!(<super::Mask<T, LANES> as ToBitMaskArray>::BYTES, N);
+
+        // Safety: N is the correct bitmask size
+        //
+        // The transmute below allows this function to be marked safe, since it will prevent
+        // monomorphization errors in the case of an incorrect size.
+        unsafe {
+            // Compute the bitmask
+            let bitmask: [u8; <super::Mask<T, LANES> as ToBitMaskArray>::BYTES] =
+                intrinsics::simd_bitmask(self.0);
+
+            // Transmute to the return type, previously asserted to be the same size
+            let mut bitmask: [u8; N] = core::mem::transmute_copy(&bitmask);
+
+            // LLVM assumes bit order should match endianness
+            if cfg!(target_endian = "big") {
+                for x in bitmask.as_mut() {
+                    *x = x.reverse_bits();
+                }
+            };
+
+            bitmask
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    #[must_use = "method returns a new mask and does not mutate the original value"]
+    pub fn from_bitmask_array<const N: usize>(mut bitmask: [u8; N]) -> Self
+    where
+        super::Mask<T, LANES>: ToBitMaskArray,
+        [(); <super::Mask<T, LANES> as ToBitMaskArray>::BYTES]: Sized,
+    {
+        assert_eq!(<super::Mask<T, LANES> as ToBitMaskArray>::BYTES, N);
+
+        // Safety: N is the correct bitmask size
+        //
+        // The transmute below allows this function to be marked safe, since it will prevent
+        // monomorphization errors in the case of an incorrect size.
+        unsafe {
+            // LLVM assumes bit order should match endianness
+            if cfg!(target_endian = "big") {
+                for x in bitmask.as_mut() {
+                    *x = x.reverse_bits();
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Transmute to the bitmask type, previously asserted to be the same size
+            let bitmask: [u8; <super::Mask<T, LANES> as ToBitMaskArray>::BYTES] =
+                core::mem::transmute_copy(&bitmask);
+
+            // Compute the regular mask
+            Self::from_int_unchecked(intrinsics::simd_select_bitmask(
+                bitmask,
+                Self::splat(true).to_int(),
+                Self::splat(false).to_int(),
+            ))
+        }
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub(crate) fn to_bitmask_integer<U: ReverseBits>(self) -> U
     where

crates/core_simd/src/masks/to_bitmask.rs

@@ -31,6 +31,24 @@ pub unsafe trait ToBitMask: Sealed {
     fn from_bitmask(bitmask: Self::BitMask) -> Self;
 }
 
+/// Converts masks to and from byte array bitmasks.
+///
+/// Each bit of the bitmask corresponds to a mask lane, starting with the LSB of the first byte.
+///
+/// # Safety
+/// This trait is `unsafe` and sealed, since the `BYTES` value must match the number of lanes in
+/// the mask.
+pub unsafe trait ToBitMaskArray: Sealed {
+    /// The length of the bitmask array.
+    const BYTES: usize;
+
+    /// Converts a mask to a bitmask.
+    fn to_bitmask_array(self) -> [u8; Self::BYTES];
+
+    /// Converts a bitmask to a mask.
+    fn from_bitmask_array(bitmask: [u8; Self::BYTES]) -> Self;
+}
+
 macro_rules! impl_integer_intrinsic {
     { $(unsafe impl ToBitMask<BitMask=$int:ty> for Mask<_, $lanes:literal>)* } => {
         $(
@@ -55,3 +73,23 @@ impl_integer_intrinsic! {
     unsafe impl ToBitMask<BitMask=u32> for Mask<_, 32>
     unsafe impl ToBitMask<BitMask=u64> for Mask<_, 64>
 }
+
+/// Returns the minimum numnber of bytes in a bitmask with `lanes` lanes.
+pub const fn bitmask_len(lanes: usize) -> usize {
+    (lanes + 7) / 8
+}
+
+unsafe impl<T: MaskElement, const LANES: usize> ToBitMaskArray for Mask<T, LANES>
+where
+    LaneCount<LANES>: SupportedLaneCount,
+{
+    const BYTES: usize = bitmask_len(LANES);
+
+    fn to_bitmask_array(self) -> [u8; Self::BYTES] {
+        self.0.to_bitmask_array()
+    }
+
+    fn from_bitmask_array(bitmask: [u8; Self::BYTES]) -> Self {
+        Mask(mask_impl::Mask::from_bitmask_array(bitmask))
+    }
+}

crates/core_simd/tests/masks.rs

@@ -80,6 +80,19 @@ macro_rules! test_mask_api {
                 assert_eq!(bitmask, 0b1000001101001001);
                 assert_eq!(core_simd::Mask::<$type, 16>::from_bitmask(bitmask), mask);
             }
+
+            #[test]
+            fn roundtrip_bitmask_array_conversion() {
+                use core_simd::ToBitMaskArray;
+                let values = [
+                    true, false, false, true, false, false, true, false,
+                    true, true, false, false, false, false, false, true,
+                ];
+                let mask = core_simd::Mask::<$type, 16>::from_array(values);
+                let bitmask = mask.to_bitmask_array();
+                assert_eq!(bitmask, [0b01001001, 0b10000011]);
+                assert_eq!(core_simd::Mask::<$type, 16>::from_bitmask_array(bitmask), mask);
+            }
         }
     }
 }