remove deprecated ftz intrinsics

dfdx-core/src/lib.rs

@@ -128,44 +128,6 @@ pub mod prelude {
     pub use crate::tensor_ops::*;
 }
 
-/// Sets a CPU `sse` flag to flush denormal floating point numbers to zero. The opposite of this is [keep_denormals()].
-///
-/// Some resources:
-/// 1. [Effects of Flush-To-Zero mode](https://developer.arm.com/documentation/dui0473/c/neon-and-vfp-programming/the-effects-of-using-flush-to-zero-mode?lang=en)
-/// 2. [When to use Flush-To-Zero mode](https://developer.arm.com/documentation/dui0473/c/neon-and-vfp-programming/when-to-use-flush-to-zero-mode?lang=en)
-pub fn flush_denormals_to_zero() {
-    #[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86", target_feature = "sse"))]
-    {
-        use std::arch::x86::{_MM_FLUSH_ZERO_ON, _MM_SET_FLUSH_ZERO_MODE};
-        unsafe { _MM_SET_FLUSH_ZERO_MODE(_MM_FLUSH_ZERO_ON) }
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86_64", target_feature = "sse"))]
-    {
-        use std::arch::x86_64::{_MM_FLUSH_ZERO_ON, _MM_SET_FLUSH_ZERO_MODE};
-        unsafe { _MM_SET_FLUSH_ZERO_MODE(_MM_FLUSH_ZERO_ON) }
-    }
-}
-
-/// Sets a CPU flag to keep denormal floating point numbers. The opposite of this is [flush_denormals_to_zero()].
-///
-/// Some resources:
-/// 1. [Effects of Flush-To-Zero mode](https://developer.arm.com/documentation/dui0473/c/neon-and-vfp-programming/the-effects-of-using-flush-to-zero-mode?lang=en)
-/// 2. [When to use Flush-To-Zero mode](https://developer.arm.com/documentation/dui0473/c/neon-and-vfp-programming/when-to-use-flush-to-zero-mode?lang=en)
-pub fn keep_denormals() {
-    #[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86", target_feature = "sse"))]
-    {
-        use std::arch::x86::{_MM_FLUSH_ZERO_OFF, _MM_SET_FLUSH_ZERO_MODE};
-        unsafe { _MM_SET_FLUSH_ZERO_MODE(_MM_FLUSH_ZERO_OFF) }
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86_64", target_feature = "sse"))]
-    {
-        use std::arch::x86_64::{_MM_FLUSH_ZERO_OFF, _MM_SET_FLUSH_ZERO_MODE};
-        unsafe { _MM_SET_FLUSH_ZERO_MODE(_MM_FLUSH_ZERO_OFF) }
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) mod tests {
     pub use num_traits::{Float, NumCast, Zero};

dfdx/examples/12-mnist.rs

@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ type Mlp = (
 const BATCH_SIZE: usize = 32;
 
 fn main() {
-    // ftz substantially improves performance
-    dfdx::flush_denormals_to_zero();
-
     let mnist_path = std::env::args()
         .nth(1)
         .unwrap_or_else(|| "./datasets/MNIST/raw".to_string());