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thirdparty/embree/kernels/builders/bvh_builder_sah.h

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+// Copyright 2009-2021 Intel Corporation
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "heuristic_binning_array_aligned.h"
+#include "heuristic_spatial_array.h"
+#include "heuristic_openmerge_array.h"
+
+#define NUM_OBJECT_BINS 32
+#define NUM_SPATIAL_BINS 16
+
+namespace embree
+{
+  namespace isa
+  {
+    MAYBE_UNUSED static const float travCost = 1.0f;
+    MAYBE_UNUSED static const size_t DEFAULT_SINGLE_THREAD_THRESHOLD = 1024;
+
+    struct GeneralBVHBuilder
+    {
+      static const size_t MAX_BRANCHING_FACTOR = 16;       //!< maximum supported BVH branching factor      
+      static const size_t MIN_LARGE_LEAF_LEVELS = 8;       //!< create balanced tree of we are that many levels before the maximum tree depth
+      
+
+      /*! settings for SAH builder */
+      struct Settings
+      {
+        /*! default settings */
+        Settings ()
+        : branchingFactor(2), maxDepth(32), logBlockSize(0), minLeafSize(1), maxLeafSize(7),
+          travCost(1.0f), intCost(1.0f), singleThreadThreshold(1024), primrefarrayalloc(inf) {}
+
+        /*! initialize settings from API settings */
+        Settings (const RTCBuildArguments& settings)
+        : branchingFactor(2), maxDepth(32), logBlockSize(0), minLeafSize(1), maxLeafSize(7),
+          travCost(1.0f), intCost(1.0f), singleThreadThreshold(1024), primrefarrayalloc(inf)
+        {
+          if (RTC_BUILD_ARGUMENTS_HAS(settings,maxBranchingFactor)) branchingFactor = settings.maxBranchingFactor;
+          if (RTC_BUILD_ARGUMENTS_HAS(settings,maxDepth          )) maxDepth        = settings.maxDepth;
+          if (RTC_BUILD_ARGUMENTS_HAS(settings,sahBlockSize      )) logBlockSize    = bsr(settings.sahBlockSize);
+          if (RTC_BUILD_ARGUMENTS_HAS(settings,minLeafSize       )) minLeafSize     = settings.minLeafSize;
+          if (RTC_BUILD_ARGUMENTS_HAS(settings,maxLeafSize       )) maxLeafSize     = settings.maxLeafSize;
+          if (RTC_BUILD_ARGUMENTS_HAS(settings,traversalCost     )) travCost        = settings.traversalCost;
+          if (RTC_BUILD_ARGUMENTS_HAS(settings,intersectionCost  )) intCost         = settings.intersectionCost;
+
+          minLeafSize = min(minLeafSize,maxLeafSize);
+        }
+
+        Settings (size_t sahBlockSize, size_t minLeafSize, size_t maxLeafSize, float travCost, float intCost, size_t singleThreadThreshold, size_t primrefarrayalloc = inf)
+        : branchingFactor(2), maxDepth(32), logBlockSize(bsr(sahBlockSize)), minLeafSize(min(minLeafSize,maxLeafSize)), maxLeafSize(maxLeafSize),
+          travCost(travCost), intCost(intCost), singleThreadThreshold(singleThreadThreshold), primrefarrayalloc(primrefarrayalloc)
+        {
+        }
+
+      public:
+        size_t branchingFactor;  //!< branching factor of BVH to build
+        size_t maxDepth;         //!< maximum depth of BVH to build
+        size_t logBlockSize;     //!< log2 of blocksize for SAH heuristic
+        size_t minLeafSize;      //!< minimum size of a leaf
+        size_t maxLeafSize;      //!< maximum size of a leaf
+        float travCost;          //!< estimated cost of one traversal step
+        float intCost;           //!< estimated cost of one primitive intersection
+        size_t singleThreadThreshold; //!< threshold when we switch to single threaded build
+        size_t primrefarrayalloc;  //!< builder uses prim ref array to allocate nodes and leaves when a subtree of that size is finished
+      };
+
+      /*! recursive state of builder */
+      template<typename Set, typename Split>
+        struct BuildRecordT
+        {
+        public:
+          __forceinline BuildRecordT () {}
+
+          __forceinline BuildRecordT (size_t depth)
+            : depth(depth), alloc_barrier(false), prims(empty) {}
+
+          __forceinline BuildRecordT (size_t depth, const Set& prims)
+            : depth(depth), alloc_barrier(false), prims(prims) {}
+
+          __forceinline BBox3fa bounds() const { return prims.geomBounds; }
+
+          __forceinline friend bool operator< (const BuildRecordT& a, const BuildRecordT& b) { return a.prims.size() < b.prims.size(); }
+          __forceinline friend bool operator> (const BuildRecordT& a, const BuildRecordT& b) { return a.prims.size() > b.prims.size();  }
+
+          __forceinline size_t size() const { return prims.size(); }
+
+        public:
+          size_t depth;       //!< Depth of the root of this subtree.
+          bool alloc_barrier; //!< barrier used to reuse primref-array blocks to allocate nodes
+          Set prims;          //!< The list of primitives.
+        };
+
+      template<typename PrimRef, typename Set>
+      struct DefaultCanCreateLeafFunc
+      {
+        __forceinline bool operator()(const PrimRef*, const Set&) const { return true; }
+      };
+
+      template<typename PrimRef, typename Set>
+      struct DefaultCanCreateLeafSplitFunc
+      {
+        __forceinline void operator()(PrimRef*, const Set&, Set&, Set&) const { }
+      };
+
+      template<typename BuildRecord,
+        typename Heuristic,
+        typename Set,
+        typename PrimRef,
+        typename ReductionTy,
+        typename Allocator,
+        typename CreateAllocFunc,
+        typename CreateNodeFunc,
+        typename UpdateNodeFunc,
+        typename CreateLeafFunc,
+        typename CanCreateLeafFunc,
+        typename CanCreateLeafSplitFunc,
+        typename ProgressMonitor>
+
+        class BuilderT
+        {
+          friend struct GeneralBVHBuilder;
+
+          BuilderT (PrimRef* prims,
+                    Heuristic& heuristic,
+                    const CreateAllocFunc& createAlloc,
+                    const CreateNodeFunc& createNode,
+                    const UpdateNodeFunc& updateNode,
+                    const CreateLeafFunc& createLeaf,
+                    const CanCreateLeafFunc& canCreateLeaf,
+                    const CanCreateLeafSplitFunc& canCreateLeafSplit,
+                    const ProgressMonitor& progressMonitor,
+                    const Settings& settings) :
+                    cfg(settings),
+                    prims(prims),
+                    heuristic(heuristic),
+                    createAlloc(createAlloc),
+                    createNode(createNode),
+                    updateNode(updateNode),
+                    createLeaf(createLeaf),
+                    canCreateLeaf(canCreateLeaf),
+                    canCreateLeafSplit(canCreateLeafSplit),
+                    progressMonitor(progressMonitor)
+          {
+            if (cfg.branchingFactor > MAX_BRANCHING_FACTOR)
+              throw_RTCError(RTC_ERROR_UNKNOWN,"bvh_builder: branching factor too large");
+          }
+
+          const ReductionTy createLargeLeaf(const BuildRecord& current, Allocator alloc)
+          {
+            /* this should never occur but is a fatal error */
+            if (current.depth > cfg.maxDepth)
+              throw_RTCError(RTC_ERROR_UNKNOWN,"depth limit reached");
+
+            /* create leaf for few primitives */
+            if (current.prims.size() <= cfg.maxLeafSize && canCreateLeaf(prims,current.prims))
+              return createLeaf(prims,current.prims,alloc);
+
+            /* fill all children by always splitting the largest one */
+            ReductionTy values[MAX_BRANCHING_FACTOR];
+            BuildRecord children[MAX_BRANCHING_FACTOR];
+            size_t numChildren = 1;
+            children[0] = current;
+            do {
+
+              /* find best child with largest bounding box area */
+              size_t bestChild = -1;
+              size_t bestSize = 0;
+              for (size_t i=0; i<numChildren; i++)
+              {
+                /* ignore leaves as they cannot get split */
+                if (children[i].prims.size() <= cfg.maxLeafSize && canCreateLeaf(prims,children[i].prims))
+                  continue;
+
+                /* remember child with largest size */
+                if (children[i].prims.size() > bestSize) {
+                  bestSize = children[i].prims.size();
+                  bestChild = i;
+                }
+              }
+              if (bestChild == (size_t)-1) break;
+
+              /*! split best child into left and right child */
+              BuildRecord left(current.depth+1);
+              BuildRecord right(current.depth+1);
+              if (!canCreateLeaf(prims,children[bestChild].prims)) {
+                canCreateLeafSplit(prims,children[bestChild].prims,left.prims,right.prims);
+              } else {
+                heuristic.splitFallback(children[bestChild].prims,left.prims,right.prims);
+              }
+
+              /* add new children left and right */
+              children[bestChild] = children[numChildren-1];
+              children[numChildren-1] = left;
+              children[numChildren+0] = right;
+              numChildren++;
+
+            } while (numChildren < cfg.branchingFactor);
+
+            /* set barrier for primrefarrayalloc */
+            if (unlikely(current.size() > cfg.primrefarrayalloc))
+              for (size_t i=0; i<numChildren; i++)
+                children[i].alloc_barrier = children[i].size() <= cfg.primrefarrayalloc;
+
+            /* create node */
+            auto node = createNode(children,numChildren,alloc);
+
+            /* recurse into each child  and perform reduction */
+            for (size_t i=0; i<numChildren; i++)
+              values[i] = createLargeLeaf(children[i],alloc);
+
+            /* perform reduction */
+            return updateNode(current,children,node,values,numChildren);
+          }
+
+          const ReductionTy recurse(BuildRecord& current, Allocator alloc, bool toplevel)
+          {
+            /* get thread local allocator */
+            if (!alloc)
+              alloc = createAlloc();
+
+            /* call memory monitor function to signal progress */
+            if (toplevel && current.size() <= cfg.singleThreadThreshold)
+              progressMonitor(current.size());
+
+            /*! find best split */
+            auto split = heuristic.find(current.prims,cfg.logBlockSize);
+
+            /*! compute leaf and split cost */
+            const float leafSAH  = cfg.intCost*current.prims.leafSAH(cfg.logBlockSize);
+            const float splitSAH = cfg.travCost*halfArea(current.prims.geomBounds)+cfg.intCost*split.splitSAH();
+            assert((current.prims.size() == 0) || ((leafSAH >= 0) && (splitSAH >= 0)));
+
+            /*! create a leaf node when threshold reached or SAH tells us to stop */
+            if (current.prims.size() <= cfg.minLeafSize || current.depth+MIN_LARGE_LEAF_LEVELS >= cfg.maxDepth || (current.prims.size() <= cfg.maxLeafSize && leafSAH <= splitSAH)) {
+              heuristic.deterministic_order(current.prims);
+              return createLargeLeaf(current,alloc);
+            }
+
+            /*! perform initial split */
+            Set lprims,rprims;
+            heuristic.split(split,current.prims,lprims,rprims);
+	    
+            /*! initialize child list with initial split */
+            ReductionTy values[MAX_BRANCHING_FACTOR];
+            BuildRecord children[MAX_BRANCHING_FACTOR];
+            children[0] = BuildRecord(current.depth+1,lprims);
+            children[1] = BuildRecord(current.depth+1,rprims);
+            size_t numChildren = 2;
+
+            /*! split until node is full or SAH tells us to stop */
+            while (numChildren < cfg.branchingFactor)
+            {
+              /*! find best child to split */
+              float bestArea = neg_inf;
+              ssize_t bestChild = -1;
+              for (size_t i=0; i<numChildren; i++)
+              {
+                /* ignore leaves as they cannot get split */
+                if (children[i].prims.size() <= cfg.minLeafSize) continue;
+
+                /* find child with largest surface area */
+                if (halfArea(children[i].prims.geomBounds) > bestArea) {
+                  bestChild = i;
+                  bestArea = halfArea(children[i].prims.geomBounds);
+                }
+              }
+              if (bestChild == -1) break;
+
+              /* perform best found split */
+              BuildRecord& brecord = children[bestChild];
+              BuildRecord lrecord(current.depth+1);
+              BuildRecord rrecord(current.depth+1);
+              auto split = heuristic.find(brecord.prims,cfg.logBlockSize);
+              heuristic.split(split,brecord.prims,lrecord.prims,rrecord.prims);
+              children[bestChild  ] = lrecord;
+              children[numChildren] = rrecord;
+              numChildren++;
+            }
+
+            /* set barrier for primrefarrayalloc */
+            if (unlikely(current.size() > cfg.primrefarrayalloc))
+              for (size_t i=0; i<numChildren; i++)
+                children[i].alloc_barrier = children[i].size() <= cfg.primrefarrayalloc;
+
+            /* sort buildrecords for faster shadow ray traversal */
+            std::sort(&children[0],&children[numChildren],std::greater<BuildRecord>());
+
+            /*! create an inner node */
+            auto node = createNode(children,numChildren,alloc);
+
+            /* spawn tasks */
+            if (current.size() > cfg.singleThreadThreshold)
+            {
+              /*! parallel_for is faster than spawning sub-tasks */
+              parallel_for(size_t(0), numChildren, [&] (const range<size_t>& r) { // FIXME: no range here
+                  for (size_t i=r.begin(); i<r.end(); i++) {
+                    values[i] = recurse(children[i],nullptr,true);
+                    _mm_mfence(); // to allow non-temporal stores during build
+                  }
+                });
+
+              return updateNode(current,children,node,values,numChildren);
+            }
+            /* recurse into each child */
+            else
+            {
+              for (size_t i=0; i<numChildren; i++)
+                values[i] = recurse(children[i],alloc,false);
+
+              return updateNode(current,children,node,values,numChildren);
+            }
+          }
+
+        private:
+          Settings cfg;
+          PrimRef* prims;
+          Heuristic& heuristic;
+          const CreateAllocFunc& createAlloc;
+          const CreateNodeFunc& createNode;
+          const UpdateNodeFunc& updateNode;
+          const CreateLeafFunc& createLeaf;
+          const CanCreateLeafFunc& canCreateLeaf;
+          const CanCreateLeafSplitFunc& canCreateLeafSplit;
+          const ProgressMonitor& progressMonitor;
+        };
+
+      template<
+      typename ReductionTy,
+        typename Heuristic,
+        typename Set,
+        typename PrimRef,
+        typename CreateAllocFunc,
+        typename CreateNodeFunc,
+        typename UpdateNodeFunc,
+        typename CreateLeafFunc,
+        typename ProgressMonitor>
+
+        __noinline static ReductionTy build(Heuristic& heuristic,
+                                            PrimRef* prims,
+                                            const Set& set,
+                                            CreateAllocFunc createAlloc,
+                                            CreateNodeFunc createNode, UpdateNodeFunc updateNode,
+                                            const CreateLeafFunc& createLeaf,
+                                            const ProgressMonitor& progressMonitor,
+                                            const Settings& settings)
+      {
+        typedef BuildRecordT<Set,typename Heuristic::Split> BuildRecord;
+
+        typedef BuilderT<
+          BuildRecord,
+          Heuristic,
+          Set,
+          PrimRef,
+          ReductionTy,
+          decltype(createAlloc()),
+          CreateAllocFunc,
+          CreateNodeFunc,
+          UpdateNodeFunc,
+          CreateLeafFunc,
+          DefaultCanCreateLeafFunc<PrimRef, Set>,
+          DefaultCanCreateLeafSplitFunc<PrimRef, Set>,
+          ProgressMonitor> Builder;
+
+        /* instantiate builder */
+        Builder builder(prims,
+                        heuristic,
+                        createAlloc,
+                        createNode,
+                        updateNode,
+                        createLeaf,
+                        DefaultCanCreateLeafFunc<PrimRef, Set>(),
+                        DefaultCanCreateLeafSplitFunc<PrimRef, Set>(),
+                        progressMonitor,
+                        settings);
+
+        /* build hierarchy */
+        BuildRecord record(1,set);
+        const ReductionTy root = builder.recurse(record,nullptr,true);
+        _mm_mfence(); // to allow non-temporal stores during build
+        return root;
+      }
+
+      template<
+      typename ReductionTy,
+        typename Heuristic,
+        typename Set,
+        typename PrimRef,
+        typename CreateAllocFunc,
+        typename CreateNodeFunc,
+        typename UpdateNodeFunc,
+        typename CreateLeafFunc,
+        typename CanCreateLeafFunc,
+        typename CanCreateLeafSplitFunc,
+        typename ProgressMonitor>
+
+        __noinline static ReductionTy build(Heuristic& heuristic,
+                                            PrimRef* prims,
+                                            const Set& set,
+                                            CreateAllocFunc createAlloc,
+                                            CreateNodeFunc createNode, UpdateNodeFunc updateNode,
+                                            const CreateLeafFunc& createLeaf,
+                                            const CanCreateLeafFunc& canCreateLeaf,
+                                            const CanCreateLeafSplitFunc& canCreateLeafSplit,
+                                            const ProgressMonitor& progressMonitor,
+                                            const Settings& settings)
+      {
+        typedef BuildRecordT<Set,typename Heuristic::Split> BuildRecord;
+
+        typedef BuilderT<
+          BuildRecord,
+          Heuristic,
+          Set,
+          PrimRef,
+          ReductionTy,
+          decltype(createAlloc()),
+          CreateAllocFunc,
+          CreateNodeFunc,
+          UpdateNodeFunc,
+          CreateLeafFunc,
+          CanCreateLeafFunc,
+          CanCreateLeafSplitFunc,
+          ProgressMonitor> Builder;
+
+        /* instantiate builder */
+        Builder builder(prims,
+                        heuristic,
+                        createAlloc,
+                        createNode,
+                        updateNode,
+                        createLeaf,
+                        canCreateLeaf,
+                        canCreateLeafSplit,
+                        progressMonitor,
+                        settings);
+
+        /* build hierarchy */
+        BuildRecord record(1,set);
+        const ReductionTy root = builder.recurse(record,nullptr,true);
+        _mm_mfence(); // to allow non-temporal stores during build
+        return root;
+      }
+    };
+
+    /* SAH builder that operates on an array of BuildRecords */
+    struct BVHBuilderBinnedSAH
+    {
+      typedef PrimInfoRange Set;
+      typedef HeuristicArrayBinningSAH<PrimRef,NUM_OBJECT_BINS> Heuristic;
+      typedef GeneralBVHBuilder::BuildRecordT<Set,typename Heuristic::Split> BuildRecord;
+      typedef GeneralBVHBuilder::Settings Settings;
+
+      /*! special builder that propagates reduction over the tree */
+      template<
+      typename ReductionTy,
+        typename CreateAllocFunc,
+        typename CreateNodeFunc,
+        typename UpdateNodeFunc,
+        typename CreateLeafFunc,
+        typename ProgressMonitor>
+
+        static ReductionTy build(CreateAllocFunc createAlloc,
+                                 CreateNodeFunc createNode, UpdateNodeFunc updateNode,
+                                 const CreateLeafFunc& createLeaf,
+                                 const ProgressMonitor& progressMonitor,
+                                 PrimRef* prims, const PrimInfo& pinfo,
+                                 const Settings& settings)
+      {
+        Heuristic heuristic(prims);
+        return GeneralBVHBuilder::build<ReductionTy,Heuristic,Set,PrimRef>(
+          heuristic,
+          prims,
+          PrimInfoRange(0,pinfo.size(),pinfo),
+          createAlloc,
+          createNode,
+          updateNode,
+          createLeaf,
+          progressMonitor,
+          settings);
+      }
+
+      /*! special builder that propagates reduction over the tree */
+      template<
+      typename ReductionTy,
+        typename CreateAllocFunc,
+        typename CreateNodeFunc,
+        typename UpdateNodeFunc,
+        typename CreateLeafFunc,
+        typename CanCreateLeafFunc,
+        typename CanCreateLeafSplitFunc,
+        typename ProgressMonitor>
+
+        static ReductionTy build(CreateAllocFunc createAlloc,
+                                 CreateNodeFunc createNode, UpdateNodeFunc updateNode,
+                                 const CreateLeafFunc& createLeaf,
+                                 const CanCreateLeafFunc& canCreateLeaf,
+                                 const CanCreateLeafSplitFunc& canCreateLeafSplit,
+                                 const ProgressMonitor& progressMonitor,
+                                 PrimRef* prims, const PrimInfo& pinfo,
+                                 const Settings& settings)
+      {
+        Heuristic heuristic(prims);
+        return GeneralBVHBuilder::build<ReductionTy,Heuristic,Set,PrimRef>(
+          heuristic,
+          prims,
+          PrimInfoRange(0,pinfo.size(),pinfo),
+          createAlloc,
+          createNode,
+          updateNode,
+          createLeaf,
+          canCreateLeaf,
+          canCreateLeafSplit,
+          progressMonitor,
+          settings);
+      }
+    };
+
+    /* Spatial SAH builder that operates on an double-buffered array of BuildRecords */
+    struct BVHBuilderBinnedFastSpatialSAH
+    {
+      typedef PrimInfoExtRange Set;
+      typedef Split2<BinSplit<NUM_OBJECT_BINS>,SpatialBinSplit<NUM_SPATIAL_BINS> > Split;
+      typedef GeneralBVHBuilder::BuildRecordT<Set,Split> BuildRecord;
+      typedef GeneralBVHBuilder::Settings Settings;
+
+      static const unsigned int GEOMID_MASK = 0xFFFFFFFF >>     RESERVED_NUM_SPATIAL_SPLITS_GEOMID_BITS;
+      static const unsigned int SPLITS_MASK = 0xFFFFFFFF << (32-RESERVED_NUM_SPATIAL_SPLITS_GEOMID_BITS);
+
+      template<typename ReductionTy, typename UserCreateLeaf>
+      struct CreateLeafExt
+      {
+        __forceinline CreateLeafExt (const UserCreateLeaf userCreateLeaf)
+          : userCreateLeaf(userCreateLeaf) {}
+
+        // __noinline is workaround for ICC2016 compiler bug
+        template<typename Allocator>
+        __noinline ReductionTy operator() (PrimRef* prims, const range<size_t>& range, Allocator alloc) const
+        {
+          for (size_t i=range.begin(); i<range.end(); i++)
+            prims[i].lower.u &= GEOMID_MASK;
+
+          return userCreateLeaf(prims,range,alloc);
+        }
+
+        const UserCreateLeaf userCreateLeaf;
+      };
+
+      /*! special builder that propagates reduction over the tree */
+      template<
+      typename ReductionTy,
+        typename CreateAllocFunc,
+        typename CreateNodeFunc,
+        typename UpdateNodeFunc,
+        typename CreateLeafFunc,
+        typename SplitPrimitiveFunc,
+        typename ProgressMonitor>
+
+        static ReductionTy build(CreateAllocFunc createAlloc,
+                                 CreateNodeFunc createNode,
+                                 UpdateNodeFunc updateNode,
+                                 const CreateLeafFunc& createLeaf,
+                                 SplitPrimitiveFunc splitPrimitive,
+                                 ProgressMonitor progressMonitor,
+                                 PrimRef* prims,
+                                 const size_t extSize,
+                                 const PrimInfo& pinfo,
+                                 const Settings& settings)
+        {
+          typedef HeuristicArraySpatialSAH<SplitPrimitiveFunc,PrimRef,NUM_OBJECT_BINS,NUM_SPATIAL_BINS> Heuristic;
+          Heuristic heuristic(splitPrimitive,prims,pinfo);
+
+          /* calculate total surface area */ // FIXME: this sum is not deterministic
+          const float A = (float) parallel_reduce(size_t(0),pinfo.size(),0.0, [&] (const range<size_t>& r) -> double {
+
+              double A = 0.0f;
+              for (size_t i=r.begin(); i<r.end(); i++)
+              {
+                PrimRef& prim = prims[i];
+                A += area(prim.bounds());
+              }
+              return A;
+            },std::plus<double>());
+
+
+          /* calculate maximum number of spatial splits per primitive */
+          const unsigned int maxSplits = ((size_t)1 << RESERVED_NUM_SPATIAL_SPLITS_GEOMID_BITS)-1;
+          const float f = 10.0f;
+
+          const float invA = 1.0f / A;
+          parallel_for( size_t(0), pinfo.size(), [&](const range<size_t>& r) {
+
+              for (size_t i=r.begin(); i<r.end(); i++)
+              {
+                PrimRef& prim = prims[i];
+                assert((prim.geomID() & SPLITS_MASK) == 0);
+                // FIXME: is there a better general heuristic ?
+                const float nf = ceilf(f*pinfo.size()*area(prim.bounds()) * invA);
+                unsigned int n = 4+min((int)maxSplits-4, max(1, (int)(nf)));
+                prim.lower.u |= n << (32-RESERVED_NUM_SPATIAL_SPLITS_GEOMID_BITS);
+              }
+            });
+
+          return GeneralBVHBuilder::build<ReductionTy,Heuristic,Set,PrimRef>(
+            heuristic,
+            prims,
+            PrimInfoExtRange(0,pinfo.size(),extSize,pinfo),
+            createAlloc,
+            createNode,
+            updateNode,
+            CreateLeafExt<ReductionTy,CreateLeafFunc>(createLeaf),
+            progressMonitor,
+            settings);
+        }
+    };
+
+    /* Open/Merge SAH builder that operates on an array of BuildRecords */
+    struct BVHBuilderBinnedOpenMergeSAH
+    {
+      static const size_t NUM_OBJECT_BINS_HQ = 32;
+      typedef PrimInfoExtRange Set;
+      typedef BinSplit<NUM_OBJECT_BINS_HQ> Split;
+      typedef GeneralBVHBuilder::BuildRecordT<Set,Split> BuildRecord;
+      typedef GeneralBVHBuilder::Settings Settings;
+      
+      /*! special builder that propagates reduction over the tree */
+      template<
+        typename ReductionTy, 
+        typename BuildRef,
+        typename CreateAllocFunc, 
+        typename CreateNodeFunc, 
+        typename UpdateNodeFunc, 
+        typename CreateLeafFunc, 
+        typename NodeOpenerFunc, 
+        typename ProgressMonitor>
+        
+        static ReductionTy build(CreateAllocFunc createAlloc, 
+                                 CreateNodeFunc createNode, 
+                                 UpdateNodeFunc updateNode, 
+                                 const CreateLeafFunc& createLeaf, 
+                                 NodeOpenerFunc nodeOpenerFunc,
+                                 ProgressMonitor progressMonitor,
+                                 BuildRef* prims, 
+                                 const size_t extSize,
+                                 const PrimInfo& pinfo, 
+                                 const Settings& settings)
+      {
+        typedef HeuristicArrayOpenMergeSAH<NodeOpenerFunc,BuildRef,NUM_OBJECT_BINS_HQ> Heuristic;
+        Heuristic heuristic(nodeOpenerFunc,prims,settings.branchingFactor);
+
+        return GeneralBVHBuilder::build<ReductionTy,Heuristic,Set,BuildRef>(
+          heuristic,
+          prims,
+          PrimInfoExtRange(0,pinfo.size(),extSize,pinfo),
+          createAlloc,
+          createNode,
+          updateNode,
+          createLeaf,
+          progressMonitor,
+          settings);
+      }
+    };
+  }
+}