core: SIMD optimizations for norm, distance and Hamming APIs. (Improves ORB & BRISK) #29335
Generic universal-intrinsic kernels (benefit all SIMD backends: NEON, AVX2, AVX-512, etc.), plus enabling wider dispatch for the norm module.
- hal::normHamming: cached-pointer dispatch (resolve once, no per-call dispatch chain or trace region) + vector popcount path. cv::norm(NORM_HAMMING) and binary-descriptor matching (BFMatcher ORB/BRISK/FREAK via cv::batchDistance).
- hal::normL2Sqr_ / normL1_: direct inlinable kernels with single-vector tail (cv::batchDistance / BFMatcher float L2/L1, cv::kmeans).
- cv::norm masked NORM_INF: deinterleave SIMD for multichannel + back-step tail.
- cv::norm(src1, src2, type, mask): SIMD masked norm-diff; INF is one templated kernel for all element types, plus uchar L1/L2 and int L1 kernels.
- Enable AVX512_SKX/AVX512_ICL dispatch for the norm module.
- features2d: add BFMatcher knnMatch perf tests (float L2/L1, binary Hamming).
- ORB and BRISK performance improved
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Madan mohan Manokar
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