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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Actually the codegen can generate correct llvm IR for __builtin_astype(char4, char3), but not for __builtin_astype(int, char3) and other types. I will try to fix that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Anastasia Stulova [mailto:Anastasia.Stulova@arm.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 9, 2016 2:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Liu, Yaxun (Sam) <Yaxun.Liu@amd.com>; cfe-dev (cfe-dev@lists.llvm.org) <cfe-dev@lists.llvm.org>; Pan, Xiuli <xiuli.pan@intel.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> nd <nd@arm.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [OpenCL] allow __builtin_astype(char4, char3)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Hi Sam,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">I think it makes sense considering that it’s quite common to use __builtin_astype for implementing OpenCL as_type.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Anastasia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> Liu, Yaxun (Sam) [<a href="mailto:Yaxun.Liu@amd.com">mailto:Yaxun.Liu@amd.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> 06 May 2016 21:53<br>
<b>To:</b> cfe-dev (<a href="mailto:cfe-dev@lists.llvm.org">cfe-dev@lists.llvm.org</a>); Anastasia Stulova; Pan, Xiuli<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OpenCL] allow __builtin_astype(char4, char3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is char3 as_char3(char4 x) a valid OpenCL builtin function?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">According to the spec, both have 4 bytes, so it seems to be a valid builtin.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Naturally one would want to implement it as<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">char3 as_char3(char4 x) { return __builtin_astype(x, char3); }<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However this does not work since Clang will generate bitcast <4 x i8> to <3 x i8> and this is an invalid llvm instruction.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Do you think Clang should be patched to generate correct llvm instruction for this case?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sam<o:p></o:p></p>
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