[flang-commits] [flang] [mlir] [mlir] Align num elements type to LLVM ArrayType (PR #93230)

[Tobias Gysi via flang-commits]

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@@ -632,8 +632,12 @@ llvm::Constant *mlir::LLVM::detail::getLLVMConstant(
           llvm::ElementCount::get(numElements, /*Scalable=*/isScalable), child);
     if (llvmType->isArrayTy()) {
       auto *arrayType = llvm::ArrayType::get(elementType, numElements);
-      SmallVector<llvm::Constant *, 8> constants(numElements, child);
-      return llvm::ConstantArray::get(arrayType, constants);
+      if (child->isZeroValue()) {
+        return llvm::ConstantAggregateZero::get(arrayType);
+      } else {
+        std::vector<llvm::Constant *> constants(numElements, child);
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gysit wrote:

Is std::vector significantly more efficient for larger arrays (for small arrays which is hopefully the common case SmallVector should be preferable)? Can you add a comment why you use it here for the next person that touching this? 

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/93230