[llvm] [InstCombine] Fold abs(a * abs(b)) --> abs(a * b) (PR #78110)

[Nikita Popov via llvm-commits]

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@@ -5,8 +5,57 @@ declare i8 @llvm.abs.i8(i8, i1)
 declare i32 @llvm.abs.i32(i32, i1)
 declare <4 x i32> @llvm.abs.v4i32(<4 x i32>, i1)
 declare <3 x i82> @llvm.abs.v3i82(<3 x i82>, i1)
+declare <2 x i8> @llvm.abs.v2i8(<2 x i8>, i1)
 declare void @llvm.assume(i1)
 
+define i8 @test_abs_abs_a_mul_b_i8(i8 %a, i8 %b) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @test_abs_abs_a_mul_b_i8(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP1:%.*]] = mul i8 [[B:%.*]], [[A:%.*]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[ABS2:%.*]] = call i8 @llvm.abs.i8(i8 [[TMP1]], i1 true)
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i8 [[ABS2]]
+;
+  %abs1 = call i8 @llvm.abs.i8(i8 %a, i1 true)
+  %mul = mul i8 %abs1, %b
+  %abs2 = call i8 @llvm.abs.i8(i8 %mul, i1 true)
+  ret i8 %abs2
+}
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nikic wrote:

Please also add a variants where either the first or the second abs use `false` instead of `true`. (The transform is valid in that case as well, but we should test it.)

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/78110