[llvm] [RISCV][WIP] Optimize sum of absolute differences pattern. (PR #82722)

[Craig Topper via llvm-commits]

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@@ -13176,6 +13176,61 @@ static SDValue performXORCombine(SDNode *N, SelectionDAG &DAG,
   return combineSelectAndUseCommutative(N, DAG, /*AllOnes*/ false, Subtarget);
 }
 
+// Look for (abs (sub (zext X), (zext Y))).
+// Rewrite as (zext (sub (zext (max X, Y), (min X, Y)))) if the user is an add
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topperc wrote:

It can, but it would leave a bare vzext.vf2 later. I was trying to carefully create a widening sub and a widening add or widening reduction to minimize the number of individual vector operations.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/82722