[llvm] [KnownBits] Add KnownBits::absdiff to compute the absolute difference of 2 unsigned values (PR #82354)

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@@ -176,6 +176,23 @@ KnownBits KnownBits::smin(const KnownBits &LHS, const KnownBits &RHS) {
   return Flip(umax(Flip(LHS), Flip(RHS)));
 }
 
+KnownBits KnownBits::absdiff(const KnownBits &LHS, const KnownBits &RHS) {
+  // absdiff(LHS,RHS) = sub(umax(LHS,RHS), umin(LHS,RHS)).
+  KnownBits UMaxValue = umax(LHS, RHS);
+  KnownBits UMinValue = umin(LHS, RHS);
+  KnownBits KnownAbsDiff = computeForAddSub(false, false, UMaxValue, UMinValue);
+
+  // fallback - find the common bits between sub(LHS,RHS) and sub(RHS,LHS).
+  if (KnownAbsDiff.isUnknown()) {
+    KnownBits Diff0 = computeForAddSub(false, false, LHS, RHS);
+    KnownBits Diff1 = computeForAddSub(false, false, RHS, LHS);
+    KnownAbsDiff = Diff0.intersectWith(Diff1);
+  }
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goldsteinn wrote:

Does union of the two approaches (i.e `KnownAbsDiff = KnownAbsDiff.unionWith(Diff0.intersectWith(Diff1)`) ever provide more info even if `KnownAbsDiff` is not completely unknown?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/82354