[llvm] [AArch64][GlobalISel] Avoid generating inserts for undefs when selecting G_BUILD_VECTOR (PR #84452)

[Dhruv Chawla via llvm-commits]

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@@ -5963,12 +5966,20 @@ bool AArch64InstructionSelector::selectBuildVector(MachineInstr &I,
     MachineOperand &RegOp = I.getOperand(1);
     RegOp.setReg(Reg);
     RBI.constrainGenericRegister(DstReg, *RC, MRI);
-  } else {
+  } else if (PrevMI) {
     // We don't need a subregister copy. Save a copy by re-using the
     // destination register on the final insert.
-    assert(PrevMI && "PrevMI was null?");
     PrevMI->getOperand(0).setReg(I.getOperand(0).getReg());
     constrainSelectedInstRegOperands(*PrevMI, TII, TRI, RBI);
+  } else {
+    // All the operands (other than the first one) to the G_BUILD_VECTOR were
+    // undef, so PrevMI is nullptr. Emit a copy from the vector made from the
+    // first operand to the destination register.
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dc03-work wrote:

Done.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/84452