[llvm] Remove dead flags from virtual registers, but only when not compiling for MIPS (PR #86462)

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https://github.com/AtariDreams updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/86462

>From 023ace26dc2857806e6edfc5a044cbf1faeabaf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rose <gfunni234 at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 22:14:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Remove dead flags from virtual registers, but only when not
 compiling for MIPS

---
 llvm/lib/CodeGen/LiveVariables.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LiveVariables.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LiveVariables.cpp
index b85526cfb380b6..e821ee2608b261 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LiveVariables.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LiveVariables.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
+#include "llvm/TargetParser/Triple.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 using namespace llvm;
 
@@ -494,6 +495,7 @@ void LiveVariables::runOnInstr(MachineInstr &MI,
   SmallVector<unsigned, 4> UseRegs;
   SmallVector<unsigned, 4> DefRegs;
   SmallVector<unsigned, 1> RegMasks;
+  Triple::ArchType TargetArch = *MF->getTarget().getTargetTriple().getArch();
   for (unsigned i = 0; i != NumOperandsToProcess; ++i) {
     MachineOperand &MO = MI.getOperand(i);
     if (MO.isRegMask()) {
@@ -512,7 +514,8 @@ void LiveVariables::runOnInstr(MachineInstr &MI,
       assert(MO.isDef());
       // FIXME: We should not remove any dead flags. However the MIPS RDDSP
       // instruction needs it at the moment: http://llvm.org/PR27116.
-      if (MOReg.isPhysical() && !MRI->isReserved(MOReg))
+      if (!MRI->isReserved(MOReg) &&
+          (Triple::getArchTypePrefix(Arch) != "mips" || !MOReg.isPhysical()))
         MO.setIsDead(false);
       DefRegs.push_back(MOReg);
     }