[llvm] [ExtendLifetimes] Implement llvm.fake.use to extend variable lifetimes (PR #86149)

[Matt Arsenault via llvm-commits]

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@@ -1099,11 +1099,46 @@ void AsmPrinter::emitFunctionEntryLabel() {
   }
 }
 
+// Recognize cases where a spilled register is reloaded solely to feed into a
+// FAKE_USE.
+static bool isLoadFeedingIntoFakeUse(const MachineInstr &MI) {
+  const MachineFunction *MF = MI.getMF();
+  const TargetInstrInfo *TII = MF->getSubtarget().getInstrInfo();
+
+  // If the restore size is std::nullopt then we are not dealing with a reload
+  // of a spilled register.
+  if (!MI.getRestoreSize(TII))
+    return false;
+
+  // Check if this register is the operand of a FAKE_USE and
+  // does it have the kill flag set there.
+  auto NextI = std::next(MI.getIterator());
+  if (NextI == MI.getParent()->end() || !NextI->isFakeUse())
+    return false;
+
+  unsigned Reg = MI.getOperand(0).getReg();
+  for (const MachineOperand &MO : NextI->operands()) {
+    // Return true if we came across the register from the
+    // previous spill instruction that is killed in NextI.
+    if (MO.isReg() && MO.isUse() && MO.isKill() && MO.getReg() == Reg)
+      return true;
+  }
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arsenm wrote:

This doesn't really work correctly for register aliases. Is this the same as MI.killsRegister? 

Also it would be best to avoid relying on kill flags. Hopefully we will eliminate them someday 

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/86149