[llvm] [X86] For inline memset and memcpy with minsize, use size for alignment, rather than actual alignment (PR #87003)
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Thu Jul 18 10:04:53 PDT 2024
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@@ -62,18 +62,31 @@ SDValue X86SelectionDAGInfo::EmitTargetCodeForMemset(
const X86Subtarget &Subtarget =
DAG.getMachineFunction().getSubtarget<X86Subtarget>();
+ // If we have minsize, then don't care about the alignment.
+ // On x86, the CPU doesn't care and neither should you.
+ // As long as the count is aligned, we can use the minimum number of
+ // instructions without always having to resort to stosb.
+ //
+ // Because this is a feature specific to x86, we must handle it here.
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AtariDreams wrote:
are these instructions different sizes when encoded? if not, then I don't see why not promote rep stosb
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/87003
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