[llvm] LV: clamp VF with TC only when scalar epilogue is needed (PR #91253)

[Florian Hahn via llvm-commits]

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@@ -252,36 +252,46 @@ for.end:                                          ; preds = %for.body
 define void @trip16_i8(ptr noalias nocapture noundef %dst, ptr noalias nocapture noundef readonly %src) #0 {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: @trip16_i8(
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  entry:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 false, label [[SCALAR_PH:%.*]], label [[VECTOR_PH:%.*]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP0:%.*]] = call i64 @llvm.vscale.i64()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP1:%.*]] = mul i64 [[TMP0]], 8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[MIN_ITERS_CHECK:%.*]] = icmp ult i64 16, [[TMP1]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[MIN_ITERS_CHECK]], label [[SCALAR_PH:%.*]], label [[VECTOR_PH:%.*]]
 ; CHECK:       vector.ph:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP2:%.*]] = call i64 @llvm.vscale.i64()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP3:%.*]] = mul i64 [[TMP2]], 8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[N_MOD_VF:%.*]] = urem i64 16, [[TMP3]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[N_VEC:%.*]] = sub i64 16, [[N_MOD_VF]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP4:%.*]] = call i64 @llvm.vscale.i64()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP5:%.*]] = mul i64 [[TMP4]], 8
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br label [[VECTOR_BODY:%.*]]
 ; CHECK:       vector.body:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[INDEX:%.*]] = phi i64 [ 0, [[VECTOR_PH]] ], [ [[INDEX_NEXT:%.*]], [[VECTOR_BODY]] ]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP0:%.*]] = add i64 [[INDEX]], 0
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP1:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds i8, ptr [[SRC:%.*]], i64 [[TMP0]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP2:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds i8, ptr [[TMP1]], i32 0
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[WIDE_LOAD:%.*]] = load <16 x i8>, ptr [[TMP2]], align 1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP3:%.*]] = shl <16 x i8> [[WIDE_LOAD]], <i8 1, i8 1, i8 1, i8 1, i8 1, i8 1, i8 1, i8 1, i8 1, i8 1, i8 1, i8 1, i8 1, i8 1, i8 1, i8 1>
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP4:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds i8, ptr [[DST:%.*]], i64 [[TMP0]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP5:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds i8, ptr [[TMP4]], i32 0
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[WIDE_LOAD1:%.*]] = load <16 x i8>, ptr [[TMP5]], align 1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP6:%.*]] = add <16 x i8> [[TMP3]], [[WIDE_LOAD1]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    store <16 x i8> [[TMP6]], ptr [[TMP5]], align 1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[INDEX_NEXT]] = add nuw i64 [[INDEX]], 16
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP6:%.*]] = add i64 [[INDEX]], 0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP7:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds i8, ptr [[SRC:%.*]], i64 [[TMP6]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP8:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds i8, ptr [[TMP7]], i32 0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[WIDE_LOAD:%.*]] = load <vscale x 8 x i8>, ptr [[TMP8]], align 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP9:%.*]] = shl <vscale x 8 x i8> [[WIDE_LOAD]], shufflevector (<vscale x 8 x i8> insertelement (<vscale x 8 x i8> poison, i8 1, i64 0), <vscale x 8 x i8> poison, <vscale x 8 x i32> zeroinitializer)
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP10:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds i8, ptr [[DST:%.*]], i64 [[TMP6]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP11:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds i8, ptr [[TMP10]], i32 0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[WIDE_LOAD1:%.*]] = load <vscale x 8 x i8>, ptr [[TMP11]], align 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP12:%.*]] = add <vscale x 8 x i8> [[TMP9]], [[WIDE_LOAD1]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    store <vscale x 8 x i8> [[TMP12]], ptr [[TMP11]], align 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[INDEX_NEXT]] = add nuw i64 [[INDEX]], [[TMP5]]
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fhahn wrote:

But we need an extra minimum iteration checks and code to compute the runtime VF. If `16 x i8` fits in a vector register, I'd assume that there's no benefit from using scalable vectors here.

It's not my area of expertise, maybe @preames or @nikolaypanchenko could chime in on whether this is desirable

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/91253