[llvm] [GlobalISel][AArch64] Generate ptrtoint/inttoptr as opposed to bitcast in unmerge combine. (PR #115225)

[David Green via llvm-commits]

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@@ -1218,8 +1218,14 @@ class LegalizationArtifactCombiner {
     } else {
       LLT MergeSrcTy = MRI.getType(MergeI->getOperand(1).getReg());
 
-      if (!ConvertOp && DestTy != MergeSrcTy)
-        ConvertOp = TargetOpcode::G_BITCAST;
+      if (!ConvertOp && DestTy != MergeSrcTy) {
+        if (DestTy.isPointer())
+          ConvertOp = TargetOpcode::G_INTTOPTR;
+        else if (MergeSrcTy.isPointer())
+          ConvertOp = TargetOpcode::G_PTRTOINT;
+        else
+          ConvertOp = TargetOpcode::G_BITCAST;
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davemgreen wrote:

Yeah - there is some code in MachineIRBuilder::buildCast that does something quite similar

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/115225