[llvm] [LV] Add initial support for vectorizing literal struct return values (PR #109833)

[Benjamin Maxwell via llvm-commits]

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+//===----------- VectorUtils.h -  Vector type utility functions -*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h"
+
+namespace llvm {
+
+/// A helper function for converting Scalar types to vector types. If
+/// the incoming type is void, we return void. If the EC represents a
+/// scalar, we return the scalar type.
+inline Type *ToVectorTy(Type *Scalar, ElementCount EC) {
+  if (Scalar->isVoidTy() || Scalar->isMetadataTy() || EC.isScalar())
+    return Scalar;
+  return VectorType::get(Scalar, EC);
+}
+
+inline Type *ToVectorTy(Type *Scalar, unsigned VF) {
+  return ToVectorTy(Scalar, ElementCount::getFixed(VF));
+}
+
+/// A helper for converting to wider (vector) types. For scalar types, this is
+/// equivalent to calling `ToVectorTy`. For struct types, this returns a new
+/// struct where each element type has been widened to a vector type. Note: Only
+/// unpacked literal struct types are supported.
+Type *ToWideTy(Type *Ty, ElementCount EC);
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MacDue wrote:

> Should the result type be a VectorType ?

The result type can be a vector, or a wide struct literal (e.g. `{ <4 x float>, <4 x float> }`). "Wide" here means that all elements of the struct literal are vectors of the same element count. 

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/109833