[llvm] [RISCV] Add DAG combine to convert (iX ctpop (bitcast (vXi1 A))) into vcpop.m. (PR #117062)

[Philip Reames via llvm-commits]

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@@ -17055,6 +17055,52 @@ static SDValue combineTruncToVnclip(SDNode *N, SelectionDAG &DAG,
   return Val;
 }
 
+// Convert
+//   (iX ctpop (bitcast (vXi1 A)))
+// ->
+//   (zext (vcpop.m (nxvYi1 (insert_subvec (vXi1 A)))))
+// FIXME: It's complicated to match all the variations of this after type
+// legalization so we only handle the pre-type legalization pattern, but that
+// requires the fixed vector type to be legal.
+static SDValue combineScalarCTPOPToVCPOP(SDNode *N, SelectionDAG &DAG,
+                                         const RISCVSubtarget &Subtarget) {
+  EVT VT = N->getValueType(0);
+  if (!VT.isScalarInteger())
+    return SDValue();
+
+  SDValue Src = N->getOperand(0);
+
+  // Peek through zero_extend. It doesn't change the count.
+  if (Src.getOpcode() == ISD::ZERO_EXTEND)
+    Src = Src.getOperand(0);
+
+  if (Src.getOpcode() != ISD::BITCAST)
+    return SDValue();
+
+  Src = Src.getOperand(0);
+  EVT SrcEVT = Src.getValueType();
+  if (!SrcEVT.isSimple())
+    return SDValue();
+
+  MVT SrcMVT = SrcEVT.getSimpleVT();
+  // Make sure the input is an i1 vector.
+  if (!SrcMVT.isVector() || SrcMVT.getVectorElementType() != MVT::i1)
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preames wrote:

What about a 1024 x i1?  Something that requires splitting.  i.e. do we need an explicit legality check here?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/117062