[llvm] [AArch64][SME2] Extend getRegAllocationHints for ZPRStridedOrContiguousReg (PR #119865)

[Sander de Smalen via llvm-commits]

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@@ -1098,6 +1098,54 @@ bool AArch64RegisterInfo::getRegAllocationHints(
     SmallVectorImpl<MCPhysReg> &Hints, const MachineFunction &MF,
     const VirtRegMap *VRM, const LiveRegMatrix *Matrix) const {
   const MachineRegisterInfo &MRI = MF.getRegInfo();
+  unsigned RegID = MRI.getRegClass(VirtReg)->getID();
+
+  // Since the SVE calling convention preserves registers Z8-Z23, there are no
+  // ZPR2Strided or ZPR4Strided registers which do not overlap with the
+  // callee-saved registers. These will be pushed to the back of the allocation
+  // order for the ZPRStridedOrContiguous classes.
+  // However, if any of the instructions which define VirtReg are
+  // ZPRStridedOrContiguous registers used by a FORM_TRANSPOSED_REG_TUPLE
+  // pseudo, it will likely be better to try assigning a strided register
+  // anyway to avoid extra copy instructions.
+
+  if (RegID == AArch64::ZPR2StridedOrContiguousRegClassID ||
+      RegID == AArch64::ZPR4StridedOrContiguousRegClassID) {
+
+    if (!MF.getInfo<AArch64FunctionInfo>()->isSVECC())
+      return TargetRegisterInfo::getRegAllocationHints(VirtReg, Order, Hints,
+                                                       MF, VRM);
+
+    for (MachineInstr &MI : MRI.def_instructions(VirtReg)) {
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sdesmalen-arm wrote:

This loop is unnecessary, since `MI` isn't used.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/119865