[llvm] [VPlan] Refactor VPlan creation, add transform introducing region (NFC). (PR #128419)

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@@ -32,6 +32,82 @@
 
 using namespace llvm;
 
+void VPlanTransforms::introduceTopLevelVectorLoopRegion(
+    VPlan &Plan, Type *InductionTy, PredicatedScalarEvolution &PSE,
+    bool RequiresScalarEpilogueCheck, bool TailFolded, Loop *TheLoop) {
+  auto *HeaderVPBB = cast<VPBasicBlock>(Plan.getEntry()->getSingleSuccessor());
+  VPBlockUtils::disconnectBlocks(Plan.getEntry(), HeaderVPBB);
+
+  VPBasicBlock *OriginalLatch =
+      cast<VPBasicBlock>(HeaderVPBB->getSinglePredecessor());
+  VPBlockUtils::disconnectBlocks(OriginalLatch, HeaderVPBB);
+  VPBasicBlock *VecPreheader = Plan.createVPBasicBlock("vector.ph");
+  VPBlockUtils::connectBlocks(Plan.getEntry(), VecPreheader);
+
+  // Create SCEV and VPValue for the trip count.
+  // We use the symbolic max backedge-taken-count, which works also when
+  // vectorizing loops with uncountable early exits.
+  const SCEV *BackedgeTakenCountSCEV = PSE.getSymbolicMaxBackedgeTakenCount();
+  assert(!isa<SCEVCouldNotCompute>(BackedgeTakenCountSCEV) &&
+         "Invalid loop count");
+  ScalarEvolution &SE = *PSE.getSE();
+  const SCEV *TripCount = SE.getTripCountFromExitCount(BackedgeTakenCountSCEV,
+                                                       InductionTy, TheLoop);
+  Plan.setTripCount(
+      vputils::getOrCreateVPValueForSCEVExpr(Plan, TripCount, SE));
+
+  // Create VPRegionBlock, with empty header and latch blocks, to be filled
+  // during processing later.
+  VPBasicBlock *LatchVPBB = Plan.createVPBasicBlock("vector.latch");
+  VPBlockUtils::insertBlockAfter(LatchVPBB, OriginalLatch);
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ayalz wrote:

Is a new LatchVPBB needed or can OriginalLatch continue to serve as the region's latch? Initially separate empty header and latch were created here to support subsequent introduction of VPBB's in between.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/128419