[llvm] [ValueTracking] ComputeNumSignBitsImpl - add basic handling of BITCAST nodes (PR #127218)

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@@ -3922,6 +3922,30 @@ static unsigned ComputeNumSignBitsImpl(const Value *V,
   if (auto *U = dyn_cast<Operator>(V)) {
     switch (Operator::getOpcode(V)) {
     default: break;
+    case Instruction::BitCast: {
+      Value *Src = U->getOperand(0);
+      Type *SrcTy = Src->getType();
+
+      // Skip if the source type is not an integer or integer vector type
+      // This ensures we only process integer-like types
+      if (!SrcTy->isIntOrIntVectorTy())
+        break;
+
+      unsigned SrcBits = SrcTy->getScalarSizeInBits();
+
+      if ((SrcBits % TyBits) != 0)
+        break;
+
+      // Only proceed if the destination type is a fixed-size vector
+      if (isa<FixedVectorType>(Ty)) {
+        // Compute the number of sign bits in the source
+        // This works for both vector and scalar sources
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vortex73 wrote:

Amended!

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/127218