[llvm] [AMDGPU] Enable vectorization of i8 values. (PR #134934)

[Jeffrey Byrnes via llvm-commits]

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@@ -344,9 +344,10 @@ unsigned GCNTTIImpl::getMinVectorRegisterBitWidth() const {
 unsigned GCNTTIImpl::getMaximumVF(unsigned ElemWidth, unsigned Opcode) const {
   if (Opcode == Instruction::Load || Opcode == Instruction::Store)
     return 32 * 4 / ElemWidth;
-  return (ElemWidth == 16 && ST->has16BitInsts()) ? 2
-       : (ElemWidth == 32 && ST->hasPackedFP32Ops()) ? 2
-       : 1;
+  return ElemWidth == 8                                ? 4
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jrbyrnes wrote:

Do all the TTI->get*Cost queries handled i8/vector i8 types?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/134934