[llvm] [SelectionDAG] Deal with POISON for INSERT_VECTOR_ELT/INSERT_SUBVECTOR (part 3) (PR #143105)

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git diff -U0 --pickaxe-regex -S '([^a-zA-Z0-9#_-]undef[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]|UndefValue::get)' 'HEAD~1' HEAD llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/SelectionDAG.h llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/DAGCombiner.cpp llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/SelectionDAG.cpp llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/TargetLowering.cpp llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64ISelLowering.cpp llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVISelLowering.cpp llvm/test/CodeGen/AArch64/arm64-vector-insertion.ll llvm/test/CodeGen/AArch64/sve-fixed-length-frame-offests.ll llvm/test/CodeGen/RISCV/rvv/vector-deinterleave.ll llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/pr62286.ll llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/vector-interleaved-load-i16-stride-4.ll
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The following files introduce new uses of undef:
 - llvm/test/CodeGen/AArch64/arm64-vector-insertion.ll

[Undef](https://llvm.org/docs/LangRef.html#undefined-values) is now deprecated and should only be used in the rare cases where no replacement is possible. For example, a load of uninitialized memory yields `undef`. You should use `poison` values for placeholders instead.

In tests, avoid using `undef` and having tests that trigger undefined behavior. If you need an operand with some unimportant value, you can add a new argument to the function and use that instead.

For example, this is considered a bad practice:
```llvm
define void @fn() {
  ...
  br i1 undef, ...
}
```

Please use the following instead:
```llvm
define void @fn(i1 %cond) {
  ...
  br i1 %cond, ...
}
```

Please refer to the [Undefined Behavior Manual](https://llvm.org/docs/UndefinedBehavior.html) for more information.



https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/143105


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