[llvm] [VPlan] Set branch weight metadata on middle term in VPlan (NFC) (PR #143035)

[David Sherwood via llvm-commits]

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@@ -7279,6 +7279,30 @@ static void fixReductionScalarResumeWhenVectorizingEpilog(
       BypassBlock, MainResumePhi->getIncomingValueForBlock(BypassBlock));
 }
 
+/// Add branch weight metadata, if the \p Plan's middle block is terminated by a
+/// BranchOnCond recipe.
+static void addBranchWeigthToMiddleTerminator(VPlan &Plan, ElementCount VF,
+                                              Loop *OrigLoop) {
+  // 4. Adjust branch weight of the branch in the middle block.
+  Instruction *LatchTerm = OrigLoop->getLoopLatch()->getTerminator();
+  if (!hasBranchWeightMD(*LatchTerm))
+    return;
+
+  VPBasicBlock *MiddleVPBB = Plan.getMiddleBlock();
+  auto *MiddleTerm =
+      dyn_cast_or_null<VPInstruction>(MiddleVPBB->getTerminator());
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david-arm wrote:

OK thanks for explaining. Might be good to leave a comment here for the reader explaining that `MiddleTerm` is essentially only non-null for conditional terminators where branch weights would apply.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/143035