[llvm] e0cc556 - [IndVars] Teach widenLoopCompare to use sext if narrow IV is positive and other operand is already sext. (#142703)

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Author: Craig Topper
Date: 2025-06-10T12:52:39-07:00
New Revision: e0cc556ad4276c2c76e303c39616ad126bea56d6

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/e0cc556ad4276c2c76e303c39616ad126bea56d6
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/e0cc556ad4276c2c76e303c39616ad126bea56d6.diff

LOG: [IndVars] Teach widenLoopCompare to use sext if narrow IV is positive and other operand is already sext. (#142703)

This prevents us from ending up with (zext (sext X)). The zext will
require an instruction on targets where zext isn't free like RISC-V.

Added: 
    llvm/test/Transforms/IndVarSimplify/iv-cmp-sext.ll

Modified: 
    llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyIndVar.cpp

Removed: 
    


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diff  --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyIndVar.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyIndVar.cpp
index 3fe4621eca70d..43264cce73719 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyIndVar.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyIndVar.cpp
@@ -1605,13 +1605,13 @@ bool WidenIV::widenLoopCompare(WidenIV::NarrowIVDefUse DU) {
   //
   //  - The signedness of the IV extension and comparison match
   //
-  //  - The narrow IV is always positive (and thus its sign extension is equal
-  //    to its zero extension).  For instance, let's say we're zero extending
-  //    %narrow for the following use
+  //  - The narrow IV is always non-negative (and thus its sign extension is
+  //    equal to its zero extension).  For instance, let's say we're zero
+  //    extending %narrow for the following use
   //
   //      icmp slt i32 %narrow, %val   ... (A)
   //
-  //    and %narrow is always positive.  Then
+  //    and %narrow is always non-negative.  Then
   //
   //      (A) == icmp slt i32 sext(%narrow), sext(%val)
   //          == icmp slt i32 zext(%narrow), sext(%val)
@@ -1630,6 +1630,12 @@ bool WidenIV::widenLoopCompare(WidenIV::NarrowIVDefUse DU) {
 
   // Widen the other operand of the compare, if necessary.
   if (CastWidth < IVWidth) {
+    // If the narrow IV is always non-negative and the other operand is sext,
+    // widen using sext so we can combine them. This works for all non-signed
+    // comparison predicates.
+    if (DU.NeverNegative && isa<SExtInst>(Op) && !Cmp->isSigned())
+      CmpPreferredSign = true;
+
     Value *ExtOp = createExtendInst(Op, WideType, CmpPreferredSign, Cmp);
     DU.NarrowUse->replaceUsesOfWith(Op, ExtOp);
   }

diff  --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/IndVarSimplify/iv-cmp-sext.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/IndVarSimplify/iv-cmp-sext.ll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..34925a6cca955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/IndVarSimplify/iv-cmp-sext.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+; NOTE: Assertions have been autogenerated by utils/update_test_checks.py UTC_ARGS: --version 5
+; RUN: opt < %s -passes=indvars -S | FileCheck %s
+
+target datalayout = "e-m:e-p:64:64-i64:64-i128:128-n32:64-S128"
+target triple = "riscv64"
+
+define void @foo(ptr %x, i32 %n) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @foo(
+; CHECK-SAME: ptr [[X:%.*]], i32 [[N:%.*]]) {
+; CHECK-NEXT:  [[ENTRY:.*:]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CMP10:%.*]] = icmp sgt i32 [[N]], 0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[CMP10]], label %[[FOR_BODY_PREHEADER:.*]], label %[[FOR_COND_CLEANUP:.*]]
+; CHECK:       [[FOR_BODY_PREHEADER]]:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[WIDE_TRIP_COUNT:%.*]] = zext i32 [[N]] to i64
+; CHECK-NEXT:    br label %[[FOR_BODY:.*]]
+; CHECK:       [[FOR_COND_CLEANUP_LOOPEXIT:.*]]:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    br label %[[FOR_COND_CLEANUP]]
+; CHECK:       [[FOR_COND_CLEANUP]]:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+; CHECK:       [[FOR_BODY]]:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[INDVARS_IV:%.*]] = phi i64 [ [[INDVARS_IV_NEXT:%.*]], %[[FOR_INC:.*]] ], [ 0, %[[FOR_BODY_PREHEADER]] ]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[ARRAYIDX:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds nuw i16, ptr [[X]], i64 [[INDVARS_IV]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP0:%.*]] = load i16, ptr [[ARRAYIDX]], align 2
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CONV:%.*]] = sext i16 [[TMP0]] to i32
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP1:%.*]] = sext i32 [[CONV]] to i64
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CMP1:%.*]] = icmp eq i64 [[INDVARS_IV]], [[TMP1]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[CMP1]], label %[[IF_THEN:.*]], label %[[FOR_INC]]
+; CHECK:       [[IF_THEN]]:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    store i16 0, ptr [[ARRAYIDX]], align 2
+; CHECK-NEXT:    br label %[[FOR_INC]]
+; CHECK:       [[FOR_INC]]:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[INDVARS_IV_NEXT]] = add nuw nsw i64 [[INDVARS_IV]], 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[EXITCOND:%.*]] = icmp ne i64 [[INDVARS_IV_NEXT]], [[WIDE_TRIP_COUNT]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[EXITCOND]], label %[[FOR_BODY]], label %[[FOR_COND_CLEANUP_LOOPEXIT]]
+;
+entry:
+  %cmp10 = icmp sgt i32 %n, 0
+  br i1 %cmp10, label %for.body.preheader, label %for.cond.cleanup
+
+for.body.preheader:                               ; preds = %entry
+  br label %for.body
+
+for.cond.cleanup.loopexit:                        ; preds = %for.inc
+  br label %for.cond.cleanup
+
+for.cond.cleanup:                                 ; preds = %for.cond.cleanup.loopexit, %entry
+  ret void
+
+for.body:                                         ; preds = %for.body.preheader, %for.inc
+  %i.011 = phi i32 [ %inc, %for.inc ], [ 0, %for.body.preheader ]
+  %idxprom = zext nneg i32 %i.011 to i64
+  %arrayidx = getelementptr inbounds nuw i16, ptr %x, i64 %idxprom
+  %0 = load i16, ptr %arrayidx, align 2
+  %conv = sext i16 %0 to i32
+  %cmp1 = icmp eq i32 %i.011, %conv
+  br i1 %cmp1, label %if.then, label %for.inc
+
+if.then:                                          ; preds = %for.body
+  store i16 0, ptr %arrayidx, align 2
+  br label %for.inc
+
+for.inc:                                          ; preds = %for.body, %if.then
+  %inc = add nuw nsw i32 %i.011, 1
+  %cmp = icmp slt i32 %inc, %n
+  br i1 %cmp, label %for.body, label %for.cond.cleanup.loopexit
+}