[llvm] [VPlan] Materialize constant vector trip counts before final opts. (PR #142309)

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@@ -10320,6 +10321,25 @@ bool LoopVectorizePass::processLoop(Loop *L) {
         InnerLoopVectorizer LB(L, PSE, LI, DT, TLI, TTI, AC, ORE, VF.Width,
                                VF.MinProfitableTripCount, IC, &CM, BFI, PSI,
                                Checks, BestPlan);
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+        // Materialize vector trip counts for constants early if it can simply
+        // be computed as (Original TC / VF * UF) * VF * UF.
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ayalz wrote:

Can this be a VPlanTransform, perhaps part of optimizeForVFAndUF()? In any case worth outlining.

Should requiresScalarEpilogue be known to VPlan, as a step towards modeling the epilog in VPlan along with the main loop?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/142309