[llvm] [LV] Convert gather loads with invariant stride into strided loads (PR #147297)

[Florian Hahn via llvm-commits]

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@@ -3307,6 +3332,52 @@ struct VPWidenLoadEVLRecipe final : public VPWidenMemoryRecipe, public VPValue {
   }
 };
 
+/// A recipe for strided load operations, using the base address, stride, and an
+/// optional mask. This recipe will generate an vp.strided.load intrinsic call
+/// to represent memory accesses with a fixed stride.
+struct VPWidenStridedLoadRecipe final : public VPWidenMemoryRecipe,
+                                        public VPValue {
+  VPWidenStridedLoadRecipe(LoadInst &Load, VPValue *Addr, VPValue *Stride,
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fhahn wrote:

Can we store the required info independent of the LLVM IR instruction?

It would also help to clarify what information is actually used and why this cannot be simply a VPWidenIntrinsicsRecipe, as it would map 1-1 to an intrinsic

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/147297