[llvm] [InstCombine] Simplify demanded bits of blendv mask operands (PR #173723)

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Author: Dhruva Narayan K (Xylecrack)

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fixes #<!-- -->173368 
- Integer masks: Demands only the sign bit of the operand.
- Float/Double masks: Peeks through bitcasts to demand the sign bit 
  from the integer source.

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/173723.diff


2 Files Affected:

- (modified) llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstCombineIntrinsic.cpp (+22-1) 
- (modified) llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/X86/blend_x86.ll (+41) 


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diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstCombineIntrinsic.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstCombineIntrinsic.cpp
index c4d349044fe80..01c8ca806c6ba 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstCombineIntrinsic.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstCombineIntrinsic.cpp
@@ -2870,10 +2870,31 @@ X86TTIImpl::instCombineIntrinsic(InstCombiner &IC, IntrinsicInst &II) const {
   case Intrinsic::x86_avx_blendv_ps_256:
   case Intrinsic::x86_avx_blendv_pd_256:
   case Intrinsic::x86_avx2_pblendvb: {
+
+    Value *Mask = II.getArgOperand(2);
+
+    unsigned BitWidth = Mask->getType()->getScalarSizeInBits();
+    KnownBits Known(BitWidth);
+
+    if (Mask->getType()->isIntOrIntVectorTy()) {
+      if (IC.SimplifyDemandedBits(&II, 2, APInt::getSignMask(BitWidth), Known))
+        return &II;
+    }
+
+    else if (auto *BC = dyn_cast<BitCastInst>(Mask)) {
+      Value *Src = BC->getOperand(0);
+      if (Src->getType()->isIntOrIntVectorTy()) {
+        unsigned SrcBitWidth = Src->getType()->getScalarSizeInBits();
+        KnownBits KnownSrc(SrcBitWidth);
+        if (IC.SimplifyDemandedBits(BC, 0, APInt::getSignMask(SrcBitWidth),
+                                    KnownSrc))
+          return &II;
+      }
+    }
     // fold (blend A, A, Mask) -> A
     Value *Op0 = II.getArgOperand(0);
     Value *Op1 = II.getArgOperand(1);
-    Value *Mask = II.getArgOperand(2);
+    Mask = II.getArgOperand(2);
     if (Op0 == Op1) {
       return IC.replaceInstUsesWith(II, Op0);
     }
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/X86/blend_x86.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/X86/blend_x86.ll
index fb6bd7cdca83a..de58d746d187a 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/X86/blend_x86.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/X86/blend_x86.ll
@@ -357,6 +357,47 @@ define <4 x double> @shl_blendvpd_v4f64(<4 x double> %a0, <4 x double> %a1, <4 x
   ret <4 x double> %r
 }
 
+define <16 x i8> @pblendvb_demanded_msb(<16 x i8> %a, <16 x i8> %b, <16 x i8> %m) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @pblendvb_demanded_msb(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = call <16 x i8> @llvm.x86.sse41.pblendvb(<16 x i8> [[A:%.*]], <16 x i8> [[B:%.*]], <16 x i8> [[OR:%.*]])
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret <16 x i8> [[R]]
+;
+  %or = or <16 x i8> %m, splat (i8 1)
+  %r = call <16 x i8> @llvm.x86.sse41.pblendvb(<16 x i8> %a, <16 x i8> %b, <16 x i8> %or)
+  ret <16 x i8> %r
+}
+
+define <8 x float> @blendvps_demanded_msb(<8 x float> %a, <8 x float> %b, <8 x i32> %m) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @blendvps_demanded_msb(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[MASK:%.*]] = bitcast <8 x i32> [[OR:%.*]] to <8 x float>
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = call <8 x float> @llvm.x86.avx.blendv.ps.256(<8 x float> [[A:%.*]], <8 x float> [[B:%.*]], <8 x float> [[MASK]])
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret <8 x float> [[R]]
+;
+  %or = or <8 x i32> %m, splat (i32 1)
+  %mask = bitcast <8 x i32> %or to <8 x float>
+  %r = call <8 x float> @llvm.x86.avx.blendv.ps.256(<8 x float> %a, <8 x float> %b, <8 x float> %mask)
+  ret <8 x float> %r
+}
+
+define <16 x i8> @pblendvb_or_affects_msb(<16 x i8> %a, <16 x i8> %b, <16 x i8> %m) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @pblendvb_or_affects_msb(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret <16 x i8> [[R:%.*]]
+;
+  %or = or <16 x i8> %m, splat (i8 128)
+  %r = call <16 x i8> @llvm.x86.sse41.pblendvb(<16 x i8> %a, <16 x i8> %b, <16 x i8> %or)
+  ret <16 x i8> %r
+}
+
+define <32 x i8> @pblendvb_demanded_msb_avx2(<32 x i8> %a, <32 x i8> %b, <32 x i8> %m) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @pblendvb_demanded_msb_avx2(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = call <32 x i8> @llvm.x86.avx2.pblendvb(<32 x i8> [[A:%.*]], <32 x i8> [[B:%.*]], <32 x i8> [[OR:%.*]])
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret <32 x i8> [[R]]
+;
+  %or = or <32 x i8> %m, splat (i8 1)
+  %r  = call <32 x i8> @llvm.x86.avx2.pblendvb(<32 x i8> %a, <32 x i8> %b, <32 x i8> %or)
+  ret <32 x i8> %r
+}
+
 declare <16 x i8> @llvm.x86.sse41.pblendvb(<16 x i8>, <16 x i8>, <16 x i8>)
 declare <4 x float> @llvm.x86.sse41.blendvps(<4 x float>, <4 x float>, <4 x float>)
 declare <2 x double> @llvm.x86.sse41.blendvpd(<2 x double>, <2 x double>, <2 x double>)

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/173723


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