[llvm] [LV] Add -predicated-epilogue option for tail-folded epilogue (PR #190697)

[Florian Hahn via llvm-commits]

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@@ -8298,6 +8315,47 @@ getEpilogueLowering(Function *F, Loop *L, LoopVectorizeHints &Hints,
   return CM_EpilogueAllowed;
 }
 
+/// Check if we can apply tail folding to the vectorized epilogue loop,
+/// enabling an unpredicated main vector loop with a tail-folded epilogue
+/// vector loop.
+static bool isEpilogueTailFoldingAllowed(const LoopVectorizationCostModel &CM,
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fhahn wrote:

I am not sure why we would need to check this early? When it comes the vectorizing the epilogue, we already check for unsupported patterns directly in the VPlan.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/190697