[llvm] [IRBuilder][GlobalISel] Add byte ptr cast support in IRBuilder (PR #222049)

[Anshil Gandhi via llvm-commits]

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@@ -140,9 +146,7 @@ Value *IRBuilderBase::CreateBitPreservingCastChain(const DataLayout &DL,
   };
 
   // See if we need inttoptr for this type pair. May require additional bitcast.
-  bool OldIsIntLike =
-      OldTy->isIntOrIntVectorTy() || OldTy->isByteOrByteVectorTy();
-  if (OldIsIntLike && NewTy->isPtrOrPtrVectorTy()) {
+  if (OldTy->isIntOrIntVectorTy() && NewTy->isPtrOrPtrVectorTy()) {
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gandhi56 wrote:

I understand, though I can follow up with additional PRs to fix the correctness issues. I have a longstanding PR to improve the LoadStoreVectorizer and this PR is a blocking it from working correctly.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/222049