[llvm-dev] [LLVM] (RFC) Addition/Support of new Vectorization Pragmas in LLVM

[Michael Kruse via llvm-dev]

Am Di., 13. Aug. 2019 um 11:59 Uhr schrieb Sjoerd Meijer via llvm-dev
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> vecremainder/novecremainder: Should the pragma simply call the vectorizer to attempt to vectorize the remainder loop, or should the vectorizer use a different method?
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> > Something like that. There were patches posted at some point to enable tail-loop vectorization. At this point, I imagine that you'd construct a VPlan with the vectorized tail.
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> Yep, committed in https://reviews.llvm.org/rL366989 and https://reviews.llvm.org/D65197.
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> The pragma name is different, but I think it tries to achieve the same thing.

If I understand Intel's documentation correctly, these are different things:

vectorize.predicate.enable: Do not create an epilogue loop (use masked
instructions in the main loop instead)
vecremainder: If there is an epilogue loop, vectorize it as well
(which will require masked instructions in the epilogue, but not in
the main loop)

Michael