[llvm-dev] [GlobalISel] Importing isel patterns for instructions with LLT pointer operand type from td files

[Petar Avramovic via llvm-dev]

Hi,

In GlobalISel we let pointer G_ICMP and G_SELECT to be legal,
pointer operands get register bank that corresponds to integer type off 
pointer size during regbankselect,
and we manually select them as if pointer was an integer.

With the help of selectImpl
G_ICMP can be selected into integer compare and
G_SELECT is selected into appropriate instruction based or register bank 
of operands.
However this does not work for pointer LLT.

On some targets, SDAG converts pointers to appropriate integer type and 
uses instruction that is defined with integer type in td files.
Thus these instructions can't be imported for pointer type by GlobalISel 
since there is no such record.

Can/should we add something to td file to avoid manual selection for 
pointer type for G_ICMP and G_SELECT?
Using G_INTTOPTR/G_PTRTOINT when pointer operands appear in G_ICMP and 
G_SELECT in irtranslator could also be an option.

Regards,
Petar