Fraser Cormack c5ec00e62b [TargetLowering] Improve legalization of scalable vector types ...

This patch extends the vector type-conversion and legalization capabilities of
scalable vector types.

Firstly, `vscale x 1` types now behave more like the corresponding `vscale x
2+` types. This enables the integer promotion legalization of extended scalable
types, such as the promotion of `<vscale x 1 x i5>` to `<vscale x 1 x i8>`.

These `vscale x 1` types are also now better handled by
`getVectorTypeBreakdown`, where what looks like older handling for 1-element
fixed-length vector types was spuriously updated to include scalable types.

Widening of scalable types is now better supported, by using `INSERT_SUBVECTOR`
to insert the smaller scalable vector "value" type into the wider scalable
vector "part" type. This allows AArch64 to pass and return `vscale x 1` types
by value by widening.

There are still cases where we are unable to legalize `vscale x 1` types, such
as where expansion would require splitting the vector in two.

Reviewed By: sdesmalen

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D102073

2021-05-12 16:33:07 +01:00

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