The availability of SVE should be sufficient to enable scalable
auto-vectorization.
This patch adds a new TTI interface to query the target what style of
vectorization it wants when scalable vectors are available. For other
targets than AArch64, this currently defaults to 'FixedWidthOnly'.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D115651
When targeting a specific CPU with scalable vectorization, the knowledge
of that particular CPU's vscale value can be used to tune the cost-model
and make the cost per lane less pessimistic.
If the target implements 'TTI.getVScaleForTuning()', the cost-per-lane
is calculated as:
Cost / (VScaleForTuning * VF.KnownMinLanes)
Otherwise, it assumes a value of 1 meaning that the behavior
is unchanged and calculated as:
Cost / VF.KnownMinLanes
Reviewed By: kmclaughlin, david-arm
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D113209
Sander de Smalen