This patch adds a new option to the LoopVectorizer to control how
scalable vectors can be used.
Initially, this suggests three levels to control scalable
vectorization, although other more aggressive options can be added in
the future.
The possible options are:
- Disabled: Disables vectorization with scalable vectors.
- Enabled: Vectorize loops using scalable vectors or fixed-width
vectors, but favors fixed-width vectors when the cost
is a tie.
- Preferred: Like 'Enabled', but favoring scalable vectors when the
cost-model is inconclusive.
Reviewed By: paulwalker-arm, vkmr
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D101945
Adds support for scalable vectorization of loops containing first-order recurrences, e.g:
```
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
b[i] = a[i] + a[i - 1]
```
This patch changes fixFirstOrderRecurrence for scalable vectors to take vscale into
account when inserting into and extracting from the last lane of a vector.
CreateVectorSplice has been added to construct a vector for the recurrence, which
returns a splice intrinsic for scalable types. For fixed-width the behaviour
remains unchanged as CreateVectorSplice will return a shufflevector instead.
The tests included here are the same as test/Transform/LoopVectorize/first-order-recurrence.ll
Reviewed By: david-arm, fhahn
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D101076
Sander de Smalen