For big-endian targets, when we merge two halfword loads into a word load, the
order of the halfwords in the loaded value is reversed compared to
little-endian, so the load-store optimiser needs to swap the destination
registers.
This does not affect merging of two word loads, as we use ldp, which treats the
memory as two separate 32-bit words.
llvm-svn: 252597
The benefit from converting narrow loads into a wider load (r251438) could be
micro-architecturally dependent, as it assumes that a single load with two bitfield
extracts is cheaper than two narrow loads. Currently, this conversion is
enabled only in cortex-a57 on which performance benefits were verified.
llvm-svn: 252316
Oliver Stannard