This is split off from D79799 - where I was proposing to fully iterate
over a function until there are no more transforms. I suspect we are
still going to want to do something like that eventually.
But we can achieve the same gains much more efficiently on the current
set of regression tests just by reversing the order that we visit the
instructions.
This may also reduce the motivation for D79078, but we are still not
getting the optimal pattern for a reduction.
As with the extractelement patterns that are currently in vector-combine,
there are going to be several possible variations on this theme. This
should be the clearest, simplest example.
Scalarization is the right direction for target-independent canonicalization,
and InstCombine has some of those folds already, but it doesn't do this.
I proposed a similar transform in D50992. Here in vector-combine, we can
check the cost model to be sure it's profitable, so there should be less risk.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D79452
Sanjay Patel