This patch corresponds to review:
https://reviews.llvm.org/D23155
This patch removes the VSHRC register class (based on D20310) and adds
exploitation of the Power9 sub-word integer loads into VSX registers as well
as vector sign extensions.
The new instructions are useful for a few purposes:
Int to Fp conversions of 1 or 2-byte values loaded from memory
Building vectors of 1 or 2-byte integers with values loaded from memory
Storing individual 1 or 2-byte elements from integer vectors
This patch implements all of those uses.
llvm-svn: 283190
The exit-on-error flag in the ARM test is necessary in order to avoid an
unreachable in the DAGTypeLegalizer, when trying to expand a physical register.
We can also avoid this situation by introducing a bitcast early on, where the
invalid scalar-to-vector conversion is detected.
We also add a test for PowerPC, which goes through a similar code path in the
SelectionDAGBuilder.
Fixes PR27765.
Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D21061
llvm-svn: 272644
Nemanja Ivanovic