The current implementation of skip insertion (SIInsertSkip) makes it a
mandatory pass required for correctness. Initially, the idea was to
have an optional pass. This patch inserts the s_cbranch_execz upfront
during SILowerControlFlow to skip over the sections of code when no
lanes are active. Later, SIRemoveShortExecBranches removes the skips
for short branches, unless there is a sideeffect and the skip branch is
really necessary.
This new pass will replace the handling of skip insertion in the
existing SIInsertSkip Pass.
Differential revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D68092
SIInsertSkips really doesn't understand the control flow, and makes
very stupid assumptions about the block layout. This was able to get
away with not skipping return blocks, since usually after
structurization there is only one placed at the end of the
function. Tail duplication can break this assumption.
llvm-svn: 362754
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