Renames the current lowering scheme to "module" and introduces two new
ones, "kernel" and "table", plus a "hybrid" that chooses between those three
on a per-variable basis.
Unit tests are set up to pass with the default lowering of "module" or "hybrid"
with this patch defaulting to "module", which will be a less dramatic codegen
change relative to the current. This reflects the sparsity of test coverage for
the table lowering method. Hybrid is better than module in every respect and
will be default in a subsequent patch.
Reviewed By: arsenm
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D139433
Renames the current lowering scheme to "module" and introduces two new
ones, "kernel" and "table", plus a "hybrid" that chooses between those three
on a per-variable basis.
Unit tests are set up to pass with the default lowering of "module" or "hybrid"
with this patch defaulting to "module", which will be a less dramatic codegen
change relative to the current. This reflects the sparsity of test coverage for
the table lowering method. Hybrid is better than module in every respect and
will be default in a subsequent patch.
Reviewed By: arsenm
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D139433
Currently LDS variables are removed by the lower module pass
if they have a use which is caught by the replace with struct control flow.
This makes tests brittle to changes to that control flow which induces
noise when trying to improve lowering. Some tests already check that
variables are removed, while others checked that they are not removed.
LDS variables are not (currently) externally accessible, and if that
changes the machinery which makes them externally accessible will look
like a use. This change therefore breaks no applications.
Reviewed By: rampitec
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D133028
