The loops are run exactly once per lane, so VGPRs do not need to be
saved. Use the SIOptimizeVGPRLiveRange pass to add phi nodes that take
undef when coming from the loop.
There is still a shortcoming:
Return values from a function call in the loop are copied because their
live range conflicts with the live range of arguments, even if arguments
are only IMPLICIT_DEF after the phi insertion.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D105192
This pass aims to optimize VGPR live-range in a typical divergent if-else
control flow. For example:
def(a)
if(cond)
use(a)
... // A
else
use(a)
As AMDGPU access vgpr with respect to active-mask, we can mark `a` as
dead in region A. For details, please refer to the comments in
implementation file.
The pass is enabled by default, the frontend can disable it through
"-amdgpu-opt-vgpr-liverange=false".
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D102212
