Sanjay Patel 2f6b07316f [InstCombine] fold cast of right-shift if high bits are not demanded
(masked) trunc (lshr X, C) --> (masked) lshr (trunc X), C

Narrowing the shift should be better for analysis and can lead
to follow-on transforms as shown.

Attempt at a general proof in Alive2:
https://alive2.llvm.org/ce/z/tRnnSF

Here are a couple of the specific tests:
https://alive2.llvm.org/ce/z/bCnTp-
https://alive2.llvm.org/ce/z/TfaHnb

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D110170
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