AlexVlx wrote:

> > InstCombine's primary function is a canonicalization pass. You shouldn't be 
> > modifying it for specifically SPIRV optimizations (with the exception of 
> > SPIRV intrinsic support). SPIRV specific transforms belong in later backend 
> > IR passes
> 
> Does it mean, that the reasoning behind this very PR is not legit?
> 
> > This is problematic as it leads to optimisation passes, such as 
> > InstCombine, getting ideas and e.g. shrinking to non byte-multiple integer 
> > types, which is not desirable and can lead to breakage further down in the 
> > toolchain.

This is not SPIR-V specific, it addresses a SPIR-V issue on the SPIR-V side, 
not in InstCombine.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/110695
_______________________________________________
cfe-commits mailing list
cfe-commits@lists.llvm.org
https://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cfe-commits

Reply via email to