Improve support for type-generic vector intrinsics by teaching TableGen how

to handle LLVMMatchType intrinsic parameters, and by adding new subclasses
of LLVMMatchType to match vector types with integral elements that are 
either twice as wide or half as wide as the elements of the matched type.


git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@61834 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/llvm/DerivedTypes.h b/include/llvm/DerivedTypes.h
index 04a73fe8cf..3bc00e9bb2 100644
--- a/include/llvm/DerivedTypes.h
+++ b/include/llvm/DerivedTypes.h
@@ -369,6 +369,26 @@ public:
     return VectorType::get(EltTy, VTy->getNumElements());
   }
 
+  /// VectorType::getExtendedElementVectorType - This static method is like
+  /// getInteger except that the element types are twice as wide as the
+  /// elements in the input type.
+  ///
+  static VectorType *getExtendedElementVectorType(const VectorType *VTy) {
+    unsigned EltBits = VTy->getElementType()->getPrimitiveSizeInBits();
+    const Type *EltTy = IntegerType::get(EltBits * 2);
+    return VectorType::get(EltTy, VTy->getNumElements());
+  }
+
+  /// VectorType::getTruncatedElementVectorType - This static method is like
+  /// getInteger except that the element types are half as wide as the
+  /// elements in the input type.
+  ///
+  static VectorType *getTruncatedElementVectorType(const VectorType *VTy) {
+    unsigned EltBits = VTy->getElementType()->getPrimitiveSizeInBits();
+    const Type *EltTy = IntegerType::get(EltBits / 2);
+    return VectorType::get(EltTy, VTy->getNumElements());
+  }
+
   /// @brief Return the number of elements in the Vector type.
   inline unsigned getNumElements() const { return NumElements; }