Re: [PATCH V4] RISC-V: Using merge approach to optimize repeating sequence in vec_init

[Kito Cheng <kito.cheng@gmail.com>]

> +/* Get the mask for merge approach.
> +
> +     Consider such following case:
> +       {a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b}
> +     To merge "a", the mask should be 1010....
> +     To merge "b", the mask should be 0101....
> +*/
> +rtx
> +rvv_builder::get_merge_mask_bitfield (unsigned int index) const
> +{
> +  uint64_t base_mask = (1ULL << index);
> +  uint64_t mask = 0;
> +  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < (64 / npatterns ()); i++)

What the magic 64 means?
...

> +static void
> +expand_vector_init_merge_repeating_sequence (rtx target,
> +                                            const rvv_builder &builder)
> +{
> +  machine_mode mask_mode;
> +  gcc_assert (get_mask_mode (builder.mode ()).exists (&mask_mode));
> +
> +  machine_mode dup_mode = builder.mode ();
> +  if (known_gt (GET_MODE_SIZE (dup_mode), BYTES_PER_RISCV_VECTOR))
> +    {
> +      poly_uint64 nunits
> +       = exact_div (BYTES_PER_RISCV_VECTOR, builder.inner_units ());
> +      gcc_assert (
> +       get_vector_mode (builder.inner_int_mode (), nunits).exists (&dup_mode));

gcc_assert will removed at release mode, so it's not you want I guess?

> +    }
> +  else
> +    {
> +      if (FLOAT_MODE_P (dup_mode))
> +       gcc_assert (get_vector_mode (builder.inner_int_mode (),
> +                                    GET_MODE_NUNITS (dup_mode))
> +                     .exists (&dup_mode));

Same issue

> +    }
> +
> +  machine_mode dup_mask_mode;
> +  gcc_assert (get_mask_mode (dup_mode).exists (&dup_mask_mode));

Same issue