This pass is unnecessary and overly conservative. It was motivated by
situations like
def %vreg0:SGPR_32 ...
if-block:
.. def %vreg1:SGPR_32 ...
else-block:
... use %vreg0:SGPR_32 ...
and similar situations with uses after the non-uniform control flow, where
we are not allowed to assign %vreg0 and %vreg1 to the same physical register,
even though in the original, thread/workitem-based CFG, it looks like the
live ranges of these registers do not overlap.
However, by the time register allocation runs, we have moved to a wave-based
CFG that accurately represents the fact that the wave may run through both
the if- and the else-block. So the live ranges of %vreg0 and %vreg1 already
overlap even without the SIFixSGPRLiveRanges pass.
In addition to proving this change correct, I have tested it with Piglit
and a small number of other tests.