TargetLoweringBase::Expand is defined as "Try to expand this to other ops,
otherwise use a libcall." For ISD::UDIV and ISD::SDIV, the choice between
the two possibilities was defined in a rather convoluted way:
- if DIVREM is legal, expand to DIVREM
- if DIVREM has a custom lowering, expand to DIVREM
- if DIVREM libcall is defined and a remainder from the same division is computed elsewhere, expand to a DIVREM libcall
- else, expand to a DIV libcall
This had the undesirable effect that if both DIV and DIVREM are implemented
as libcalls, then ISD::UDIV and ISD::SDIV are expanded to the heavier DIVREM
libcall, even when the remainder isn't used.
The new code adds a new LegalizeAction, TargetLoweringBase::LibCall, so that
backends can directly control whether they prefer an expansion or a conversion
to a libcall. This makes the generic lowering code even more generic,
allowing its reuse in a wider range of target-specific configurations.
The useful effect is that ARM backend will now generate a call
to aeabi_{i,u}div rather than aeabi_{i,u}divmod in cases where
it doesn't need the remainder. There's no functional change outside
the ARM backend.
These two are intrinsically related in the lowering phase, and would be good to have some comments to that effect here, so people can understand without searching for the implementation details.