If inserting more than one constant into a vector:
define <4 x float> @foo(<4 x float> %x) { %ins1 = insertelement <4 x float> %x, float 1.0, i32 1 %ins2 = insertelement <4 x float> %ins1, float 2.0, i32 2 ret <4 x float> %ins2 }
InstCombine could reduce that to a shufflevector:
define <4 x float> @goo(<4 x float> %x) { %shuf = shufflevector <4 x float> %x, <4 x float> <float undef, float 1.0, float 2.0, float undef>, <4 x i32><i32 0, i32 5, i32 6, i32 3> ret <4 x float> %shuf }