Before pass PEI, all stack variables has a placeholder 0 as its offset to frame base. And in pass PEI, the real offset is filled. Like:
Before PEI:
renamable $x6 = ADDI8 %stack.0, 0 renamable $x6 = ADD8 killed renamable $x6, renamable $x5 STW killed renamable $r3, 4, killed renamable $x6 :: (store 4 into %ir.14, !tbaa !2)
after PEI:
renamable $x6 = ADDI8 $x1, -80 ;;; 0 is replaced with -80 renamable $x6 = ADD8 killed renamable $x6, renamable $x5 STW killed renamable $r3, 4, killed renamable $x6 :: (store 4 into %ir.14, !tbaa !2)
After PEI there is a peephole opt opportunity to combine above -80 in ADDI8 with 4 in the STW to eliminate unnecessary ADD8.
So for above case, optimized instruction should be like:
renamable $x6 = ADDI8 $x1, -76 STWX killed renamable $r3, renamable $x5, killed renamable $x6 :: (store 4 into %ir.6, !tbaa !2)
This patch is to implement such peephole opt.
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