[X86] Always prefer to lower a VECTOR_SHUFFLE into a BLENDI instead of SHUFP (or VPERM2X128).
This patch teaches method 'LowerVECTOR_SHUFFLE' to give higher precedence to the check for 'isBlendMask'; the idea is that, when possible, we should firstly check if a shuffle performs a blend, and in case, try to lower it into a BLENDI instead of selecting a SHUFP or (worse) a VPERM2X128. In general: - AVX VBLENDPS/D always have better latency and throughput than VPERM2F128; - BLENDPS/D instructions tend to always have better 'reciprocal throughput' than the equivalent SHUFPS/D; - Both BLENDPS/D and SHUFPS/D are often decoded into the same number of m-ops; however, a m-op obtained from a BLENDPS/D can be scheduled to more than one execution port. This patch: - Moves the check for 'isBlendMask' immediately before the check for 'isSHUFPMask' within method 'LowerVECTOR_SHUFFLE'; - Updates existing tests for sse/avx shuffle/blend instructions to verify that we select (v)blendps/d when possible (instead of (v)shufps/d or vperm2f128). llvm-svn: 211720
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