[SDAG] Preserve unpredictable metadata, teach X86CmovConversion to respect this metadata
Sometimes an developer would like to have more control over cmov vs branch. We have unpredictable metadata in LLVM IR, but currently it is ignored by X86 backend. Propagate this metadata and avoid cmov->branch conversion in X86CmovConversion for cmov with this metadata. Example: ``` int MaxIndex(int n, int *a) { int t = 0; for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) { // cmov is converted to branch by X86CmovConversion if (a[i] > a[t]) t = i; } return t; } int MaxIndex2(int n, int *a) { int t = 0; for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) { // cmov is preserved if (__builtin_unpredictable(a[i] > a[t])) t = i; } return t; } ``` Reviewed By: nikic Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D118118
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