[SimplifyLibCalls] Optimization for pow(x, n) where n is some constant
Summary: In order to avoid calling pow function we generate repeated fmul when n is a positive or negative whole number. For each exponent we pre-compute Addition Chains in order to minimize the no. of fmuls. Refer: http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/achim/addition_chain.html We pre-compute addition chains for exponents upto 32 (which results in a max of 7 fmuls). For eg: 4 = 2+2 5 = 2+3 6 = 3+3 and so on Hence, pow(x, 4.0) ==> y = fmul x, x x = fmul y, y ret x For negative exponents, we simply compute the reciprocal of the final result. Note: This transformation is only enabled under fast-math. Patch by Mandeep Singh Grang <mgrang@codeaurora.org> Reviewers: weimingz, majnemer, escha, davide, scanon, joerg Subscribers: probinson, escha, llvm-commits Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D13994 llvm-svn: 254776
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