assorted performance optimizations

[thestinger]

Passing higher alignment values gives the optimization passes more freedom since it can copy in larger chunks. This change results in rustc outputting the same post-optimization IR as clang for swaps and most copies excluding the lack of information about padding.

Code snippet:

#[inline(never)]
fn swap<T>(x: &mut T, y: &mut T) {
    util::swap(x, y);
}

Original IR (for int):

define internal fastcc void @_ZN9swap_283417_a71830ca3ed2d65d3_00E(i64*, i64*) #1 {
static_allocas:
  %2 = icmp eq i64* %0, %1
  br i1 %2, label %_ZN4util9swap_283717_a71830ca3ed2d65d3_00E.exit, label %3

; <label>:3                                       ; preds = %static_allocas
  %4 = load i64* %0, align 1
  %5 = load i64* %1, align 1
  store i64 %5, i64* %0, align 1
  store i64 %4, i64* %1, align 1
  br label %_ZN4util9swap_283717_a71830ca3ed2d65d3_00E.exit

_ZN4util9swap_283717_a71830ca3ed2d65d3_00E.exit:  ; preds = %3, %static_allocas
  ret void
}

After #6710:

define internal fastcc void @_ZN9swap_283017_a71830ca3ed2d65d3_00E(i64* nocapture, i64* nocapture) #1 {
static_allocas:
  %2 = load i64* %0, align 1
  %3 = load i64* %1, align 1
  store i64 %3, i64* %0, align 1
  store i64 %2, i64* %1, align 1
  ret void
}

After this change:

define internal fastcc void @_ZN9swap_283017_a71830ca3ed2d65d3_00E(i64* nocapture, i64* nocapture) #1 {
static_allocas:
  %2 = load i64* %0, align 8
  %3 = load i64* %1, align 8
  store i64 %3, i64* %0, align 8
  store i64 %2, i64* %1, align 8
  ret void
}

Another example:

#[inline(never)]
fn set<T>(x: &mut T, y: T) {
    *x = y;
}

Before, with (int, int) (align 1):

define internal fastcc void @_ZN8set_282517_8fa972e3f9e451983_00E({ i64, i64 }* nocapture, { i64, i64 }* nocapture) #1 {
static_allocas:
  %2 = bitcast { i64, i64 }* %1 to i8*
  %3 = bitcast { i64, i64 }* %0 to i8*
  tail call void @llvm.memcpy.p0i8.p0i8.i64(i8* %3, i8* %2, i64 16, i32 1, i1 false)
  ret void
}

After, with (int, int) (align 8):

define internal fastcc void @_ZN8set_282617_8fa972e3f9e451983_00E({ i64, i64 }* nocapture, { i64, i64 }* nocapture) #1 {
static_allocas:
  %2 = bitcast { i64, i64 }* %1 to i8*
  %3 = bitcast { i64, i64 }* %0 to i8*
  tail call void @llvm.memcpy.p0i8.p0i8.i64(i8* %3, i8* %2, i64 16, i32 8, i1 false)
  ret void
}

[thestinger]

Note that since #6742 landed, the parameters are also marked as noalias so the IR is strictly better than clang, but it results in pretty much the same assembly for these cases.

[graydon]

This is wonderful. Thanks.