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[InstCombine] Improve profile information preservation during reassociation

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Description

In Instcombine reassociations it may be possible to reason about the probabilities, reconfigure the order of reassociation or otherwise improve the preservation of profile data. We came across a few such cases while attempting to fix profile information loss. For now, we intend to mark these as unknown and revisit them later as a follow up. Filing this issue to tag and track these cases.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing InstCombine reassociation handling and the profile-information cases described in the issue. Investigate where reassociation loses or marks profile data as unknown. Done would require a defined approach for preserving or reasoning about probabilities, which the issue does not yet specify.

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Assessment

Domain
compilers
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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