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Dear all, From what I can gather, there is currently no way for loop strength reduction to target pre- and post-increment addressing modes. This is because the target hook `isLegalAddressingMode` in TargetTransformInfo.h doesn’t allow for pre- and post-increment. There is in fact a comment to that effect on the function prototype: “TODO: handle pre/postinc as well” (see

>> Has anyone any idea on how to best handle this? Can LSR "split" an IV >> to use an extra register? Or would this need to be done in a target >> specific pass? > > When you say "an extra address register" would this imply LSR adding > an additional PHI? > > -Hal > Yes, that would have worked well at least in this type of loop. Can LSR