[PATCH] nvptx: Use cvt to perform sign-extension of truncation.

[Roger Sayle]

This patch introduces some new define_insn rules to the nvptx backend,
to perform sign-extension of a truncation (from and to the same mode),
using a single cvt instruction.  As an example, the following function

int foo(int x) { return (char)x; }

with -O2 currently generates:

	mov.u32 %r24, %ar0;
	mov.u32 %r26, %r24;
	cvt.s32.s8      %value, %r26;

and with this patch, now generates:

	mov.u32 %r24, %ar0;
	cvt.s32.s8      %value, %r24;

This patch has been tested on nvptx-none hosted by x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
with a top-level "make" (including newlib) and a "make check" with no
new regressions.  Ok for mainline?


2021-08-27  Roger Sayle  <roger@nextmovesoftware.com>

gcc/ChangeLog
	* config/nvptx/nvptx.md (*extend_trunc_<mode>2_qi,
	*extend_trunc_<mode>2_hi, *extend_trunc_di2_si): New insns.
	Use cvt to perform sign-extension of truncation in one step.

gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
	* gcc.target/nvptx/exttrunc.c: New test case.


Roger
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