[LV] Add initial support for partial alias masking#177599
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This patch adds initial support for partial alias masking, which allows entering the vector loop even when there is aliasing within a single vector iteration. It does this by clamping the VF to the safe distance between pointers. This allows the runtime VF to be anywhere from 2 to the "static" VF.
Conceptually, this transform looks like:
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Alias masking can be used both with/without tail folding, however has the current patch as a few limitations:
-force-partial-aliasing-vectorizationThis PR supersedes #100579 (closes #100579).