preserve SIMD element type information
Preserve the SIMD element type and provide it to LLVM for better optimization.
This is relevant for AArch64 types like `int16x4x2_t`, see also https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/181514. Such types are defined like so:
```rust
#[repr(simd)]
struct int16x4_t([i16; 4]);
#[repr(C)]
struct int16x4x2_t(pub int16x4_t, pub int16x4_t);
```
Previously this would be translated to the opaque `[2 x <8 x i8>]`, with this PR it is instead `[2 x <4 x i16>]`. That change is not relevant for the ABI, but using the correct type prevents bitcasts that can (indeed, do) confuse the LLVM pattern matcher.
This change will make it possible to implement the deinterleaving loads on AArch64 in a portable way (without neon-specific intrinsics), which means that e.g. Miri or the cranelift backend can run them without additional support.
discussion at [#t-compiler > loss of vector element type information](https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/131828-t-compiler/topic/loss.20of.20vector.20element.20type.20information/with/584483611)
One extension worth noting is the use of revisions as custom prefixes for
FileCheck. If your codegen test has different behavior based on the chosen
target or different compiler flags that you want to exercise, you can use a
revisions annotation, like so:
After specifying those variations, you can write different expected, or
explicitly unexpected output by using <prefix>-SAME: and <prefix>-NOT:,
like so:
Jacob Pratt
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