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thepudds a56d064bd3 [release-branch.go1.26] cmd/compile/internal/bloop: avoid extraneous heap allocs in b.Loop body due to autotmp variable scope
The motivating example I created for #73137 still seems
to heap allocate in go1.26rc2 when used in a b.Loop body.

                    │   go1.25    │            go1.26rc2               │
                    │  allocs/op  │ allocs/op   vs base                │
NewX/b.Loop-basic-4   1.000 ± 0%     1.000 ± 0%       ~ (p=1.000 n=10) ¹

I suspect it is because the temps are by default declared
outside the loop body, which escape analysis will determine is
an escaping value and result in a heap allocation. (I've seen
this problem before, including in my older CL 546023 that attempts
to help PGO with a similar issue.)

This is an attempt to address that by placing ODCLs within the
b.Loop body for the temps that are created so that they can be
marked keepalive.

There are two cases handled in the CL: function return values
and function arguments. The first case is what affects my example
from #73137, and is also illustrated via the NewX test case in
the new test/escape_bloop.go file.

Without this CL, the NewX call in the BenchmarkBloop test is inlined,
which is an improvement over Go 1.25, but the slice still escapes
because the temporary used for the return value is declared outside
the loop body.

With this CL, the slice does not escape.

The second case is illustrated via the new BenchmarkBLoopFunctionArg
test, which shows a function argument that escapes without this CL
but does not escape with this CL.

We can also make the two new b.Loop tests in testing/benchmark_test.go
individually pass or fail as expected based on individually
reverting the two changes in this CL.

While we are here, we add a note to typecheck.TempAt to help
make people aware of this behavior.

Updates #73137
Fixes #77339

Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/738822
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Change-Id: I80e89ca95ba297b0d95f02782e6f4ae901a4361a
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