[BOLT][AArch64] Optimize the mov-imm-to-reg operation (#189304) On AArch64, logical immediate instructions are used to encode some special immediate values. And even at `-O0` level, the AArch64 backend would not choose to generate 4 instructions (movz, movk, movk, movk) for moving such a special value to a 64-bit regiter. For example, to move the 64-bit value `0x0001000100010001` to `x0`, the AArch64 backend would not choose a 4-instruction-sequence like ``` movz x0, 0x0001 movk x0, 0x0001, lsl 16 movk x0, 0x0001, lsl 32 movk x0, 0x0001, lsl 48 ``` Actually, the AArch64 backend would choose to generate one instruction ``` mov x0, 0x0001000100010001 ``` which is essentially ``` orr x1, xzr, 0x0001000100010001 ``` We could refer to `AArch64ExpandPseudoImpl::expandMOVImm` and `AArch64_IMM::expandMOVImm` for related implementation. Therefore, maybe we could consider to leverage `expandMOVImm` in llvm to optimize the mov-imm-to-reg operation in BOLT, which would help to speed up the BOLT-instrumented binary.
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