[GHC] #11037: Expose pop count primitives to cmm

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#11037: Expose pop count primitives to cmm
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        Reporter:  ekmett            |                Owner:  bgamari
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  patch
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.10.2
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
                                     |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:  PopCnt
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D1402
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Comment (by Ben Gamari <ben@…>):

 In [changeset:"42e85284b7be4aa298cff51119f33a72c0e3bd7a/ghc" 42e8528/ghc]:
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 #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc"
 revision="42e85284b7be4aa298cff51119f33a72c0e3bd7a"
 CmmParse: Expose popcnt operations

 Make various population count operations available via C-- syntax
 under the names %popcnt{8,16,32,64}. Fixes #11037.

 Reviewers: simonmar, austin, ekmett

 Reviewed By: austin, ekmett

 Subscribers: thomie

 Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D1402

 GHC Trac Issues: #11037
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