[GHC] #8256: adding locality levels to prefetch# and friends

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#8256: adding locality levels to prefetch# and friends
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        Reporter:  carter            |            Owner:  carter
            Type:  task              |           Status:  patch
        Priority:  normal            |        Milestone:  7.8.1
       Component:  Compiler          |          Version:  7.7
      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                    |  Related Tickets:  #8252 ,#8107
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Comment (by tibbe):

 Some comments on the patch:

  * It needs to work on all backends. It's fine if it's a no-op on some
 backends.
  * There needs to be a basic should_run test somewhere.
  * The primops need a better suffix that 0-3 I think. Do the levels have
 descriptive names whose abbreviations we could use?
  * The primops need docs.

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