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NVPTX: Avoid PassMode::Direct for args in C abi
Fixes #117480
I must admit that I'm confused about `PassMode` altogether, is there a good sum-up threads for this anywhere? I'm especially confused about how "indirect" and "byval" goes together. To me it seems like "indirect" basically means "use a indirection through a pointer", while "byval" basically means "do not use indirection through a pointer".
The return used to keep `PassMode::Direct` for small aggregates. It turns out that `make_indirect` messes up the tests and one way to fix it is to keep `PassMode::Direct` for all aggregates. I have mostly seen this PassMode mentioned for args. Is it also a problem for returns? When experimenting with `byval` as an alternative i ran into [this assert](61a3eea804/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/abi.rs (L463C22-L463C22))
I have added tests for the same kind of types that is already tested for the "ptx-kernel" abi. The tests cannot be enabled until something like #117458 is completed and merged.
CC: ``@RalfJung`` since you seem to be the expert on this and have already helped me out tremendously
CC: ``@RDambrosio016`` in case this influence your work on `rustc_codegen_nvvm`
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