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shader-db results: All Gen7+ platforms had similar results. (Skylake shown) total instructions in shared programs: 15106023 -> 15105981 (<.01%) instructions in affected programs: 300 -> 258 (-14.00%) helped: 6 HURT: 0 helped stats (abs) min: 7 max: 7 x̄: 7.00 x̃: 7 helped stats (rel) min: 14.00% max: 14.00% x̄: 14.00% x̃: 14.00% 95% mean confidence interval for instructions value: -7.00 -7.00 95% mean confidence interval for instructions %-change: -14.00% -14.00% Instructions are helped. total cycles in shared programs: 566050327 -> 566050075 (<.01%) cycles in affected programs: 2826 -> 2574 (-8.92%) helped: 6 HURT: 0 helped stats (abs) min: 40 max: 44 x̄: 42.00 x̃: 42 helped stats (rel) min: 8.89% max: 8.94% x̄: 8.92% x̃: 8.92% 95% mean confidence interval for cycles value: -44.30 -39.70 95% mean confidence interval for cycles %-change: -8.95% -8.88% Cycles are helped. No changes on Gen6 or earlier. Signed-off-by: Ian Romanick <ian.d.romanick@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Helland <thomashelland90@gmail.com>