We call nir_lower_load_const_to_scalar in the state trackers linker however some later passes can reintroduce constant vectors. Here we lower these to scalar and perform optimisations. The Intel drivers do a similiar call in their backend..
shader-db results VEGA 64:
Totals from affected shaders:
SGPRS: 152168 -> 151976 (-0.13 %)
VGPRS: 135224 -> 135112 (-0.08 %)
Spilled SGPRs: 4027 -> 4163 (3.38 %)
Spilled VGPRs: 0 -> 0 (0.00 %)
Private memory VGPRs: 0 -> 0 (0.00 %)
Scratch size: 0 -> 0 (0.00 %) dwords per thread
Code Size: 10670028 -> 10654776 (-0.14 %) bytes
LDS: 0 -> 0 (0.00 %) blocks
Max Waves: 13122 -> 13135 (0.10 %)
Wait states: 0 -> 0 (0.00 %)