RFR: aarch32: use "arm" for os.arch system property

[yangyongyong]

Sorry for the wrong title!

From: yangyongyong
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 8:45 PM
To: aarch32-port-dev at openjdk.java.net
Cc: 'edward.nevill at gmail.com'
Subject: RFR: aarch32: use "arm" for os.arch system property


Hi, all,



Attached is a softfp patch for template interpreter. Two pairs of macros are defined in globalDefinitions_aarch32.hpp to isolate softfp code: HARD_FLOAT_CC/ SOFT_FLOAT_CC and HARD_FLOAT/ SOFT_FLOAT.



HARD_FLOAT_CC/SOFT_FLOAT_CC defines C calling convention. HARD_FLOAT are used to indicate that a platform can take advantage of hardfp instructions regardless of its calling convention, while SOFT_FLOAT means hardfp instructions are not supported or are disallowed to use.



Only three combinations are possible configurations for ARM platforms:

1. HARD_FLOAT/ HARD_FLOAT_CC are defined when __ARM_PCS_VFP is defined.

2. HARD_FLOAT/ SOFT_FLOAT_CC are defined when gcc runs with "-mfloat-abi=softfp" option.

3. SOFT_FLOAT/ SOFT_FLOAT_CC when gcc runs with "-mfloat-abi=soft" option.



The code of current repository is configuration 1, the attached patch is configuration 3. Both configurations are tested on a AArch64 platform (32 cores) with their respective runtime. Configuration 3 is also tested on a armv7 softfp platform with 4 cores.



We are currently working out a softfp patch for C1, it will take us a few days until it is prepared and tested.



Best regards.