[aarch64-port-dev ] RFR: 8079203: aarch64: need to cater for different partner implementations

[Andrew Dinn]

On 01/05/15 13:19, Edward Nevill wrote:
> The following webrev addresses issue
> http://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8079203
> 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~enevill/8079203/webrev
> 
> The patch parses /proc/cpuinfo to obtain cpu, model, variant and revision
> information.
> 
> This information is used to drive C1 & C2 code generation for minor
> differences in implementation.
> 
> Please review and if approved I will push,

The patch looks ok to me -- although I have no idea why you need those
extra nops before madd, msub etc when CPU_A53MAC is set. Is there an
explanation available beyond 'black magic demands . . .'?

regards,


Andrew Dinn
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