[aarch64-port-dev ] RFR: 8169697: aarch64: vectorized MLA instruction not generated for some test cases
Andrew Haley
aph at redhat.com
Mon Nov 21 16:23:36 UTC 2016
On 16/11/16 08:28, Ningsheng Jian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> NEON vector MLA instructions can not be generated in some simple
> multiply-add cases.
>
> Bug:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8169697
>
> The following webrev contributed by Yang Zhang (yang.zhang at linaro.org)
> can resolve it.
>
> Webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~njian/8169697/webrev.00/
>
> Please help to review it. To minimize impact, this patch only changes
> aarch64 specified code. Do you think this is OK for 9? If yes, do we
> need a FC Extension Request?
>
> In the mean time, Yang also has a more generic fix for this issue,
> which patches share code and could also fix this issue:
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~njian/8169697/webrev.share/
>
> Which do you think is better?
>
> Both patches tested with fastdebug jtreg.
I've installed your patch to aarch64.ad, and I don't see a vectorized
mla for the TestSimdMlaInt::vectSumOfMulAdd1 case.
Please tell me exactly how you tested this, and which tree you
patched.
Thanks,
Andrew.
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