[aarch64-port-dev ] RFR: 8231754: [JVMCI] Make r27 unconditionally reserved in JVMCI

[dean.long at oracle.com]

On 10/11/19 2:41 AM, Andrew Dinn wrote:
> Hi Gilles,
>
> On 11/10/2019 09:47, Gilles Duboscq wrote:
>> By "other compilers" i meant C1 and C2. Neither of those compilers ever
>> allocates r27.
> Ah, my apologies. I thought Roman Kennke investigated and pushed a patch
> for this optimization earlier in the year. Clearly, that experiment
> never escaped from the lab.

I was thinking the same, but when I checked, it was only for x64: 
JDK-8217909.

> In which case, I'm happy for Yudi's patch to go ahead as is.

Me too.

dl

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