RFR: 8319577: x86_64 AVX2 intrinsics for Arrays.sort methods (int, float arrays) [v4]

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 07:04:52 GMT, David Holmes <dholmes at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Hi Magnus, the new x86-simd-sort 4.0 needs C++17 to compile. Will look into the changes needed for this library to compile without the C++17 standard and get back to you.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Vamsi
>
> Seems a bit odd to me too as the existing simd code seems to C code residing in .cpp files for some reason.

Yeah, that is also a good point. Why setting C++ flags in CFLAGS, and not just CXXFLAGS?

Also @vamsi-parasa, did you check into if this really was needed and why? To be clear, I basically consider this an integration blocker.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16534#discussion_r1410405668