RFR: 8271515: Integration of JEP 417: Vector API (Third Incubator) [v9]

[Paul Sandoz]

> This PR improves the performance of vector operations that accept masks on architectures that support masking in hardware, specifically Intel AVX512 and ARM SVE.
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> On architectures that do not support masking in hardware the same technique as before is applied to most operations, specifically composition using blend.
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> Masked loads/stores are a special form of masked operation that require additional care to ensure out-of-bounds access throw exceptions. The range checking has not been fully optimized and will require further work.
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> No API enhancements were required and only a few additional tests were needed.

Paul Sandoz has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

  Add missing null check post mask unboxing.

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5873/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5873/files/571e6f39..11906870

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=5873&range=08
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=5873&range=07-08

  Stats: 8 lines in 1 file changed: 8 ins; 0 del; 0 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5873.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/5873/head:pull/5873

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5873