RFR: 8314949: linux PPC64 Big Endian: Implementation of Foreign Function & Memory API [v7]

[Jorn Vernee]

On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 21:17:06 GMT, Martin Doerr <mdoerr at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I've found a way to solve the remaining FFI problem on linux PPC64 Big Endian. Large structs (>8 Bytes) which are passed in registers or on stack require shifting the Bytes in the last slot if the size is not a multiple of 8. This PR adds the required functionality to the Java code.
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>> Please review and provide feedback. There may be better ways to implement it. I just found one which works and makes the tests pass:
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>> Test summary
>> ==============================
>>    TEST                                              TOTAL  PASS  FAIL ERROR   
>>    jtreg:test/jdk/java/foreign                          88    88     0     0   
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>> Note: This PR should be considered as preparation work for AIX which also uses ABIv1.
>
> Martin Doerr has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Add comments. Simplify condition.

Just some known failures in CI ([1]). So, this is good to go from my perspective.

[1]: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8315646

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Marked as reviewed by jvernee (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15417#pullrequestreview-1610536541