RFR: 8367780: Enable UseAPX on Intel CPUs only when both APX_F and APX_NCI_NDD_NF cpuid features are present [v4]

[Sandhya Viswanathan]

On Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:54:49 GMT, Srinivas Vamsi Parasa <sparasa at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The goal of this PR is to enable APX on Intel CPUs (i.e. enable UseAPX) only when both the APX_F and APX_NCI_NDD_NF cpuid feature flags are present.
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>> As per the latest update to the Intel APX specification (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/content-details/861610/intel-advanced-performance-extensions-intel-apx-architecture-specification.html ), when APX_F is set, processors also provide CPUID leaf 0x29 (APX Advanced Performance Extensions Leaf). Any Intel processor that enumerates APX_F also enumerates APX_NCI_NDD_NF.
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>> This PR enhances the HotSpot x86 CPU feature detection to recognize the APX_NCI_NDD_NF sub-feature of Intel APX and update the enabling logic for UseAPX VM flag.
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> Srinivas Vamsi Parasa has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:
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>  - Update CPUInfoTest.java
>  - Remove APX_NCI_NDD_NF as an explicit feature

Looks good to me.

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Marked as reviewed by sviswanathan (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27320#pullrequestreview-3241321050