RFR (XS): 8022993: Convert MAX_UNROLL constant to LoopMaxUnroll C2 flag

[Christian Thalinger]

I know you've already pushed this but what is the purpose of having a flag for this?  When do we change it?

-- Chris

On Aug 13, 2013, at 5:07 PM, Vladimir Kozlov <vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com> wrote:

> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kvn/8022993/webrev/
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> C2 has loop max unroll limit hard coded. It limits size of vectors (byte vectors) which are used in AVX instructions.
> Replace MAX_UNROLL constant with new C2 LoopMaxUnroll flag.
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> Thanks,
> Vladimir
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