RFR(XS): Assembler::bsrl fails on assert when -UseCountLeadingZerosInstruction is used on CPU with LZCNT support

[Igor Veresov]

Alright. As we discussed I’ll just remove it.

Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iveresov/8038222/webrev.01/

igor

On Mar 24, 2014, at 6:14 PM, Vladimir Kozlov <vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com> wrote:

> From x86 docs:
> 
> "LZCNT is an extension of the BSR instruction... On processors that do not support LZCNT, the instruction byte encoding is executed as BSR."
> 
> So it is not oddity - it is extension. The oddity is that LZCNT code will be executed as BSR on CPUs which does not support it. Usually it should through Illegal Instruction.
> 
> I think we can simple remove the assert because, as you said, it is wrong - we should be able generate bsr instruction together with lzcnt.
> And we don't generate F3 prefix for BSR.
> 
> Thanks,
> Vladimir
> 
> On 3/24/14 5:41 PM, Igor Veresov wrote:
>> We have an assert here that is too strong. The problem the assert tries to guard agaist is that on x86 a bsr instruction with an f3 prefix (rep), is actually an lzcnt instruction on CPUs that support it. Actually we never do emit bsr with rep, but I relaxed that assert to verify that, just in case.
>> 
>> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8038222
>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iveresov/8038222/webrev.00/
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> igor
>>