RFR: 143072: [JVMCI] Port JVMCI to AArch64

[Andrew Haley]

On 02/12/15 11:23, Roland Schatz wrote:
> Sorry for noticing it that late, but there seems to be no implementation 
> for src/cpu/aarch64/vm/jvmciCodeInstaller_aarch64.cpp...
> Of course the stuff in there could be implemented in a separate patch. 
> It's rather hard to test that without an actual compiler.
> 
> Perhaps we should have a series of test analogous to the 
> test/compiler/jvmci/errors tests, but for "working" instead of "broken" 
> code installation. For that we would need a platform dependent "fake" 
> compiler (e.g. handwritten assembly for well-known test methods).

Maybe.  But if there is no way to actually exercise the code which
is in HotSpot, why is it there?

Andrew.