RFR(S): 8158012: Use SW prefetch instructions instead of BIS for allocation prefetches on SPARC Core S4

[Vladimir Kozlov]

Looks good.

Have to wait for approval.

Thanks,
Vladimir

On 12/5/16 2:01 PM, Shrinivas Joshi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please review this small change which sets the default allocation prefetch mechanism on Oracle SPARC Core S4 processor based systems to use explicit SW prefetch instructions instead of Block Init
> Store(BIS) instructions.
>
> Bug: http://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8158012
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kvn/8158012/webrev.00/
>
> Tested with JTREG and JPRT.
>
> Thanks,
> -Shrinivas