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

[Shrinivas Joshi]

Hi Vladimir,

Thanks for the review.

-Shrinivas

On 12/5/2016 3:39 PM, Vladimir Kozlov wrote:
> 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
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