RFR: AARCH64: optimize string compare intrinsic

[Andrew Haley]

On 05/04/2018 02:24 PM, Dmitrij Pochepko wrote:
> Do you suggest to change vectorizedMismatch from generic single entry 
> point to 4 versions (1,2,4 and 8 -byte) each optimized for respective 
> size(and possible re-using code generation logic)? Then it can be 
> re-used for same-encoded strings without penalties, indeed, but it 
> requires changes in jdk.internal.util.ArraysSupport.java

I don't see why it's absolutely necessary.  On the other hand, it might
be an excellent idea to have a switch statement in the Java code wich
will almost always optimized away.  It's worth trying.

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Andrew Haley
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