RFR(M): 8248191: PPC: Implement Load/Store Vector with lxvl/stxvl in Power10

[Doerr, Martin]

Where do we save xxswapd instructions?
I can't see it in the webrev.

Best regards,
Martin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: hotspot-compiler-dev <hotspot-compiler-dev-
> retn at openjdk.java.net> On Behalf Of joserz at linux.ibm.com
> Sent: Mittwoch, 1. Juli 2020 21:49
> To: hotspot-compiler-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Cc: Michihiro Horie <HORIE at jp.ibm.com>
> Subject: RFR(M): 8248191: PPC: Implement Load/Store Vector with lxvl/stxvl
> in Power10
> 
> This patch introduces two instructions lxvl/stvxl and replaces the current
> lxvd2x/stxvd2x to load and store vectors. Like lxvd2x/stxvd2x, lxvl/stxvl can
> access unaligned effective addresses with the advantage of *not* requiring
> xxswapd after lxvd2x (or before stxvd2x) to correct the lanes in little-endian
> mode.
> 
> Webrev: https://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mhorie/8248191/webrev.00/
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8248191
> 
> Thanks for your review!
> 
> Jose R. Ziviani