RFR: 8251994: VM crashed running TestComplexAddrExpr.java test with -XX:UseAVX=X

Mon Oct 26 15:54:22 UTC 2020

On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 08:16:26 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Drive-by comment:
> 
> * synopsis should be "crashed", not "crushed"?

Fixed.

> * I personally find `VECTOR_LOOP_SIMD` more fragile than the `_do_vector_loop_experimental` field. At least the macro should also say "experimental"?

'fragile' is in naming sense to use `DO_VECTOR_LOOP_EXPERIMENTAL`, for example?
Or you prefer to have the code be guarded by `if(_do_vector_loop_experimental)` runtime check instead of `#if DO_VECTOR_LOOP_EXPERIMENTAL` macro check?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/859