RFR: 8241502: Migrate x86_64.ad to MacroAssembler

Fri Feb 5 18:46:43 UTC 2021

On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 17:47:07 GMT, Vladimir Kozlov <kvn at openjdk.org> wrote:

>>> Can you please take a look whether these changes are going in the direction expected or not?
>> 
>> Yes, the patch is perfectly aligned with what JDK-8241502 proposes. Thanks for taking care of it.
>
> I agree. We wanted to do that for long time.

I am curious if the x86_64.o file changes in any significant way (speed of size).

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2420