RFR: 8241502: Migrate x86_64.ad to MacroAssembler

Thu Feb 11 05:15:37 UTC 2021

On Tue, 9 Feb 2021 01:35:35 GMT, Dean Long <dlong at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I am curious if the x86_64.o file changes in any significant way (speed of size).
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> I wish there was a way for the old and new versions to co-exist at the same time, so we could generate the code the old way and and the new way, then compare, for automatic verification of the MacroAssember version.

Thank you all for the feedback!

@iklam - I'll check that and let you know once I make more conversions.

@dean-long - That would be great. I'm all ears for the best way to test this!

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