RFR: 8271366: [REDO] JDK-8266054 VectorAPI rotate operation optimization [v2]

Fri Jul 30 18:56:33 UTC 2021

On Fri, 30 Jul 2021 18:31:32 GMT, Jatin Bhateja <jbhateja at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Type will be an integer always since scalar rotation APIs accept only integral shits.
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> This method enable SLP to validate if an operation is vectorizable, LoadI is a load from a memory and contiguous locations will eventually be packed as a LoadVector.

The rotate by could come from an expression, it does not need to be a LoadI.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4924