[jdk17] RFR: 8268293: VectorAPI cast operation on mask and shuffle is broken

[Jatin Bhateja]

On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 04:46:58 GMT, Jatin Bhateja <jbhateja at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Existing implementation of VectoMask.cast and VectorShuffle.cast operation do not generate correct mask compliant with the species passed as the argument.
> 
> This patch fixes the implementation and adds the corresponding cast operation test cases to VectorAPI regression suite.

Hi @PaulSandoz , Kindly let me know if there are review comments, I have withdrawn the PR from JDK-mainline.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk17/pull/39