RFR: 8284563: AArch64: bitperm feature detection for SVE2 on Linux

[Andrew Haley]

On Fri, 15 Apr 2022 05:45:58 GMT, Eric Liu <eliu at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This patch adds BITPERM feature detection for SVE2 on Linux. BITPERM is
> an optional feature in SVE2 [1]. It enables 3 SVE2 instructions (BEXT,
> BDEP, BGRP). BEXT and BDEP map efficiently to some vector operations,
> e.g., the compress and expand functionalities [2] which are proposed in
> VectorAPI's 4th incubation [3]. Besides, to generate specific code based
> on different architecture features like x86, this patch exports
> VM_Version::supports_XXX() for all CPU features.  E.g.,
> VM_Version::supports_svebitperm() for easy use.
> 
> This patch also fixes a trivial bug, that sets UseSVE back to 1 if it's
> 2 in SVE1 system.
> 
> [1] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0601/2022-03/AArch64-Registers/ID-AA64ZFR0-EL1--SVE-Feature-ID-register-0
> [2] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8283893
> [3] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8280173

Looks like a good cleanup. VM_Version is getting to be very unruly.

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Marked as reviewed by aph (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8258