RFR: 8291600: [vectorapi] vector cast op check is not always needed for vector mask cast [v3]

[Quan Anh Mai]

On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 07:03:05 GMT, Xiaohong Gong <xgong at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/hotspot/cpu/x86/c2_MacroAssembler_x86.hpp line 337:
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>>> 335:   void vector_mask_cast(XMMRegister dst, XMMRegister src, BasicType dst_bt, BasicType src_bt, int vlen);
>>> 336: 
>>> 337:   void vector_mask_cast_with_tmp(XMMRegister dst, XMMRegister src, XMMRegister xtmp1,
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>> I would prefer the name as `vector_mask_cast`.
>
> Will fix this in a separate patch. Thanks!

I think it's fine, I see we don't name methods in `C2_MacroAssembler` with the same name, except when it is the addessliteral version that would likely to emit the same thing.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9737