RFR: 8279282: [vectorapi] Matcher::supports_vector_comparison_unsigned is not needed on x86 [v3]

[Sandhya Viswanathan]

On Sun, 9 Jan 2022 01:48:04 GMT, Quan Anh Mai <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:

>> Hi,
>> 
>> Currently, unsigned comparison on AVX is implemented by zero extending elements and comparing the results. This leads to unnecessary complexity. This patch changes the implementation to use the identity existing in `Integer/Long.compareUnsigned`, that is `compareUnsigned(x, y) == compare(x ^ min_value, y ^ min_value)`.
>> 
>> Thank you very much.
>
> Quan Anh Mai has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   use movddup for 128-bit vectors

Marked as reviewed by sviswanathan (Reviewer).

Patch looks good to me.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6966