RFR: 8271078: jdk/incubator/vector/Float128VectorTests.java failed a subtest [v3]

[Dean Long]

On Sun, 15 May 2022 15:24:13 GMT, Vladimir Kozlov <kvn at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Dean Long has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   save_vectors --> save_wide_vectors
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> I agree with option 1) but may be save whole 512 bits unconditionally with comment explaining that we need to save 128 bits but it requires avx512vl support which is not available on all CPUs. We do have space for that anyway (i*64).
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> But it would be more memory traffic :( So lets do as you suggested 1). At least in most cases (avx512vl supported) we get less traffic.

Thanks @vnkozlov, @iwanowww, and @PaulSandoz.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8690