RFR: 8314949: linux PPC64 Big Endian: Implementation of Foreign Function & Memory API

[Maurizio Cimadamore]

On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:56:12 GMT, Martin Doerr <mdoerr at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I've found a way to solve the remaining FFI problem on linux PPC64 Big Endian. Large structs (>8 Bytes) which are passed in registers or on stack require shifting the Bytes in the last slot if the size is not a multiple of 8. This PR adds the required functionality to the Java code.
> 
> Please review and provide feedback. There may be better ways to implement it. I just found one which works and makes the tests pass:
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> Test summary
> ==============================
>    TEST                                              TOTAL  PASS  FAIL ERROR   
>    jtreg:test/jdk/java/foreign                          88    88     0     0   
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> Note: This PR should be considered as preparation work for AIX which also uses ABIv1.

src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/abi/Binding.java line 717:

> 715:         public void interpret(Deque<Object> stack, StoreFunc storeFunc,
> 716:                               LoadFunc loadFunc, SegmentAllocator allocator) {
> 717:             if (shiftAmount > 0) {

Why do we assume we can only deal with ints or longs?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15417#discussion_r1304987417