RFR: 8320682: [AArch64] C1 compilation fails with "Field too big for insn" [v3]

[Andrew Haley]

On Thu, 7 Dec 2023 15:53:47 GMT, Daniel Lundén <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This changeset fixes an issue where addresses for float and double constants on aarch64 were sometimes out of range for PC-relative offsets using `adr`.
>> 
>> Changes:
>> - Set an upper bound of `1M` for the flag `NMethodSizeLimit`, ensuring that float and double constants are in range for `adr`.
>> - Revise tests in `TestC1Globals.java` to use the new upper bound of `1M` for `NMethodSizeLimit`. Also, remove no longer applicable tests in `TestC1Globals.java`.
>> 
>> ### Testing (in progress)
>> Platforms: windows-x64, linux-x64, linux-aarch64, macosx-x64, macosx-aarch64
>> - tier1, tier2, tier3, tier4, tier5
>> - Targeted and repeated tests for `TestC1Globals.java` in all tiers
>
> Daniel Lundén has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Update copyright

Marked as reviewed by aph (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16951#pullrequestreview-1779851010