RFR: 8321648: Integral gather optimized mask computation.

[Jatin Bhateja]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 08:29:49 GMT, Tobias Hartmann <thartmann at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Okay, so if I understand correctly, since these instructions are always VEX encoded, the VL set to true does not make a difference and should not lead to failures, correct?

Thanks @TobiHartmann , yes, that what my understanding is. 
A purely vex encoded instruction do not sufficient bits in VEX prefix to encode a register from a higher register bank.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17048#issuecomment-1855511444