RFR: 8312579: [JVMCI] JVMCI support for virtual Vector API objects [v2]

[Doug Simon]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:20:54 GMT, Gergö Barany <gbarany at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Optimized Vector API values are represented as raw values in SIMD registers. When deoptimizing with such a value in the state, a Java heap object must be recreated. HotSpot has a special "Location::vector" location type to mark Vector API values, and it knows how to materialize such values.
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>> Extend the JVMCI code installer to mark the appropriate values as vectors so that JVMCI-compiled code can also deoptimize with Vector API values in SIMD registers.
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> Gergö Barany has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:
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>  - Improve parameter naming
>  - Rewrite nested ternary expressions

Yes, I believe so. Gergo, you should scan all other code guarded by `EnableVectorSupport` to see if there's a similar problem.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15003#issuecomment-1651170939