RFR: 8309893: Integrate ReplicateB/S/I/L/F/D nodes to Replicate node [v2]

[Jatin Bhateja]

On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 06:59:15 GMT, Emanuel Peter <epeter at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> @eme64, I see an opportunity for merging some integral broadcast patterns which share the operand definitions and matcher pattern, by moving predicates into macro assembler layer.
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> @jatin-bhateja would it be ok if you did this as a follow-up RFE? Or otherwise could you give very clear instructions about what exactly you want to see, @jatin-bhateja ?

[replicate_cleanup_x86..txt](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/files/13264475/replicate_cleanup_x86.txt)
@e1iu , I meant something on these lines, at the minimal combine the byte / short patterns having same operands.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14830#discussion_r1382958463