RFR: 8318650: Optimized subword gather for x86 targets. [v2]

Tue Oct 31 00:56:34 UTC 2023

On Sun, 29 Oct 2023 22:11:31 GMT, Jatin Bhateja <jbhateja at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I think for the time being its better to align masked sub-word gather implementation with non-sub-word ones i.e. support intrinsfication only for predicated targets. Respective backends may then choose to either emit a predicated loop like the one which this patch does OR directly emit a predicated instruction if target support it. WDYT?

Agree!

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16354#discussion_r1376938922