RFR: 8328998: Encoding support for Intel APX extended general-purpose registers [v23]

[Vladimir Kozlov]

On Tue, 21 May 2024 17:34:35 GMT, Steve Dohrmann <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I think the confusion comes from the "or" in the code, and the "and" in the assert description.
>
> I see.  I removed the "and UseAVX > 2" here.  Thank you.

This assert is repeated a lot. Instead of it I think `UseAPX` assert check should be done in `needs_rex2()` and `needs_eevex()` when they return `true`.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18476#discussion_r1608707479