RFR: 8338126 : C2 SuperWord: VectorCastF2HF / vcvtps2ph produces wrong results for vector length 2 [v4]

[Jatin Bhateja]

On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:28:50 GMT, Sandhya Viswanathan <sviswanathan at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> When Float.floatToFloat16 is vectorized using a 2-element vector width due to dependencies, we incorrectly generate a 4-element vcvtps2ph with memory as destination storing 8 bytes instead of desired 4 bytes.  This issue is fixed in this PR by limiting the memory version of match rule to 4-element vector and above.
>> Also a regression test case is added accordingly.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> Sandhya
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> Sandhya Viswanathan has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Review comments resolution

Marked as reviewed by jbhateja (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21480#pullrequestreview-2373423446