RFR: 8337791: VectorAPI jtreg ABSMaskedByteMaxVectorTests crashes with UseAVX=0 -XX:MaxVectorSize=8 [v8]

[Emanuel Peter]

On Mon, 1 Dec 2025 13:39:09 GMT, Jatin Bhateja <jbhateja at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This bug patch fixes a crash seen while querying the bottom type of MachTempNode corresponding to [rxmm0 operand](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/master/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/x86.ad#L22509) of blend pattern during late scheduling. Here, MaxVectorSize is contrainted to 8 bytes thus during C2 type system initialization, [TypeVect::VECTX ](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/master/src/hotspot/share/opto/type.cpp#L719) guarded by target supprted vector size remains uninitialized.
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>> Its better to reject matching of VectorBlend in such a scenario.
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>> All exisitng VectorAPI jtreg tests are passing with -XX:UseAVX=0 and -XX:MaxVectorSize=8
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>> Kindly review and share your feedback.
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>> Best Regards,
>> Jatin
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Testing submitted! Code looks good to me :)

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28533#issuecomment-3602086228