RFR: 8343685: C2 SuperWord: refactor VPointer with MemPointer [v6]

[Emanuel Peter]

On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 06:58:57 GMT, Vladimir Kozlov <kvn at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Emanuel Peter has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   More fixes for vnkozlov
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> Now we need to decide what to do with commented tests. It is not clear your intention what to do with them.
>> "This one is array, and for some reason does not currently parse pointers sufficiently well to vectorize:"
> 
> Do you plan to fix it (in an other changes)?  Then you need to say it in comment.
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> What happens with a test which rules are commented (as in your change)? Does it run or not? Does it ignore results if it runs? Why to run it then?

Thanks @vnkozlov @chhagedorn for the reviews - I know this was a big one  :)

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21926#issuecomment-2603812485