RFR: 8350835: C2 SuperWord: assert/wrong result when using Float.float16ToFloat with byte instead of short input

[Sandhya Viswanathan]

On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 05:25:44 GMT, Vladimir Kozlov <kvn at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Float.float16ToFloat generates wrong vectorized code in product build and asserts in fastdebug/debug when argument is of type byte, int, or long array. The short term solution is to not auto vectorize in these cases.
>> 
>> Review comments are welcome.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> Sandhya
>
> Good.

Thanks a lot @vnkozlov for the review and approval.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23939#issuecomment-2706922534