RFR: 8317976: Optimize SIMD sort for AMD Zen 4 [v2]

[Rohit Arul Raj]

On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:28:12 GMT, Rohit Arul Raj <rraj at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> In JDK-8309130, Array sort was optimized using  AVX512 SIMD instructions for x86_64. Currently, this optimization has been disabled for AMD Zen 4 [JDK-8317763] due to bad performance of compressstoreu. 
>> Ref: https://www.reddit.com/r/java/comments/171t5sj/heads_up_openjdk_implementation_of_avx512_based/.
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>> This patch enables Zen 4 to pick optimized AVX2 version of SIMD sort and Zen 5 picks the AVX512 version.
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>> JTREG Tests: Completed Tier1 & Tier2 tests on Zen4 & Zen5 - No Regressions.
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>> Attaching ArraySort performance data for Zen4 & Zen5.
>> [Zen4-ArraySort-Data.txt](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/19245831/Zen4-ArraySort-Data.txt)
>> [Zen5-ArraySort-Data.txt](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/19245833/Zen5-ArraySort-Data.txt)
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> Rohit Arul Raj has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   create a separate method to check for cpu's supporting avx512 version of simd sort

@vamsi-parasa : Could you please review or provide feedback on this patch?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24053#issuecomment-2750749018