RFR: 8370481: C2 SuperWord: Long/Integer.compareUnsigned return wrong value in SLP [v8]

[Antonios Printezis]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 09:56:54 GMT, Hamlin Li <mli at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Hi,
>> Can you help to review the patch? @eme64 
>> 
>> ##  Issue
>> 
>> Currently, in SLP when transform from (Bool + CmpU + CMove) to (VectorMaskCmp + VectorBlend), the unsigned-ness in CmpU is lost, then end up doing a signed instead of unsigned comparison in VectorMaskCmp.
>> For details please check code at `SuperWordVTransformBuilder::make_vector_vtnode_for_pack` and `PackSet::get_bool_test`.
>> 
>> ##  Fix
>> Currently, `BoolTest` does not support an unsigned construction (`BoolTest( mask btm ) : _test(btm) { assert((btm & unsigned_compare) == 0, "unsupported");}`), seems to me a feasible solution would be get the unsigned information from CmpU (which could be an input of Bool) and pass it to VectorMaskCmp.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> This pr could also lead to more optimizations, like: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/25336 and https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/25341.
>
> Hamlin Li has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Update src/hotspot/share/opto/superword.cpp
>    
>    Co-authored-by: Emanuel Peter <emanuel.peter at oracle.com>
>  - Update src/hotspot/share/opto/superword.cpp
>    
>    Co-authored-by: Emanuel Peter <emanuel.peter at oracle.com>

LGTM

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Marked as reviewed by tonyp (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27942#pullrequestreview-3394022496