RFR: 8368206: RISC-V: compiler/vectorapi/VectorMaskCompareNotTest.java fails when running without RVV

[Dingli Zhang]

On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:26:37 GMT, Hamlin Li <mli at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hey, I'm wondering if all the tests under hotspot/jtreg/compiler/vectorapi should `@require` rvv? Otherwise seems they are not really testing anything useful?

@Hamlin-Li Good question! I think almost all IR related tests need RVV. Some non-IR tests can use scalars to implement vectorapi, such as `compiler/vectorapi/TestVectorShuffleIotaByte.java`, which also passes on sg2042 (without RVV).

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27414#issuecomment-3322635979