RFR: 8368205: [TESTBUG] VectorMaskCompareNotTest.java crashes when MaxVectorSize=8

[Galder Zamarreño]

On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 06:44:24 GMT, erifan <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Yeah I agree with you that It would be great if we could precisely control that the relevant tests don't run when MaxVectorSize==8, but the current test framework doesn't handle this well. One approach is to introduce a runtime check, but I feel this approach is inelegant and lacks precedent.

Hmmm, I had thought that maybe you could have an individual test if MaxVectorSize >= 16, but actually what you can only do is IR checks when say MaxVectorSize >= 16. So it seems the approach you've chosen is the best I can see.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27418#issuecomment-3339107246