RFR: 8370691: Add new Float16Vector type and enable intrinsification of vector operations supported by auto-vectorizer [v12]

[Emanuel Peter]

On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:51:20 GMT, Jatin Bhateja <jbhateja at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> test/jdk/jdk/incubator/vector/IntVectorMaxTests.java line 68:
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>>> 66:     static IntVector bcast_vec = IntVector.broadcast(SPECIES, (int)10);
>>> 67: 
>>> 68:     static void AssertEquals(int actual, int expected) {
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>> There are lots of changes in this file that do not seem to have anything to do with Float16. Please file them separately. It will make review much easier.
>
> I have added an assertion wrapper so that float16 values (short) can be converted to float before calling actual Assert.* routines to handle all possible NaN bit patterns. Since the tests are generate from common template hence these changes appear.

Can we not do those changes in a separate change, please? It will make it easier to review the rest of the PR.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28002#discussion_r2711675095