AARCH64: 8064611: Changes to HotSpot shared code

[Andrew Haley]

On 11/20/2014 06:05 PM, Vladimir Kozlov wrote:
> I based the name on your comment:
> 
> +  // AArch64 uses store release (which does everything we need to keep
> +  // the machine in order) but we still need a compiler barrier here.

Ah.  Okay, I'll have to think of a good name for it, then.

> You can name it as you like. Our main suggestion is to use such Boolean 
> constant and normal if() statements instead of ifdef AARCH64 and 
> AARCH64_ONLY/NOT_AARCH64 macros in C2 code (src/share/vm/opto/* files).
> 
> We already do similar things for PPC64 port which sets 
> support_IRIW_for_* constant.

Okay,

Andrew.