RFR: 8260369: [PPC64] Add support for JDK-8200555 [v3]

Fri Feb 5 10:56:46 UTC 2021

On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 13:08:07 GMT, Martin Doerr <mdoerr at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I'd like to add the PPC64 part of JDK-8200555 "OopHandle should use Access API". This will be required to support ShenandoahGC and zGC.
>> 
>> I have to change register usage. That's what makes this change a bit larger.
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> Martin Doerr has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   use PRESERVATION_NONE in load_field_cp_cache_entry

Seems like GitHub didn't show the latest changes to me. Looks good as well, nice optimization!

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Marked as reviewed by Quaffel at github.com (no known OpenJDK username).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2358