RFR: 8281815: x86: Use short jumps in TIG::generate_slow_signature_handler

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:43:33 GMT, Richard Reingruber <rrich at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Yes it is another way of doing so. For me the intend is clearer. Also you can pass a `NearLabel` to an assembler method that takes a `Label` parameter and there you can optimize if the passed `Label` is actually a `NearLabel`.

True. I would like to consider that out of scope for this PR, would you agree?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7475