RFR: 8286058: AArch64: clarify uses of MacroAssembler::trampoline_call [v2]

Fri May 6 10:09:39 UTC 2022

On Fri, 6 May 2022 08:08:48 GMT, Andrew Haley <aph at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This commentary is garbled, misleading, and very confusing.

Could you please be more neutral in your words?

> I suspect that anyone confused about how trampoline calls work will be even more confused after trying to read this. 

This is why we have the review process to make things better.

> Can you please explain what aspects of trampolines you're trying to clarify? Let's have a conversation about how to document this.

I am trying to clarify why we have two ways for long calls, pros/cons, which of two can be optimized. This mechanism of long call is very important part but it is not documented.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8564