RFR: 8319408: RISC-V: MaxVectorSize is not consistently checked in several situations

[Fei Yang]

On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 16:11:15 GMT, Hamlin Li <mli at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> Can you review the change to fix the MaxVectorSize checking in vm_version_riscv.cpp?
> Thanks!
> 
> Current logic will not check whether (MaxVectorSize < 16), after the assignment `MaxVectorSize = _initial_vector_length;`, in following situation.
> a) if FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(MaxVectorSize) == true
> b) if FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(MaxVectorSize) == false and (MaxVectorSize >= 16) and is_power_of_2(MaxVectorSize) and (MaxVectorSize > _initial_vector_length)
> 
> And in original code, the logic is not consistent for the situations between MaxVectorSize < 16 and MaxVectorSize >= 16, when is_power_of_2(MaxVectorSize) == false; for the former (<16) it's to disable RVV, for the latter (>=16) it's vm_exit.

Marked as reviewed by fyang (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16498#pullrequestreview-1714609633