RFR: JDK-8323497: On x64, use 32-bit immediate moves for narrow klass base if possible

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 09:45:44 GMT, Thomas Stuefe <stuefe at openjdk.org> wrote:

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> God you are fast. 
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> movptr looks suitable. Why did you name it "ptr" if its not for pointers?

I haven't changed the name of the method. `movptr` means "move something of the width of the machine pointer", like everywhere else in assembler code. That fits your case, I think?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17340#discussion_r1447131691