[jdk11u-dev] RFR: 8253795: Implementation of JEP 391: macOS/AArch64 Port [v5]

[Vladimir Kempik]

On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 14:23:02 GMT, Andrew Haley <aph at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > Rosetta's JDK performance is subpar. Also one need to consider rosetta's bugs which might interfere with jdk. And last point - rosetta won't be there forever.
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> Sure, all true, although last time I looked Rosetta was only 40% worse. Rosetta won't be there forever, but it might outlive JDK 11. We'll have to take everything into account, and review this very carefully.
> 
> Just for my information: if I apply this, will it be essentially identical to aarch64-port/jdk11u ?

It's an outdated version there, basically what was in zulu11 by that time.
But the jep-391 (for jdk17) had evolved before reaching the final version, W^X is different at least
This PR is partly based on that old patch, for os_bsd_aarch64.cpp, rest is a backport of the newer JEP-391 from upstream.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk11u-dev/pull/715