[jdk11u-dev] RFR: 8248238: Implementation: JEP 388: Windows AArch64 Support [v3]

[Andrew Haley]

On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 20:43:55 GMT, Reka Kovacs <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:

>> Looks to me like the only real issue here is `warn()`. `stop()` doesn't restore the registers, so that's fine. We do want to see all the registers in a register dump. It would be better if `pusha()` were left as it is, but `popa()` did not clobber r18.
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> I believe this concern is addressed by [openjdk/jdk#5828](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/5828). Are you okay with leaving this patch as-is and backporting that soon after?

> The register named `r18_tls` on tip has been renamed to `r18_reserved` in this backport.

Why has it been renamed `r18_reserved` ?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk11u-dev/pull/301