[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8350483: AArch64: turn on signum intrinsics by default on Ampere CPUs

Tue Apr 1 08:02:11 UTC 2025

On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 06:58:37 GMT, Patrick Zhang <qpzhang at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Backport the commit to set -XX:+UseSignumIntrinsic by default for Ampere CPUs. It is to fix performance problem observed on JMH cases `vm.compiler.Signum|java.lang.*MathBench.sig[nN]um*`.  For example, `vm.compiler.Signum._1_signumFloatTest` thrpt score becomes 30x better on both jdk mainline and jdk17u-dev. The backporting can be very safe as it is limited to Ampere CPUs only and well verified on Ampere-1A with related jmh and jtreg tier1 tests.

Status update: backport to 24 has been done (merged), and the operation to 21 is waiting for a dependent change, and 17 would follow up.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/3300#issuecomment-2768511706