[8u] request for approval: "8168318 : PPC64: Use cmpldi instead of li/cmpld"

[Rob McKenna]

Hi Igor,

As this is an enhancement request, please follow the enhancement
approval request process:

http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8u/enhancement-template.html

http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8u/groundrules.html

    -Rob

On 30/11/16 04:51, Igor Henrique Soares Nunes wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Could you please approve the backport of the following ppc64-only improvement to jdk8u-dev:
> 
> 8168318: PPC64: Use cmpldi instead of li/cmpld
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8168318
> Webrev: https://igorsnunes.github.io/openjdk/webrev/8168318/
> Review: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-compiler-dev/2016-October/024809.html
> URL: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs/hotspot/rev/622d3fe587f2
> 
> Thank you and best regards,
> Igor Nunes
>