[8u] Request for enhancement backport approval for CR JDK-8158012: Use SW prefetch instructions instead of BIS for allocation prefetches on SPARC Core C4

[Seán Coffey]

Muthusamy,

thanks for the mail. This will be evaluated and I hope to get back with a decision shortly.

Regards,
Sean.

On 30/08/17 10:37, Muthusamy Chinnathambi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> May I get the approval of enhancement backport of 'JDK-8158012: Use SW prefetch instructions instead of BIS for allocation prefetches on SPARC Core C4' to jdk8u-dev.
>
> Jdk9 bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8158012
>
> Rational: This change which adjusts the default prefetching mechanism only on Oracle SPARC Core C4 processor based systems can offer significant performance improvements.
>
> I have tested it with the jprt and jtreg tests.
>
> Regards,
> Muthusamy C