[8u] RFA for backport of 8168318: PPC64: Use cmpldi instead of li/cmpld

[Gustavo Romero]

Hi David!

On 29-09-2017 19:37, David Buck wrote:
> Hi Gustavo!
> 
> As this would be a backport of an enhancement, you will need to file a separate enhancement backport request first. Please see rule 3 [0] for details.

Thanks, I'll send a separate enhancement backport request.

Regards,
Gustavo

> Cheers,
> -Buck
> 
> [0] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8u/groundrules.html
> 
> On 2017/09/29 14:40, Gustavo Romero wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Could the following backport be approved please?
>>
>> It's a PPC64-only change and applies cleanly.
>>
>> An improvement of ~1% was observed on some Neo4j benchmarks.
>>
>> The original author, Igor, was from Eldorado organization which has already
>> signed the OCA [1] accordingly.
>>
>> Bug        : https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8168318
>> Changeset    : http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/hotspot/rev/622d3fe587f2
>> Review thread    : http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-compiler-dev/2016-October/024771.html
>>
>> Thank you and best regards,
>> Gustavo
>>
>> [1] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/community/oca-486395.html "Instituto de Pesquisas Eldorado - OpenJDK"
>>
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