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

[Rob McKenna]

Approved

    -Rob

On 02/10/17 14:11, Gustavo Romero wrote:
> 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"
> >>
> > 
>