[8u] RFA for backport of 8181810: PPC64: Leverage extrdi for bitfield extract

[Gustavo Romero]

Hello Rob,

On 28-09-2017 10:58, Rob McKenna wrote:
> Approved. Please add an appropriate noreg label to the bug.

I've add the 'noreg' label accordingly.

Could somebody sponsor that change and push it please?


Thanks and best regards,
Gustavo

> 
>     -Rob
> 
> On 27/09/17 04:33, Matthew Brandyberry wrote:
>> Hi,//
>> //
>> Please approve the backport of JDK-8181810 fix to jdk8u.
>>
>> The JDK10 change applies cleanly.
>>
>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8181810
>> Changeset: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk10/jdk10/hotspot/rev/f025cf2a4a78
>> Review Thread:
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2017-June/027247.html
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matt
>>
>