[vector] mulAll for byte and short

[Deshpande, Vivek R]

Hi All

I would like to contribute a patch for intrinsics for mulAll for byte and short.
The webrev is here:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vdeshpande/VectorAPI_mulAll/webrev.00/
Could you please review it.

Regards,
Vivek

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Sandoz [mailto:paul.sandoz at oracle.com] 
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 3:19 PM
To: Deshpande, Vivek R <vivek.r.deshpande at intel.com>
Cc: panama-dev at openjdk.java.net; Viswanathan, Sandhya <sandhya.viswanathan at intel.com>
Subject: Re: [vector] mulAll for byte and short

ok, thanks!
Paul.

> On May 18, 2018, at 1:16 PM, Deshpande, Vivek R <vivek.r.deshpande at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Paul
> 
> mulAll for byte and short is supported in the API.
> I have implemented the intrinsic for mulAll for byte and short and would send the patch soon to review.
> 
> Regards,
> Vivek	 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: panama-dev [mailto:panama-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Paul Sandoz
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 12:09 PM
> To: panama-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: [vector] mulAll for byte and short
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I cannot recall if this was discussed before and i did not find anything in prior emails. 
> 
> Out of all the reduction operations mulAll is an outlier and does not support byte and short? is than an oversight or deliberate? I suspect the latter but just wanted to double check.
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul.