[vector] mulAll for byte and short

[Vladimir Ivanov]

> 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/

Looks good.

Have you considered introducing MulReductionVB & MulReductionVS nodes 
instead of overloading MulReductionVI with additional behavior?
It would simplify other places a bit (e.g., matcher rules).

Best regards,
Vladimir Ivanov

> -----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.
>