VectorAPI Constant Shift for Byte and Short Intrinsic Support

[Rukmannagari, Shravya]

Hi All,

I would like to contribute a patch to add constant shifts support in Java for byte and short datatypes.



Could you please review the patch here:

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~srukmannagar/VectorAPI_ByteShortConstantShift/webrev.00/



Thanks,

Shravya.