[vectorIntrinsics] RFR: Merge panama-vector:master [v2]

[Sandhya Viswanathan]

> Merge master changes into vectorIntrinsics branch.

Sandhya Viswanathan has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 672 commits:

 - Merge
 - 8252943: [vector] jdk/incubator/vector/PreferredSpeciesTest.java fails with "expected [S_256_BIT] but found [S_128_BIT]"
   
   Reviewed-by: psandoz
 - Merge panama-vector:vector-unstable
   
   Reviewed-by: psandoz
 - Merge panama-vector:master
   
   Reviewed-by: psandoz
 - Merge panama-vector:master
   
   Reviewed-by: psandoz
 - Merge panama-vector:vector-unstable
   
   Reviewed-by: psandoz
 - Merge panama-vector:master
   
   Reviewed-by: psandoz
 - Update conf
   
   Make same as for in branch `vectorIntrinsics`
 - 8253680: Vector API VectorMask and VectorSpecies tests for coverage
   
   Reviewed-by: njian, psandoz
 - 8253623: Fastdebug JVM crashes with Vector API when PrintAssembly is turned on
   
   Co-authored-by: Huang Wang <wanghuang3 at huawei.com>
   Reviewed-by: vlivanov, psandoz
 - ... and 662 more: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/compare/8afdcaee...679d3a52

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Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/17/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=panama-vector&pr=17&range=01
  Stats: 481548 lines in 219 files changed: 481305 ins; 144 del; 99 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/17.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector pull/17/head:pull/17

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/17