[vectorIntrinsics+mask] RFR: 8265109: SVE predicate register allocation support for vectorIntrinsics [v2]

[Sandhya Viswanathan]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 09:16:04 GMT, Ningsheng Jian <njian at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is the SVE predicate register allocation part for Vector API masking support. Since we don't have sufficent usages to test it in
>> jdk/jdk, and based on @sviswa7 's proposal [1], we would like to put it to vectorIntrinsics+mask first and get tested here with further predicate-based vector masking support, though so far no issue found with Xiaohong's initial Vector API masking support.
>> 
>> [1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/panama-dev/2021-April/012920.html
>
> Ningsheng Jian has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Address review comment from Jatin.

Marked as reviewed by sviswanathan (Committer).

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/65