[vectorIntrinsics] RFR: Merge panama-vector:master [v3]

[Sandhya Viswanathan]

> This pull request merges master changes into vectorIntrinsics.
> Please review.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Sandhya

Sandhya Viswanathan has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 687 commits:

 - corrected permissions
 - jcheck fix
 - update asmtest.out.h
 - Merge
 - 8258072: Add Reinterpret nodes implementation for Arm SVE
   
   Co-authored-by: He Xuejin <hexuejin2 at huawei.com>
   Reviewed-by: njian, xgong
 - Merge panama-vector:master
   
   Reviewed-by: sviswanathan
 - Add utf8 decoding benchmarks
   
   Reviewed-by: sviswanathan
 - Merge panama-vector:master
   
   Reviewed-by: sviswanathan
 - Load/store short vectors from/to char[]
   
   Reviewed-by: sviswanathan
 - Conversion test refactor
   
   Reviewed-by: sviswanathan
 - ... and 677 more: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/compare/07851474...4189ef9c

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Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/33/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=panama-vector&pr=33&range=02
  Stats: 485844 lines in 309 files changed: 485429 ins; 167 del; 248 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/33.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector pull/33/head:pull/33

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/33