[vectorIntrinsics+mask] RFR: 8266287: Basic mask IR implementation for the Vector API masking feature support [v2]

[Sandhya Viswanathan]

On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 05:48:14 GMT, Xiaohong Gong <xgong at openjdk.org> wrote:

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>>> Hi @PaulSandoz , @sviswa7 , what are your thoughts.
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>> It's ok if its not perfect (most importantly it has to build), if there is rough consensus via approval lets iterate on the branch and make incremental improvements.
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> @PaulSandoz @sviswa7 @jatin-bhateja , I'v rebased this PR again and resolved the conflicts. Could you please give an approve if it can be merged? Thanks so much!

@XiaohongGong  Please go ahead and merge.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/78