[vectorIntrinsics] RFR: 8283598: [vectorapi] Add new vector operation for compress bits

[Eric Liu]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 06:31:31 GMT, Smita Kamath <svkamath at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've added support for new vector operations for compressing bits of integral vector types(Byte/Short/Integer/Long).
> The implementation is based on Compress or Generalized Extract mentioned in Hackers Delight by Henry S. Warren, Jr.
> The implementation does the following: given a mask and the number to be compressed, the bits of the number corresponding to the set mask bit are selected and compressed. 
> 
> Currently, this PR addresses only Java changes for compress bits operation. I've also updated the test framework.
> Do review and share feedback.

src/jdk.incubator.vector/share/classes/jdk/incubator/vector/ByteVector.java line 451:

> 449:      * Henry S. Warren, Jr's Hackers Delight, Addison Wesley, 2002.
> 450:      */
> 451:     static byte compressBits(byte a, byte bitmask) {

According to the 4th incubation(https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8280173), the `compress bit` should be similar to `vector mask compress`(CompressM). As per my understanding, the second argument `bitmask` should be an all true mask here. If so, it's also can be removed.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/184