[vectorIntrinsics+fp16] RFR: Merge vectorIntrinsics
Jatin Bhateja
jbhateja at openjdk.org
Fri Aug 22 16:29:13 UTC 2025
On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:57:18 GMT, Jatin Bhateja <jbhateja at openjdk.org> wrote:
> Merge vectorIntrinsics into vectorIntrinsics+fp16 as per the proposal on panama-dev mailing list[1]. This was a major merge after a gap of 2+ years.
>
> Summary of changes:-
> - Added a new package-private field CTYPE (carrier type) along with existing ETYPE (element type) to differentiate b/w the storage type from the vector lane element type.
> - Pass an explicit operType argument to inline expanders to ease inferencing of Float16 vector IR. Idea: leverage existing backend implementation added along with JDK-8346236[2] and [3]
> - Appropriate modifications in existing inline expansion entry points and VectorSupport class.
> - Replaced existing Halffloat class references with jdk.incubator.vector.Float16, along with appropriate API adjustments.
>
> What is remaining:-
> - Use the newly passed operType to infer Float16 Vector IR.
> - Functional validation
> - Performance validation
>
> [1] https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/panama-dev/2025-August/021100.html
> [2] https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/22755
> [3] https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/22754
I plan to address remaining items along with [JDK-8365967](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8365967) in a follow-up patch.
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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/panama-vector/pull/230#issuecomment-3214944877
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