RFR (S): 8029888: PPC64: (part 219): smaller changes needed to build c2

[Vladimir Kozlov]

Goetz,

Ther is initialization of compressed class structure:

NarrowPtrStruct is useed for both compressed class ptrs and oops. Can you use separate Universe::_narrow_klass_max_val 
static field instead of including it into NarrowPtrStruct? And you missed initialization.

Do you need changes in metaspace.hpp for some ppc64 code? I don't see "public" usage in current code.

Thanks,
Vladimir

On 12/10/13 6:08 AM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Recent changes make two other smaller shared adaptions necessary
> for the ppc port:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~goetz/webrevs/8029888-0-basic2/
>
> First, introduce replacement variable $$CondRegister in adl.
>
> Further, the latest changes to compressed klasses broke an
> optimization on ppc.  This change contains a better way
> to check for the max size of a compressed klass.  I need not mask
> sign extension bits if compressed klasses are at most 31 bits.
>
> Please review and test this change.
>
> Best regards,
>    Goetz.
>