RFR(M): 8042309: Some bugfixes for the ppc64 port.

[Vladimir Kozlov]

Good. The push job is in JPRT.

Thanks,
Vladimir

On 5/6/14 12:22 PM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
> Hi Vladimir,
>
> I removed the dead variable and updated the webrev.
> I also removed a debug print.
>
> In the expanded nodes we need mach rules so they get
> the poper funcionaltiy generated by adlc, but we don't
> want them to match,  as they not fully implement the
> required functionality.  We use that quite often.
>
> Thanks for the review,
>    Goetz.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vladimir Kozlov [mailto:vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 8:55 PM
> To: Lindenmaier, Goetz; hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net; 'ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net'
> Subject: Re: RFR(M): 8042309: Some bugfixes for the ppc64 port.
>
> Looks fine to me. Only minor issues in ppc.ad:
> New vtable_index is not used.
> It is strange to see predicate(false) in expanded instructions.
>
> Thanks,
> Vladimir
>
> On 5/6/14 3:17 AM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> please review this change.  I also please need a sponsor.
>> It should go to jdk8u20 at some point.  It only touches files
>> needed for the ppc64 port.
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~goetz/webrevs/8042309/webrev.00/
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8042309
>>
>> This change fixes a few bugs in the ppc64 port:
>>
>> * Expand of max/min nodes in .ad file relied on 64-bit sign extend
>>     but placed the values in 32-bit registers.  After SpillCopies
>>     the upper bits were lost.
>> * Expand of decodeNKlass used wrong node.
>> * Implement missing support for method handles in generate_throw_exception.
>> * Some small optimizations and cleanups.
>>
>> Thanks and best regards,
>>     Goetz.
>>