RFR(M) JDK-8181809 PPC64: Leverage mtfprd/mffprd on POWER8
Matthew Brandyberry
mbrandy at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Jun 19 16:27:36 UTC 2017
This is a PPC-specific hotspot optimization that leverages the
mtfprd/mffprd instructions for for movement between general purpose and
floating point registers (rather than through memory). It yields a ~35%
improvement measured via a microbenchmark. Please review: Bug:
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8181809 Webrev:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~gromero/8181809/v1/ Thanks, Matt
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