[aarch64-port-dev ] RFR(L) Valhalla support for AArch64

[Andrew Haley]

On 1/26/19 2:30 PM, Dmitry Samersoff wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
> 
> Please review changes against lworld branch:
> 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dsamersoff/valhalla_lworld_aarch64/webrev.03

That's nice to see.

> *What is done:*
> 
> 4. templateTable_aarch64 code is not optimal
> 
>       I played a bit with templateTable optimization,
>       but finally decided to keep the code as close to x86 as possible
>       to simplify review.

Good.

There's an additional reason to stay as close to x86 as possible: it will
be much easier to merge future changes. The decision to make the AArch64
port very much like the x86 port has save a ton of work.

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Andrew Haley
Java Platform Lead Engineer
Red Hat UK Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com>
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