RFR: 8188044: We need Math.unsignedMultiplyHigh [v2]

[Andrew Dinn]

On 02/07/2021 16:30, Raffaello Giulietti wrote:
> FWIW, adinn's branchless code together with
> PR https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4660
> make both methods less vulnerable to timing attacks.
That was indeed the point of the change. However, I doubt the difference 
in timing is going to be significant given Andrew's micro-benchmark results.

regards,


Andrew Dinn
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