[vectorIntrinsics+mask] RFR: 8266621: Add masking support for unary/ternary vector intrinsics

[Paul Sandoz]

On Mon, 10 May 2021 06:15:24 GMT, Xiaohong Gong <xgong at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Similar with [1], this patch adds the masking support for `unary/ternary` vector intrinsics. It adds the mask information to the original intrinsic methods which are called both by masked and non-masked unary/ternary operations. For non-masked operations, the mask class and value are set to null.
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> Also change to use the `"binaryMaskedOp"` for vector mask logical operations instead of` "binaryOp"`. So that all the original nary intrinsics and hotspot implementation can be removed.
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> Note that this patch only contains the Vector API java implementation and the hotspot intrinsics changes. No compiler mid-end and backend implementations are included.
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> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8264563

I think what you have is fine, lets get the code in the branch and iterate. It's easy to revisit naming decisions like this later.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/80