JDK-8059592 : Recent bugfixes in ppc64 port.
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: compiler
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • CPU: ppc
  • Submitted: 2014-10-02
  • Updated: 2015-06-03
  • Resolved: 2014-10-02
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Description
This change fixes some bugs in the ppc64 port:
  - temp reg r0 overwritten in decode_klass_not_null()
  - check for full code cache was missing in some places
  - decodeNKlass had edge of type RegN which got an oop_map and broke GC.
And some other improvements
  - remove some superfluous isync instructions
  - set SUPPORTS_NATIVE_CX8
  - implement some new Power8 instructions to be used later