On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:17:25 GMT, Per Minborg <pminb...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> This PR proposes removing the restriction that only heap `MemorySegment` >> wrapping a `byte` array can be accessed by Vectors. Now any array type can >> be used provided the element alignment constraints are respected. > > Per Minborg has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional > commit since the last revision: > > Allow unaligned array access We also need to review the intrinsic for load/store found here to ensure, when the hardware supports it, that mixed access is optimized: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/master/src/hotspot/share/opto/vectorIntrinsics.cpp#L967 I recommend writing a simple benchmark with various forms of mixed access and verify the intrinsics kick in (longer term IR tests would be preferable). ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16360#issuecomment-1781482409
