On Feb 13, 2:52pm, dean.l...@oracle.com (Dean Long) wrote: -- Subject: Re: RFR: 8073093: AARCH64: C2 generates poor code for ByteBuffer
| My understanding is that whether or not aarch64 allows unaligned=20 | accesses is based on a | system setting, so this change is too simplistic. I would prefer that=20 | this was controlled with | something more flexible, like "sun.cpu.unaligned". So does x86_64 and you can ask the CPU if it is enabled... I am not sure if a variable setting makes sense because if alignment is required you get a signal (BUS error -- hi linux, SEGV), or incorrect results. christos
