All the slice and unslice variants that take more than one argument can benefit from already intrinsic methods on similar lines as slice(origin) and unslice(origin).
Changes include: * Rewrite Vector API slice/unslice using already intrinsic methods * Fix in library_call.cpp:inline_preconditions_checkIndex() to not modify control if intrinsification fails * Vector API conversion tests thresholds adjustment Base Performance: Benchmark (size) Mode Cnt Score Error Units TestSlice.vectorSliceOrigin 1024 thrpt 5 11763.372 ± 254.580 ops/ms TestSlice.vectorSliceOriginVector 1024 thrpt 5 599.286 ± 326.770 ops/ms TestSlice.vectorSliceUnsliceOrigin 1024 thrpt 5 6627.601 ± 22.060 ops/ms TestSlice.vectorSliceUnsliceOriginVector 1024 thrpt 5 401.858 ± 220.340 ops/ms TestSlice.vectorSliceUnsliceOriginVectorPart 1024 thrpt 5 421.993 ± 231.703 ops/ms Performance with patch: Benchmark (size) Mode Cnt Score Error Units TestSlice.vectorSliceOrigin 1024 thrpt 5 11792.091 ± 37.296 ops/ms TestSlice.vectorSliceOriginVector 1024 thrpt 5 8388.174 ± 115.886 ops/ms TestSlice.vectorSliceUnsliceOrigin 1024 thrpt 5 6662.159 ± 8.203 ops/ms TestSlice.vectorSliceUnsliceOriginVector 1024 thrpt 5 5206.300 ± 43.637 ops/ms TestSlice.vectorSliceUnsliceOriginVectorPart 1024 thrpt 5 5194.278 ± 13.376 ops/ms ------------- Commit messages: - 8265128: [REDO] Optimize Vector API slice and unslice operations Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3804/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=3804&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8265128 Stats: 886 lines in 44 files changed: 175 ins; 518 del; 193 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3804.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/3804/head:pull/3804 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3804