On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 21:53:16 GMT, Vladimir Ivanov <vliva...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> > > MulVL (VectorCastI2X src1) (VectorCastI2X src2) > > > It looks unsafe to me, since VectorCastI2L sign-extends integer lanes, ... > > Hm, I don't see any problems with it if `VPMULDQ` is used. Sign extension > becomes redundant when 64-bit multiplication is strength-reduced to 32-bit > one (32x32->64). Am I missing something important here? @iwanowww , Agree!, I missed noticing that you were talking about **VPMULDQ**, its a signed doubleword multiplier with quadword saturation, so it should be ok to include suggested pattern. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21244#issuecomment-2421132055