PPC64 (part 4): add relocation for trampoline stubs

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    • Type: Enhancement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: P3
    • port-stage-ppc-aix
    • Affects Version/s: port-stage-ppc-aix
    • Component/s: hotspot
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    • ppc
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        This is preparation for PPC64 integration: http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/175
        This and following ppc64 changes will go into staging repository first and tested there: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/ppc-aix-port/stage/

        A trampoline allows to encode a small branch in the code, even if there
        is the chance that this branch can not reach all possible code locations.
        If the relocation finds that a branch is too far for the instruction
        in the code, it can patch it to jump to the trampoline where is
        sufficient space for a far branch. Needed on PPC64.

        http://hg.openjdk.java.net/ppc-aix-port/jdk8/hotspot/file/df79d76c17ab/ppc_patches/0004_opto-trampoline_relocations.patch

              Assignee:
              Vladimir Kozlov
              Reporter:
              Vladimir Kozlov
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