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Unnecessary sign extension for byte array access

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        C2 adds an unnecessary sign extension while compiling a byte array access.

          public static byte[] byteArr;
            
          public static byte accessByte(int index) {
            return byteArr[index];
          }

        The generated code contains:

          0x00007f76f4747208: movslq %esi,%r11
          0x00007f76f474720b: movsbl 0x10(%r10,%r11,1),%eax

        Where the 'movslq' instruction is not necessary because we emit range checks guaranteeing that index %esi is not negative.

        For a char array access no such sign extension is created:

          public static char[] charArr;
            
          public static char accessChar(int index) {
            return charArr[index];
          }

          0x00007fab3916b188: movzwl 0x10(%r10,%rsi,2),%eax

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