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  2. JDK-8292878

x86: Make scratch register usage explicit in assembler code

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    • Enhancement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • P3
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    • b13

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      Improve MacroAssembler API to make scratch register usage explicit.

      Different parts of JVM have different assumptions about scratch register and implicit assumptions in MacroAssembler makes it harder to reason about the code.

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              vlivanov Vladimir Ivanov
              vlivanov Vladimir Ivanov
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