src/share/vm/opto/matcher.hpp

*** 271,280 ****
--- 271,283 ----
  
    // identify extra cases that we might want to provide match rules for
    // e.g. Op_ vector nodes and other intrinsics while guarding with vlen
    static const bool match_rule_supported_vector(int opcode, int vlen);
  
+   // Some uarchs have predicated registers on vectors
+   static const bool has_predicated_vectors(void);
+ 
    // Some uarchs have different sized float register resources
    static const int float_pressure(int default_pressure_threshold);
  
    // Used to determine if we have fast l2f conversion
    // USII has it, USIII doesn't