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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+
+package org.graalvm.compiler.lir.amd64.vector;
+
+import org.graalvm.compiler.asm.amd64.AVXKind.AVXSize;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.lir.LIRInstructionClass;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.lir.amd64.AMD64LIRInstruction;
+
+public abstract class AMD64VectorInstruction extends AMD64LIRInstruction {
+
+    public static final LIRInstructionClass<AMD64VectorInstruction> TYPE = LIRInstructionClass.create(AMD64VectorInstruction.class);
+    protected final AVXSize size;
+
+    public AMD64VectorInstruction(LIRInstructionClass<? extends AMD64VectorInstruction> c, AVXSize size) {
+        super(c);
+        this.size = size;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean needsClearUpperVectorRegisters() {
+        return size == AVXSize.YMM || size == AVXSize.ZMM;
+    }
+
+}