--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/aarch64.ad	Tue Aug 15 02:49:48 2017 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/aarch64.ad	Tue Aug 15 15:02:40 2017 +0300
@@ -16102,6 +16102,16 @@
   ins_pipe(pipe_class_memory);
 %}
 
+instruct has_negatives(iRegP_R1 ary1, iRegI_R2 len, iRegI_R0 result, rFlagsReg cr)
+%{
+  match(Set result (HasNegatives ary1 len));
+  effect(USE_KILL ary1, USE_KILL len, KILL cr);
+  format %{ "has negatives byte[] $ary1,$len -> $result" %}
+  ins_encode %{
+    __ has_negatives($ary1$$Register, $len$$Register, $result$$Register);
+  %}
+  ins_pipe( pipe_slow );
+%}
 
 // fast char[] to byte[] compression
 instruct string_compress(iRegP_R2 src, iRegP_R1 dst, iRegI_R3 len,

--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/globals_aarch64.hpp	Tue Aug 15 02:49:48 2017 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/globals_aarch64.hpp	Tue Aug 15 15:02:40 2017 +0300
@@ -154,8 +154,11 @@
   product(intx, BlockZeroingLowLimit, 256,                              \
           "Minimum size in bytes when block zeroing will be used")      \
           range(1, max_jint)                                            \
-  product(bool, TraceTraps, false, "Trace all traps the signal handler")
-
+  product(bool, TraceTraps, false, "Trace all traps the signal handler")\
+  product(int, SoftwarePrefetchHintDistance, -1,                        \
+          "Use prfm hint with specified distance in compiled code."     \
+          "Value -1 means off.")                                        \
+          range(-1, 32760)
 #endif
 
 

--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/macroAssembler_aarch64.cpp	Tue Aug 15 02:49:48 2017 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/macroAssembler_aarch64.cpp	Tue Aug 15 15:02:40 2017 +0300
@@ -4829,6 +4829,62 @@
   BLOCK_COMMENT("} string_compare");
 }
 
+// This method checks if provided byte array contains byte with highest bit set.
+void MacroAssembler::has_negatives(Register ary1, Register len, Register result) {
+    // Simple and most common case of aligned small array which is not at the
+    // end of memory page is placed here. All other cases are in stub.
+    Label LOOP, END, STUB, STUB_LONG, SET_RESULT, DONE;
+    const uint64_t UPPER_BIT_MASK=0x8080808080808080;
+    assert_different_registers(ary1, len, result);
+
+    cmpw(len, 0);
+    br(LE, SET_RESULT);
+    cmpw(len, 4 * wordSize);
+    br(GE, STUB_LONG); // size > 32 then go to stub
+
+    int shift = 64 - exact_log2(os::vm_page_size());
+    lsl(rscratch1, ary1, shift);
+    mov(rscratch2, (size_t)(4 * wordSize) << shift);
+    adds(rscratch2, rscratch1, rscratch2);  // At end of page?
+    br(CS, STUB); // at the end of page then go to stub
+    subs(len, len, wordSize);
+    br(LT, END);
+
+  BIND(LOOP);
+    ldr(rscratch1, Address(post(ary1, wordSize)));
+    tst(rscratch1, UPPER_BIT_MASK);
+    br(NE, SET_RESULT);
+    subs(len, len, wordSize);
+    br(GE, LOOP);
+    cmpw(len, -wordSize);
+    br(EQ, SET_RESULT);
+
+  BIND(END);
+    ldr(result, Address(ary1));
+    sub(len, zr, len, LSL, 3); // LSL 3 is to get bits from bytes
+    lslv(result, result, len);
+    tst(result, UPPER_BIT_MASK);
+    b(SET_RESULT);
+
+  BIND(STUB);
+    RuntimeAddress has_neg =  RuntimeAddress(StubRoutines::aarch64::has_negatives());
+    assert(has_neg.target() != NULL, "has_negatives stub has not been generated");
+    trampoline_call(has_neg);
+    b(DONE);
+
+  BIND(STUB_LONG);
+    RuntimeAddress has_neg_long =  RuntimeAddress(
+            StubRoutines::aarch64::has_negatives_long());
+    assert(has_neg_long.target() != NULL, "has_negatives stub has not been generated");
+    trampoline_call(has_neg_long);
+    b(DONE);
+
+  BIND(SET_RESULT);
+    cset(result, NE); // set true or false
+
+  BIND(DONE);
+}
+
 // Compare Strings or char/byte arrays.
 
 // is_string is true iff this is a string comparison.

--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/macroAssembler_aarch64.hpp	Tue Aug 15 02:49:48 2017 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/macroAssembler_aarch64.hpp	Tue Aug 15 15:02:40 2017 +0300
@@ -1210,6 +1210,8 @@
                       Register tmp1,
                       FloatRegister vtmp, FloatRegister vtmpZ, int ae);
 
+  void has_negatives(Register ary1, Register len, Register result);
+
   void arrays_equals(Register a1, Register a2,
                      Register result, Register cnt1,
                      int elem_size, bool is_string);

--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/stubGenerator_aarch64.cpp	Tue Aug 15 02:49:48 2017 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/stubGenerator_aarch64.cpp	Tue Aug 15 15:02:40 2017 +0300
@@ -3670,6 +3670,167 @@
     __ eor(result, __ T16B, lo, t0);
   }
 
+  address generate_has_negatives(address &has_negatives_long) {
+    StubCodeMark mark(this, "StubRoutines", "has_negatives");
+    const int large_loop_size = 64;
+    const uint64_t UPPER_BIT_MASK=0x8080808080808080;
+    int dcache_line = VM_Version::dcache_line_size();
+
+    Register ary1 = r1, len = r2, result = r0;
+
+    __ align(CodeEntryAlignment);
+    address entry = __ pc();
+
+    __ enter();
+
+  Label RET_TRUE, RET_TRUE_NO_POP, RET_FALSE, ALIGNED, LOOP16, CHECK_16, DONE,
+        LARGE_LOOP, POST_LOOP16, LEN_OVER_15, LEN_OVER_8, POST_LOOP16_LOAD_TAIL;
+
+  __ cmp(len, 15);
+  __ br(Assembler::GT, LEN_OVER_15);
+  // The only case when execution falls into this code is when pointer is near
+  // the end of memory page and we have to avoid reading next page
+  __ add(ary1, ary1, len);
+  __ subs(len, len, 8);
+  __ br(Assembler::GT, LEN_OVER_8);
+  __ ldr(rscratch2, Address(ary1, -8));
+  __ sub(rscratch1, zr, len, __ LSL, 3);  // LSL 3 is to get bits from bytes.
+  __ lsrv(rscratch2, rscratch2, rscratch1);
+  __ tst(rscratch2, UPPER_BIT_MASK);
+  __ cset(result, Assembler::NE);
+  __ leave();
+  __ ret(lr);
+  __ bind(LEN_OVER_8);
+  __ ldp(rscratch1, rscratch2, Address(ary1, -16));
+  __ sub(len, len, 8); // no data dep., then sub can be executed while loading
+  __ tst(rscratch2, UPPER_BIT_MASK);
+  __ br(Assembler::NE, RET_TRUE_NO_POP);
+  __ sub(rscratch2, zr, len, __ LSL, 3); // LSL 3 is to get bits from bytes
+  __ lsrv(rscratch1, rscratch1, rscratch2);
+  __ tst(rscratch1, UPPER_BIT_MASK);
+  __ cset(result, Assembler::NE);
+  __ leave();
+  __ ret(lr);
+
+  Register tmp1 = r3, tmp2 = r4, tmp3 = r5, tmp4 = r6, tmp5 = r7, tmp6 = r10;
+  const RegSet spilled_regs = RegSet::range(tmp1, tmp5) + tmp6;
+
+  has_negatives_long = __ pc(); // 2nd entry point
+
+  __ enter();
+
+  __ bind(LEN_OVER_15);
+    __ push(spilled_regs, sp);
+    __ andr(rscratch2, ary1, 15); // check pointer for 16-byte alignment
+    __ cbz(rscratch2, ALIGNED);
+    __ ldp(tmp6, tmp1, Address(ary1));
+    __ mov(tmp5, 16);
+    __ sub(rscratch1, tmp5, rscratch2); // amount of bytes until aligned address
+    __ add(ary1, ary1, rscratch1);
+    __ sub(len, len, rscratch1);
+    __ orr(tmp6, tmp6, tmp1);
+    __ tst(tmp6, UPPER_BIT_MASK);
+    __ br(Assembler::NE, RET_TRUE);
+
+  __ bind(ALIGNED);
+    __ cmp(len, large_loop_size);
+    __ br(Assembler::LT, CHECK_16);
+    // Perform 16-byte load as early return in pre-loop to handle situation
+    // when initially aligned large array has negative values at starting bytes,
+    // so LARGE_LOOP would do 4 reads instead of 1 (in worst case), which is
+    // slower. Cases with negative bytes further ahead won't be affected that
+    // much. In fact, it'll be faster due to early loads, less instructions and
+    // less branches in LARGE_LOOP.
+    __ ldp(tmp6, tmp1, Address(__ post(ary1, 16)));
+    __ sub(len, len, 16);
+    __ orr(tmp6, tmp6, tmp1);
+    __ tst(tmp6, UPPER_BIT_MASK);
+    __ br(Assembler::NE, RET_TRUE);
+    __ cmp(len, large_loop_size);
+    __ br(Assembler::LT, CHECK_16);
+
+    if (SoftwarePrefetchHintDistance >= 0
+        && SoftwarePrefetchHintDistance >= dcache_line) {
+      // initial prefetch
+      __ prfm(Address(ary1, SoftwarePrefetchHintDistance - dcache_line));
+    }
+  __ bind(LARGE_LOOP);
+    if (SoftwarePrefetchHintDistance >= 0) {
+      __ prfm(Address(ary1, SoftwarePrefetchHintDistance));
+    }
+    // Issue load instructions first, since it can save few CPU/MEM cycles, also
+    // instead of 4 triples of "orr(...), addr(...);cbnz(...);" (for each ldp)
+    // better generate 7 * orr(...) + 1 andr(...) + 1 cbnz(...) which saves 3
+    // instructions per cycle and have less branches, but this approach disables
+    // early return, thus, all 64 bytes are loaded and checked every time.
+    __ ldp(tmp2, tmp3, Address(ary1));
+    __ ldp(tmp4, tmp5, Address(ary1, 16));
+    __ ldp(rscratch1, rscratch2, Address(ary1, 32));
+    __ ldp(tmp6, tmp1, Address(ary1, 48));
+    __ add(ary1, ary1, large_loop_size);
+    __ sub(len, len, large_loop_size);
+    __ orr(tmp2, tmp2, tmp3);
+    __ orr(tmp4, tmp4, tmp5);
+    __ orr(rscratch1, rscratch1, rscratch2);
+    __ orr(tmp6, tmp6, tmp1);
+    __ orr(tmp2, tmp2, tmp4);
+    __ orr(rscratch1, rscratch1, tmp6);
+    __ orr(tmp2, tmp2, rscratch1);
+    __ tst(tmp2, UPPER_BIT_MASK);
+    __ br(Assembler::NE, RET_TRUE);
+    __ cmp(len, large_loop_size);
+    __ br(Assembler::GE, LARGE_LOOP);
+
+  __ bind(CHECK_16); // small 16-byte load pre-loop
+    __ cmp(len, 16);
+    __ br(Assembler::LT, POST_LOOP16);
+
+  __ bind(LOOP16); // small 16-byte load loop
+    __ ldp(tmp2, tmp3, Address(__ post(ary1, 16)));
+    __ sub(len, len, 16);
+    __ orr(tmp2, tmp2, tmp3);
+    __ tst(tmp2, UPPER_BIT_MASK);
+    __ br(Assembler::NE, RET_TRUE);
+    __ cmp(len, 16);
+    __ br(Assembler::GE, LOOP16); // 16-byte load loop end
+
+  __ bind(POST_LOOP16); // 16-byte aligned, so we can read unconditionally
+    __ cmp(len, 8);
+    __ br(Assembler::LE, POST_LOOP16_LOAD_TAIL);
+    __ ldr(tmp3, Address(__ post(ary1, 8)));
+    __ sub(len, len, 8);
+    __ tst(tmp3, UPPER_BIT_MASK);
+    __ br(Assembler::NE, RET_TRUE);
+
+  __ bind(POST_LOOP16_LOAD_TAIL);
+    __ cbz(len, RET_FALSE); // Can't shift left by 64 when len==0
+    __ ldr(tmp1, Address(ary1));
+    __ mov(tmp2, 64);
+    __ sub(tmp4, tmp2, len, __ LSL, 3);
+    __ lslv(tmp1, tmp1, tmp4);
+    __ tst(tmp1, UPPER_BIT_MASK);
+    __ br(Assembler::NE, RET_TRUE);
+    // Fallthrough
+
+  __ bind(RET_FALSE);
+    __ pop(spilled_regs, sp);
+    __ leave();
+    __ mov(result, zr);
+    __ ret(lr);
+
+  __ bind(RET_TRUE);
+    __ pop(spilled_regs, sp);
+  __ bind(RET_TRUE_NO_POP);
+    __ leave();
+    __ mov(result, 1);
+    __ ret(lr);
+
+  __ bind(DONE);
+    __ pop(spilled_regs, sp);
+    __ leave();
+    __ ret(lr);
+    return entry;
+  }
   /**
    *  Arguments:
    *
@@ -4686,6 +4847,7 @@
     // }
   };
 
+
   // Initialization
   void generate_initial() {
     // Generate initial stubs and initializes the entry points
@@ -4744,6 +4906,9 @@
     // arraycopy stubs used by compilers
     generate_arraycopy_stubs();
 
+    // has negatives stub for large arrays.
+    StubRoutines::aarch64::_has_negatives = generate_has_negatives(StubRoutines::aarch64::_has_negatives_long);
+
     if (UseMultiplyToLenIntrinsic) {
       StubRoutines::_multiplyToLen = generate_multiplyToLen();
     }

--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/stubRoutines_aarch64.cpp	Tue Aug 15 02:49:48 2017 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/stubRoutines_aarch64.cpp	Tue Aug 15 15:02:40 2017 +0300
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 address StubRoutines::aarch64::_double_sign_mask = NULL;
 address StubRoutines::aarch64::_double_sign_flip = NULL;
 address StubRoutines::aarch64::_zero_blocks = NULL;
+address StubRoutines::aarch64::_has_negatives = NULL;
+address StubRoutines::aarch64::_has_negatives_long = NULL;
 bool StubRoutines::aarch64::_completed = false;
 
 /**

--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/stubRoutines_aarch64.hpp	Tue Aug 15 02:49:48 2017 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/stubRoutines_aarch64.hpp	Tue Aug 15 15:02:40 2017 +0300
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
   static address _double_sign_flip;
 
   static address _zero_blocks;
+
+  static address _has_negatives;
+  static address _has_negatives_long;
   static bool _completed;
 
  public:
@@ -120,6 +123,14 @@
     return _zero_blocks;
   }
 
+  static address has_negatives() {
+    return _has_negatives;
+  }
+
+  static address has_negatives_long() {
+      return _has_negatives_long;
+  }
+
   static bool complete() {
     return _completed;
   }

--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/vm_version_aarch64.cpp	Tue Aug 15 02:49:48 2017 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/vm_version_aarch64.cpp	Tue Aug 15 15:02:40 2017 +0300
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@
     FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(PrefetchScanIntervalInBytes, 3*dcache_line);
   if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(PrefetchCopyIntervalInBytes))
     FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(PrefetchCopyIntervalInBytes, 3*dcache_line);
+  if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(SoftwarePrefetchHintDistance))
+    FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(SoftwarePrefetchHintDistance, 3*dcache_line);
 
   if (PrefetchCopyIntervalInBytes != -1 &&
        ((PrefetchCopyIntervalInBytes & 7) || (PrefetchCopyIntervalInBytes >= 32768))) {
@@ -146,6 +148,12 @@
       PrefetchCopyIntervalInBytes = 32760;
   }
 
+  if (SoftwarePrefetchHintDistance != -1 &&
+       (SoftwarePrefetchHintDistance & 7)) {
+    warning("SoftwarePrefetchHintDistance must be -1, or a multiple of 8");
+    SoftwarePrefetchHintDistance &= ~7;
+  }
+
   unsigned long auxv = getauxval(AT_HWCAP);
 
   char buf[512];