makes elem_count an explicit parameter for the softvector functions rather than calculating it from vtype

src/vm/vector_functions.h

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 #include "iss/arch_if.h"
 #include "iss/vm_types.h"
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <functional>
 #include <stdint.h>
 namespace softvector {
@@ -55,6 +56,6 @@ bool softvec_read(void* core, uint64_t addr, uint64_t length, uint8_t* data);
 bool softvec_write(void* core, uint64_t addr, uint64_t length, uint8_t* data);
 uint64_t vector_load_store(void* core, std::function<bool(void*, uint64_t, uint64_t, uint8_t*)> load_store_fn, uint8_t* V, uint8_t VLEN,
                            uint8_t vd, uint64_t base_addr, uint64_t vl, uint64_t vstart, vtype_t vtype, bool vm, uint8_t elem_size_byte,
-                           int8_t EMUL_pow, uint8_t segment_size, int64_t stride = 1);
+                           uint64_t elem_count, int8_t EMUL_pow, uint8_t segment_size, int64_t stride);
 } // namespace softvector
 #endif /* _VM_VECTOR_FUNCTIONS_H_ */