[jdk20] RFR: 8298217: Regressions 30-110% in SwingMark on MacOS, more so on aarch64

[Jayathirth D V]

On Fri, 16 Dec 2022 15:20:14 GMT, Ajit Ghaisas <aghaisas at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The nature of data plays an important part in rendering performance as noted in the comment made on [JDK-8288948](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8288948) -
> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8288948?focusedCommentId=14504772&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-14504772
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> Although the fix [JDK-8288948](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8288948) is logical, it seems to have an adverse impact on SwingMark test numbers especially on aarch64.
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> The SwingMark tests closely depict the UI operations in real-world applications as compared to the J2DBench and RenderPerfTest tests. Hence, it is decided to revert the regression causing commits [JDK-8288948](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8288948) (and dependent [JDK-8291266](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8291266)).
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> Metal rendering pipeline performance numbers before and after this PR are attached to the JBS.
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> Note : The fix for [JDK-8291266](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8291266) has a good regression test - DrawPrimitivesTest.java. It passes even after reverting the said changes. This test will be added back once this PR is committed.

We should keep latest updated year. Please update it before pushing.

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Marked as reviewed by jdv (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk20/pull/47