[jdk17] RFR: 8267610: NPE at at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.jvm.Code.emitop [v2]

[Vicente Romero]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2021 18:34:58 GMT, Guoxiong Li <gli at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Currently, the class TransPatterns sometimes doesn't transform the `pattern variables` and `pattern symbols` to the normal variables and symbols, especially the places where the pattern variables are used.
>> The following phases, such as LambdaToMethod, Lower and Gen, may crash or generate some wrong results.
>> 
>> The known issues are [JDK-8267610](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8267610) and [JDK-8268748](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8268748).
>> 
>> **JDK-8267610 is an issue that pattern symbol causes the compiler to crash.**
>> 
>> During transforming the InstanceOfTree (JCInstanceOf) , the `BindingSymbol`  instead of the `VarSymbol` is used to make the new `JCIdent` and `JCBinary` trees. At the phase LambdaToMethod, the compiler can't capture this variable so that the lambda method has uncorrect parameters. So at the phase Gen, the compiler crashes because of NPE.
>> 
>> **JDK-8268748 is an issue that pattern symbol causes that the compiler generates wrong bytecodes.**
>> 
>> When transforming the BindingPatternTree (JCBindingPattern), the `BindingSymbol` is also handled uncorrectly and used to make the new `JCIdent` and `JCAssign` trees. At the phase Gen, the compiler find the wrong variables, so that the wrong bytecodes are generated.
>> 
>> These two issues are similar and influence each other. So I solve them at one patch.
>> The lines 208-212 are to solve JDK-8267610 with the test `LambdaCannotCapturePatternVariables`. 
>> The lines 233-239 are to solve JDK-8268748 with the test `NestedPatternVariablesBytecode`.
>> 
>> If lines 208-212 are not included, the test  `NestedPatternVariablesBytecode` can't pass. 
>> If lines 233-239 are not included, the test `LambdaCannotCapturePatternVariables` can't pass. 
>> So I put them together.
>> 
>> Thanks for taking the time to review.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> -- Guoxiong.
>
> Guoxiong Li has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains three additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into JDK-8267610
>  - Set currentValue after translating tree.expr
>  - JDK-8267610 and JDK-8268748

Marked as reviewed by vromero (Reviewer).

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk17/pull/59