RFR: 8374045: Add support to run benchmarking with fragmented CodeCache
Chad Rakoczy
duke at openjdk.org
Thu Jan 29 20:36:47 UTC 2026
[JDK-8374045](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8374045)
This PR adds a new utility tool CodeCacheFragmenter to help with testing HotSpot code cache fragmentation scenarios. The tool is a Java agent that uses the WhiteBox API to create and randomly free dummy code blobs in the NonProfiled code heap to achieve a specified fill percentage. It includes configurable parameters for blob sizes, target fill percentage (0-100%), and random seeding to enable reproducible fragmentation patterns. The utility is built via a standard Makefile and produces `codecachefragmenter.jar` which can be used as a Java agent with `-javaagent` flag. This tool is intended for performance testing and experimentation with code cache behavior under various fragmentation conditions.
This is useful to show the performance benefits of [JDK-8326205](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8326205)
With the same amount of free code cache memory, adding fragmentation increases execution time of Renaissance Dotty by ~5x. See https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/28934#issuecomment-3820151693 for more details.
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Commit messages:
- Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into CodeCacheFragAgent
- Small improvements
- Make README markdown
- Implement build system
- Add CodeCacheFragAgent
Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28934/files
Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=28934&range=00
Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8374045
Stats: 331 lines in 5 files changed: 331 ins; 0 del; 0 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28934.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/28934/head:pull/28934
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28934
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