RFR 8047737 Move array component mirror to instance of java/lang/Class

[Frederic Parain]

On 30/06/2014 14:42, Coleen Phillimore wrote:
>
> On 6/30/14, 1:55 AM, David Holmes wrote:
>> Hi Coleen,
>>
>> Your webrev links are to internal locations.
>
> Sorry, I cut/pasted the wrong links.  They are:
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/8047737_jdk/
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/8047737_hotspot/

First step looks good.

> and the full version
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/8047737_hotspot/

The correct link to the full version seems to be:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/8047737_hotspot_full/

I haven't reviewed the full version yet.

Fred

> Thank you for pointing this out David.
>
> Coleen
>
>>
>> David
>>
>> On 28/06/2014 5:24 AM, Coleen Phillimore wrote:
>>> Summary: Add field in java.lang.Class for componentType to simplify oop
>>> processing and intrinsics in JVM
>>>
>>> This is part of ongoing work to clean up oop pointers in the metadata
>>> and simplify the interface between the JDK j.l.C and the JVM. There's a
>>> performance benefit at the end of all of this if we can remove all oop
>>> pointers from metadata.   mirror in Klass is the only one left after
>>> this full change.
>>>
>>> See bug https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8047737
>>>
>>> There are a couple steps to this change because Hotspot testing is done
>>> with promoted JDKs.  The first step is this webrev:
>>>
>>> http://oklahoma.us.oracle.com/~cphillim/webrev/8047737_jdk/
>>> http://oklahoma.us.oracle.com/~cphillim/webrev/8047737_hotspot/
>>>
>>> When the JDK is promoted, the code to remove
>>> ArrayKlass::_component_mirror will be changed under a new bug id.
>>>
>>> http://oklahoma.us.oracle.com/~cphillim/webrev/8047737_hotspot_full
>>>
>>> Finally, a compatibility request and licensee notification will occur to
>>> remove the function JVM_GetComponentType.
>>>
>>> Performance testing was done that shows no difference in performance.
>>> The isArray() call is a compiler intrinsic which is now called instead
>>> of getComponentType, which was recognized as a compiler intrinsic.
>>>
>>> JDK jtreg testing, hotspot jtreg testing, hotspot NSK testing and jck8
>>> tests were performed on both the change requested (1st one) and the full
>>> change.
>>>
>>> hotspot NSK tests were run on the hotspot-only change with a promoted
>>> JDK.
>>>
>>> Please send your comments.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Coleen
>

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