RFR: 8209120: Archive the Integer.IntegerCache

[Jiangli Zhou]

Hi Claes,

The change on the VM side looks good! Hope to see more graphs like this 
in the initial java heap being discovered and archived.

Thanks!

Jiangli


On 8/9/18 4:33 AM, Claes Redestad wrote:
> Hi,
>
> using the new ability to archive immutable heap graphs into the CDS 
> archive, even archiving small things like the Integer.IntegerCache can 
> be profitable.
>
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~redestad/8209120/open.00/
>
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8209120
>
> For a default cache (256 elements), this change saves us ~1 million 
> instructions. Applications that use -XX:AutoBoxCacheMax can profit 
> further (and we can use this to stress test the archiving feature..)
>
> The patch is built on top of and tested with Jiangli's patch for 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8207263 and I don't intent to 
> push this before that is in.
>
> Thanks!
>
> /Claes
>