RFR: 8259842: Remove Result cache from StringCoding

Claes Redestad redestad at openjdk.java.net
Fri Jan 15 15:09:13 UTC 2021


The `StringCoding.resultCached` mechanism is used to remove the allocation of a `StringCoding.Result` object on potentially hot paths used in some `String` constructors. Using a `ThreadLocal` has overheads though, and the overhead got a bit worse after JDK-8258596 which addresses a leak by adding a `SoftReference`.

This patch refactors much of the decode logic back into `String` and gets rid of not only the `Result` cache, but the `Result` class itself along with the `StringDecoder` class and cache.

Microbenchmark results:
Baseline

Benchmark                                           (charsetName)  Mode  Cnt    Score    Error   Units
decodeCharset                                            US-ASCII  avgt   15  193.043 ±  8.207   ns/op
decodeCharset:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                        US-ASCII  avgt   15  112.009 ±  0.001    B/op
decodeCharset                                          ISO-8859-1  avgt   15  164.580 ±  6.514   ns/op
decodeCharset:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                      ISO-8859-1  avgt   15  112.009 ±  0.001    B/op
decodeCharset                                               UTF-8  avgt   15  328.370 ± 18.420   ns/op
decodeCharset:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                           UTF-8  avgt   15  224.019 ±  0.002    B/op
decodeCharset                                               MS932  avgt   15  328.870 ± 20.056   ns/op
decodeCharset:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                           MS932  avgt   15  232.020 ±  0.002    B/op
decodeCharset                                          ISO-8859-6  avgt   15  193.603 ± 12.305   ns/op
decodeCharset:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                      ISO-8859-6  avgt   15  112.010 ±  0.001    B/op
decodeCharsetName                                        US-ASCII  avgt   15  209.454 ±  9.040   ns/op
decodeCharsetName:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                    US-ASCII  avgt   15  112.009 ±  0.001    B/op
decodeCharsetName                                      ISO-8859-1  avgt   15  188.234 ±  7.533   ns/op
decodeCharsetName:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                  ISO-8859-1  avgt   15  112.009 ±  0.001    B/op
decodeCharsetName                                           UTF-8  avgt   15  399.463 ± 12.437   ns/op
decodeCharsetName:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                       UTF-8  avgt   15  224.019 ±  0.003    B/op
decodeCharsetName                                           MS932  avgt   15  358.839 ± 15.385   ns/op
decodeCharsetName:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                       MS932  avgt   15  208.017 ±  0.003    B/op
decodeCharsetName                                      ISO-8859-6  avgt   15  162.570 ±  7.090   ns/op
decodeCharsetName:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                  ISO-8859-6  avgt   15  112.009 ±  0.001    B/op
decodeDefault                                                 N/A  avgt   15  316.081 ± 11.101   ns/op
decodeDefault:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                             N/A  avgt   15  224.019 ±  0.002    B/op

Patched:
Benchmark                                           (charsetName)  Mode  Cnt    Score    Error   Units
decodeCharset                                            US-ASCII  avgt   15  159.153 ±  6.082   ns/op
decodeCharset:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                        US-ASCII  avgt   15  112.009 ±  0.001    B/op
decodeCharset                                          ISO-8859-1  avgt   15  134.433 ±  6.203   ns/op
decodeCharset:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                      ISO-8859-1  avgt   15  112.009 ±  0.001    B/op
decodeCharset                                               UTF-8  avgt   15  297.234 ± 21.654   ns/op
decodeCharset:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                           UTF-8  avgt   15  224.019 ±  0.002    B/op
decodeCharset                                               MS932  avgt   15  311.583 ± 16.445   ns/op
decodeCharset:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                           MS932  avgt   15  208.018 ±  0.002    B/op
decodeCharset                                          ISO-8859-6  avgt   15  156.216 ±  6.522   ns/op
decodeCharset:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                      ISO-8859-6  avgt   15  112.010 ±  0.001    B/op
decodeCharsetName                                        US-ASCII  avgt   15  180.752 ±  9.411   ns/op
decodeCharsetName:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                    US-ASCII  avgt   15  112.010 ±  0.001    B/op
decodeCharsetName                                      ISO-8859-1  avgt   15  156.170 ±  8.003   ns/op
decodeCharsetName:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                  ISO-8859-1  avgt   15  112.010 ±  0.001    B/op
decodeCharsetName                                           UTF-8  avgt   15  370.337 ± 22.199   ns/op
decodeCharsetName:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                       UTF-8  avgt   15  224.019 ±  0.001    B/op
decodeCharsetName                                           MS932  avgt   15  312.589 ± 15.067   ns/op
decodeCharsetName:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                       MS932  avgt   15  208.018 ±  0.002    B/op
decodeCharsetName                                      ISO-8859-6  avgt   15  173.205 ±  9.647   ns/op
decodeCharsetName:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                  ISO-8859-6  avgt   15  112.009 ±  0.001    B/op
decodeDefault                                                 N/A  avgt   15  303.459 ± 16.452   ns/op
decodeDefault:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                             N/A  avgt   15  224.019 ±  0.001    B/op

Most variants improve. There's a small added overhead in `String charsetName` variants for some charsets such as `ISO-8859-6` that benefited slightly from the `StringDecoder` cache due avoiding a lookup, but most variants are not helped by this cache and instead see a significant gain from skipping that step. `Charset` variants don't need a lookup and improve across the board.

Another drawback is that we need to cram more logic into `String` to bypass the `StringCoding.Result` indirection - but getting rid of two commonly used `ThreadLocal` caches and most cases getting a bit better raw throughput in the process I think more than enough makes up for that.

Testing: tier1-4

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Commit messages:
 - Remove unused imports
 - Merge branch 'master' into sc_tl_exp
 - Fix charset names in micro settings
 - Refactor charset lookups to ensure expected exceptions are thrown on null, foo etc
 - Cleanup includes etc
 - Cleanups, minor improvements
 - More micro fixes
 - resolve merge
 - Fix micro
 - Add simple StringDecode micro
 - ... and 3 more: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/compare/707bce08...f14826b1

Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2102/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=2102&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8259842
  Stats: 1170 lines in 4 files changed: 592 ins; 543 del; 35 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2102.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/2102/head:pull/2102

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2102


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