RFR: 8291065: Creating a VarHandle for a static field triggers class initialization [v17]

Paul Sandoz psandoz at openjdk.org
Wed Jun 28 19:22:03 UTC 2023


On Wed, 28 Jun 2023 01:34:30 GMT, Chen Liang <liach at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This patch implements lazy initialization for VarHandle working on static fields. It has a good initial call performance.
>> 
>> We introduce a new internal API, `target()` to unpack a lazy VarHandle in VH implementation methods. If called via MethodHandle, a barrier is added in the MethodHandle instead.
>> 
>> The new test ensures the correctness of Lazy VH for both direct and indirect invocation; the performance of MethodHandle version of lazy VH is not yet tested.
>> 
>> 
>> Benchmark                                            Mode  Cnt    Score    Error  Units
>> LazyStaticColdStart.methodHandleCreateEager            ss   10   41.490 ± 12.331  us/op
>> LazyStaticColdStart.methodHandleCreateLazy             ss   10   21.810 ± 16.964  us/op
>> LazyStaticColdStart.methodHandleInitializeCallEager    ss   10   57.860 ± 13.738  us/op
>> LazyStaticColdStart.methodHandleInitializeCallLazy     ss   10   93.300 ± 18.858  us/op
>> LazyStaticColdStart.varHandleCreateEager               ss   10   39.860 ±  9.362  us/op
>> LazyStaticColdStart.varHandleCreateLazy                ss   10   17.630 ±  1.111  us/op
>> LazyStaticColdStart.varHandleInitializeCallEager       ss   10  123.170 ± 62.468  us/op
>> LazyStaticColdStart.varHandleInitializeCallLazy        ss   10  105.390 ± 41.815  us/op
>
> Chen Liang has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Comment update from mandy
>   
>   Co-authored-by: Mandy Chung <mandy.chung at oracle.com>

Marked as reviewed by psandoz (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13821#pullrequestreview-1503820182


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