RFR: 8327247: C2 uses up to 2GB of RAM to compile complex string concat in extreme cases [v2]

[Mandy Chung]

On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:53:46 GMT, Claes Redestad <redestad at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Splitting out the ASM-based version from #18690 to push that first under the JBS (to help backporting). Keeping #18690 open to rebase and follow-up on this as a subtask. See discussion in that #18690 for more details, discussion and motivation for this.
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> Claes Redestad has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Remove accidental use of java.lang.classfile

Nit: the copyright header needs update before integration.

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Marked as reviewed by mchung (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18953#pullrequestreview-2023964506