RFR: 8338544: Dedicated Array class descriptor implementation [v8]

Mandy Chung mchung at openjdk.org
Wed Oct 23 16:07:10 UTC 2024


On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 06:14:52 GMT, Chen Liang <liach at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> @cl4es discovered that Stack Map generation in ClassFile API uses `componentType` and `arrayType` for `aaload` `aastore` instructions, which are currently quite slow. We can split out array class descriptors from class or interfaces to support faster `arrayType` and `componentType` operations.
>> 
>> Tentative, as I currently have no way to measure the actual impact of this patch on the startup performance; however, this made the `ClassDesc` implementations much cleaner.
>
> Chen Liang has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Fix displayName
>   
>   Turns out ArrayClassDesc::displayName was incorrect. Added a test.

Looks good.

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Marked as reviewed by mchung (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20665#pullrequestreview-2389320019


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