RFR: 8340710: Optimize DirectClassBuilder::build

[ExE Boss]

On Sun, 22 Sep 2024 05:30:43 GMT, Shaojin Wen <swen at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Do some refactoring so that the code can be inlined by the C1/C2 optimizer.
> 
> 1. DirectClassBuilder::build codeSize 361 -> 315
> 2. DirectCodeBuilder::writeExceptionHandlers codeSize 183 -> 31
> 3. BufWriterImpl::writeIndex codeSize 62 -> 37 (forceinline)
> 4. BufWriterImpl::writeU2 (forceinline)
> 5. Util::writeAttributes codSize 45 -> 40 (forceinline)
> 6. Util::writeList codSize 47 -> 42 (forceinline)

src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/classfile/impl/DirectClassBuilder.java line 207:

> 205: 
> 206:         // Now we can make the head
> 207:         head.writeLong(((long) ClassFile.MAGIC_NUMBER) << 32 | minorVersion << 16 | majorVersion);

`minorVersion` needs to be cast to a `long` first, as otherwise when the MSB is set after the shift, then it’ll overwrite the magic number with all 1s.

Suggestion:

        head.writeLong(((long) ClassFile.MAGIC_NUMBER) << 32 | ((long) minorVersion) << 16 | majorVersion);

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21118#discussion_r1770595427