RFR: 8160821: VarHandle accesses are penalized when argument conversion is required [v9]

[Chen Liang]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:11:07 GMT, Hannes Greule <hgreule at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> What would be a good directory? I used `c2/irTests/constantFold` as a topic. Maybe you can find a more straightforward directory for constant folding verification.
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> Maybe something like `c2/methodhandles` would be a good fit?

There is `compiler/jsr292` directory, that might work I think.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28585#discussion_r2607392582