RFR: 8349146: [REDO] Implement a better allocator for downcalls [v7]

[Maurizio Cimadamore]

On Fri, 2 May 2025 10:41:38 GMT, Per Minborg <pminborg at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Updated benchmarks:
> 
> ```
> Benchmark                            (ELEM_SIZE)  Mode  Cnt   Score   Error  Units
> BufferStackBench.OfVirtual.buffer              8  avgt   15  12.695 ± 0.205  ns/op
> BufferStackBench.OfVirtual.buffer             16  avgt   15  12.622 ± 0.078  ns/op
> BufferStackBench.OfVirtual.buffer             32  avgt   15  12.523 ± 0.022  ns/op
> BufferStackBench.OfVirtual.confined            8  avgt   15  22.902 ± 0.407  ns/op
> BufferStackBench.OfVirtual.confined           16  avgt   15  23.858 ± 0.652  ns/op
> BufferStackBench.OfVirtual.confined           32  avgt   15  25.544 ± 0.458  ns/op
> BufferStackBench.buffer                        8  avgt   15   4.923 ± 0.029  ns/op
> BufferStackBench.buffer                       16  avgt   15   4.971 ± 0.095  ns/op
> BufferStackBench.buffer                       32  avgt   15   4.980 ± 0.105  ns/op
> BufferStackBench.confined                      8  avgt   15  22.713 ± 0.289  ns/op
> BufferStackBench.confined                     16  avgt   15  23.576 ± 0.348  ns/op
> BufferStackBench.confined                     32  avgt   15  25.272 ± 0.530  ns/op
> ```
> 
> and
> 
> ```
> Benchmark                              Mode  Cnt   Score   Error  Units
> CallOverheadByValue.OfVirtual.byPtr    avgt   15   4.159 ± 0.097  ns/op
> CallOverheadByValue.OfVirtual.byValue  avgt   15  16.535 ± 0.433  ns/op
> CallOverheadByValue.byPtr              avgt   15   4.119 ± 0.031  ns/op
> CallOverheadByValue.byValue            avgt   15  11.404 ± 0.240  ns/op
> ```

What was the result before this PR?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24829#issuecomment-2847012659