review for 7121073: secondary_super_cache memory slice has incorrect bounds in flatten_alias_type
Vladimir Kozlov
vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com
Thu Dec 15 12:44:32 PST 2011
Tom,
Can you updated related comments? Otherwise looks good.
Thanks,
Vladimir
Tom Rodriguez wrote:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~never/7121073
> 7 lines changed: 2 ins; 0 del; 5 mod; 3239 unchg
>
> 7121073: secondary_super_cache memory slice has incorrect bounds in flatten_alias_type
> Reviewed-by:
>
> To ensure that memory operations for type checks are properly ordered,
> several fields are smeared together into the same alias slice. The
> existing logic is sloppy and includes a slightly larger chunk of
> memory than intended. Currently this is fine but changes to the shape
> of Klass can invalidate it. The fix is to properly test the
> boundaries. Additionally I changed the logic for setting the PTR to
> use NotNull instead of Constant to be consisten with all the following
> logic which uses NotNull. Tested with full CTW.
>
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