RFR(M): 8076188 Optimize arraycopy out for non escaping destination

[Vladimir Kozlov]

Good.  Nice work.

CallLeafNode::may_modify() - does arraycopy call have dest in different edges? Why you searching through inputs fro it?

Thanks,
Vladimir

On 4/21/15 6:02 AM, Roland Westrelin wrote:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~roland/8076188/webrev.00/
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> This patch tries to eliminate ArrayCopyNodes (for instance clones, array clones, arraycopy and copyOf) when the destination of the copy doesn’t escape:
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> - during escape analysis, ArrayCopyNodes don’t cause the destination of the copy to be marked as escaping anymore
> - a load to the destination of a copy may be replaced by a load from the source during IGVN
> - during macro expansion, ArrayCopyNodes don’t stop allocation from being eliminated and can themselves be eliminated
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> Roland.
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