[9] Preliminary RFR (M): Emit direct call instead of linkTo* for recursive indy/MH.invoke* calls

[Christian Thalinger]

I think it’s about time to remove this:

         guarantee(!target->is_method_handle_intrinsic(), "should not happen");  // XXX remove

I should have removed it before the initial integration :-)

> On Mar 25, 2015, at 10:38 AM, Vladimir Ivanov <vladimir.x.ivanov at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vlivanov/8072008/webrev.00
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8072008
> 
> I'd like to get early feedback on the approach I chose.
> So far, only x86 is supported. Other platforms are WIP.
> 
> The idea is to get rid of MH.invokeBasic/linkTo* linkers when receiver/MemberName is constant, but VM doesn't inline target method.
> 
> The problem with substituting a linker call with a direct/virtual call is that call site resolution relies on bytecode info (see SharedRuntime::resolve_{static,opt_virtual,virtual}_call_C). But on bytecode level the call site refers to linker method, which is almost useless.
> 
> The idea of the fix is to attach additional metadata (Method*) to the call site, so VM can use it instead of querying bytecode. The metadata is placed in relocation table (static_call, opt_virtual_call, virtual_call relocation types) and contains a Method* the call site is resolved to by JIT compiler (_method from a call IR node).
> 
> Example:
>  MemberName mn = ...; // compile-time constant
>  MethodHandle.linkToStatic(..., mn)
> 
>  callq  0x0000000109cb1900  ; OopMap{off=28}
>                             ; *invokestatic linkToStatic
>                             ; - Test::invokeStatic at 3 (line 108)
>                             ; {static_call T.f1}
> 
> It's call to MethodHandle.linkToStatic on bytecode level, but in generated code it's a direct call to T.f1.
> 
> I enhanced diagnostic output to provide additional information call site targets when additional info is present.
> 
> Also, for testing purposes, I introduced 2 new methods for whitebox testing:
>  - WhiteBox::clearInlineCaches
>  - WhiteBox::deoptimize
> 
> Testing: JPRT, java/lang/invoke, nashorn, octane
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Best regards,
> Vladimir Ivanov

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