RFR (S): 8153439: do not install an empty SpeculationLog in an nmethod

Mon Apr 4 22:34:20 UTC 2016

No, not good.  We are failing a couple JVMCI tests.  Looking into it…

> On Apr 4, 2016, at 11:50 AM, Christian Thalinger <christian.thalinger at oracle.com> wrote:
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> Thanks for the quick turnaround.  Looks good.
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>> On Apr 4, 2016, at 11:30 AM, Doug Simon <doug.simon at oracle.com> wrote:
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>> The JVMCI speculation log mechanism might not be used by a specific JVMCI compiler or JVMCI compiler configuration. In this case, the nmethod::_speculation_log field should be initialized to NULL to reduce unnecessary processing of the field by the GC.
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>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8153439
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dnsimon/8153439
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