RFR(XS): 8160548: Inconsistent inlining behavior with CompileOnly

Nils Eliasson nils.eliasson at oracle.com
Fri Nov 10 12:57:42 UTC 2017


Hi,

This patch fixes a problem with inconsistent inlining behavior when 
using CompileCommand compileonly flag.

InlineTree::check_can_parse(ciMethod* callee) checks the 
callee->can_be_compiled(), which is a wrapper of ciMethod 
_is_c1_compilable/_is_c2_compilable boolean fields. Those fields are set 
1) by Compilecommands that prohibit compilation (compileonly and 
exclude) at first compilation, or 2) by a compiler when a method is 
failing compilation.

Because of this, a method may be inlinable before it is has been 
compiled itself, but not after. This can cause unexpected problems in 
test that rely on compilecommands for inlining and compilation decisions.

But... there are two sides too this:

1) It is incorrect since a method may still be inlined even though it 
shouldn't be compiled.

2) It is correct, because we don't want to inline methods that failed an 
earlier compilation.

In this patch I have settled with solving problem description (1) while 
noting that it may cause some extra compilations that bailout because of 
(2), but will still function correctly.

Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8160548

Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~neliasso/8160548/webrev.01/

Please review,

Nils Eliasson




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