[14] RFR(S): 8229694: JVM crash in SWPointer during C2 OSR compilation

[Vladimir Ivanov]

Nice analysis, Christian!

> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~chagedorn/8229694/webrev.00/

Looks good.

> We might want to file an RFE to investigate further why IGVN cannot 
> remove the first redundant stores to intArr[7], shortArr[10], and iFld, 
> respectively (even though it's quite useless to keep setting the same 
> values in a loop). This problem can also be observed if the loop only 
> contains the statement "iFld = intArr[j]". But I think even if those 
> redundant stores would have been optimized away we should have this fix 
> to handle the situation with only one pack and no memory operations 
> remaining.

Agree. And, please, file the RFE.

Best regards,
Vladimir Ivanov