RFR: 8291752: AArch64: Remove check_emit_size parameter from trampoline_call [v2]

Vladimir Kozlov kvn at openjdk.org
Fri Aug 5 20:26:07 UTC 2022


On Fri, 5 Aug 2022 20:13:17 GMT, Evgeny Astigeevich <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> `MacroAssembler::trampoline_call` can skip generation of a trampoline stub if C2 phase output is in the checking emitted code size mode. If it is not C2 compilation, `trampoline_call` always generates a trampoline stub. 
>> 
>> `gen_continuation_enter` as a part of C2 compilation needed to disable the functionality above. Now `trampoline_call` has the `check_emit_size` which allows to disable the functionality completely. Its default value is `true` which means the functionality is enabled.
>> 
>> There are problems:
>> - C2 specific code which must be properly guarded if it is not C2 compilation. The code has the risk of undefined behaviour (UB). It is done with `is_c2_compile`. [JDK-8291654](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8291654) is an example of changes caused UB.
>> - The default value of `check_emit_size`. The current value `true` allows C1 to access the C2 specific code. Setting the default value to `false` will require to review and to update every existing use of `trampoline_call`. It will complicate uses of `trampoline_call`: each time a decision needs to be done - use or not use the default.
>> 
>> Summary of changes:
>> - Have a virtual `emit_trampoline_stub` which is privately overridden in `C2_MacroAssembler`. The overridden  version does not emit a stub if C2 phase output is in the checking emitted code size mode.
>> - `emit_trampoline_stub` returns `bool` instead of `address` because `address` is only used to check the success of a call.
>> - `check_emit_size` is removed because it is not needed any more.
>> - `NativeCall::trampoline_jump`:
>>     - Changed to return `void` because the result is not used. It was returning the result of `emit_trampoline_stub`.
>>     - Assert `emit_trampoline_stub`.
>> 
>> Tested with fastdebug/release builds:
>> - `gtest`: Passed.
>> - `tier1`...`tier4`: Passed.
>
> Evgeny Astigeevich has updated the pull request incrementally with three additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Restore original NativeCall::trampoline_jump functionality
>  - Substitute entry.target() with target
>  - Remove unneeded assert

Good.

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Marked as reviewed by kvn (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9782


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