RFR: 8295486: Inconsistent constant field values observed during compilation [v2]

[Vladimir Ivanov]

On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 18:36:46 GMT, Vladimir Ivanov <vlivanov at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Tobias Hartmann has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   Caching of stable values
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> src/hotspot/share/ci/ciEnv.hpp line 487:
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>> 485:   };
>> 486: 
>> 487:   GrowableArray<StableValue>* _stable_values; // Cache of stable values
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> Aren't `ciInstance` and `ciArray` provide a better place to cache field/element values (logic can be encapsulated in `ciInstance::field_value()` and `ciArray::element_value()`)?

And it would seamlessly cover all possible cases, like static final fields (which can be concurrently updated through Reflection API or Unsafe).

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11861