RFR: 8312495: assert(0 <= i && i < _len) failed: illegal index after JDK-8287061 on big endian platforms [v3]

[Dean Long]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:15:59 GMT, Richard Reingruber <rrich at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> On big endian platforms `jint` values are stored in the high part of `StackValue` values. Therefore the the `StackValue` cannot be cast directly to `jint`. More details why this has to be like this are given in the JBS issue.
>> 
>> This is a common pattern. See also
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>> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/8d29329138d44800ee4c0c02dacc01a06097de66/src/hotspot/share/runtime/deoptimization.cpp#L1386-L1387
>> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/8d29329138d44800ee4c0c02dacc01a06097de66/src/hotspot/share/runtime/deoptimization.cpp#L1513-L1514
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>> ### Testing
>> Manny iterations of vmTestbase/vm/mlvm/meth/stress/compiler/sequences/Test.java.
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>> JTReg tests: tier1-4 of hotspot and jdk. All of Langtools and jaxp. Renaissance benchmarks as functional tests.
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>> All testing was done with fastdebug and release builds on the main platforms and also on Linux/PPC64le.
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> Richard Reingruber has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Refactor byte_array_put

Marked as reviewed by dlong (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14976#pullrequestreview-1548560387