RFR: 8315554: C1: Replace "cmp reg, 0" with "test reg, reg" on x86
Aleksey Shipilev
shade at openjdk.org
Wed Sep 6 08:29:38 UTC 2023
On Wed, 6 Sep 2023 05:06:21 GMT, Tobias Hartmann <thartmann at openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Noticed this when looking at C1 profiling code. There are plenty of usages for `cmp reg, 0` in C1 x86 code, both in generic `LIR_Assembler::comp_op`, and in some profiling paths.
>>
>> `test reg, reg` is a denser idiom for this comparison. The difference between `cmp` and `test` on x86 seems to be only with AF (aux carry flag). For ubiquitous int/pointer comparisons, this distinction is irrelevant.
>>
>> C2 already does this transformation in .ad match rules.
>>
>> Code size improvements with `-Xcomp -XX:+CITime -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=... Hello`:
>>
>>
>> # Before
>> tier1: nmethod total size: 430104 bytes
>> tier2: nmethod total size: 467336 bytes
>> tier3: nmethod total size: 923384 bytes
>>
>> # After
>> tier1: nmethod total size: 427584 bytes (-0.59%)
>> tier2: nmethod total size: 464352 bytes (-0.64%)
>> tier3: nmethod total size: 918328 bytes (-0.55%)
>>
>>
>> Additional testing:
>> - [x] Linux x86_64 `tier1 tier2 tier3` x (C1 level 1, 2, 3) x (Parallel, G1, Shenandoah)
>
> Looks good.
Our tests here look fine. Mind if I ask @TobiHartmann, @chhagedorn or @veresov to give this one a spin in Oracle test CIs?
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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15543#issuecomment-1707897686
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