RFR: 8326638: Crash in PhaseIdealLoop::remix_address_expressions due to unexpected Region instead of Loop

[Christian Hagedorn]

On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:33:26 GMT, Tobias Hartmann <thartmann at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Adds a missing `_head->is_Loop()` check to handle the case when the loop head is not a `LoopNode` but a `RegionNode` because the loop is irreducible:
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> (rr) p n_loop->_head->dump(1)
>   412 IfTrue === 411 [[ 345 ]] #1 !jvms: Test$Class1::Class1_method0 @ bci:286 (line 119)
>   339 SafePoint === 336 1 340 1 1 344 290 1 1 1 1 291 1 1 293 294 295 1 320 297 1 298 299 300 301 302 1 303 1 [[ 345 ]] SafePoint !jvms: Test$Class1::Class1_method0 @ bci:307 (line 122)
>   345 Region === 345 339 412 [[ 345 456 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 1861 1863 1865 1867 1882 1888 ]] #irreducible !jvms: Test$Class1::Class1_method0 @ bci:138 (line 101)
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> 
> We then crash when invoking `LoopNode::skip_strip_mined` on a RegionNode or assert in debug. Unfortunately, I was not able to simply the test any further.
> 
> This is a regression from [JDK-8303511](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8303511) in JDK 21 b13
> 
> Thanks,
> Tobias

Otherwise, looks good!

src/hotspot/share/opto/loopopts.cpp line 586:

> 584:           Node* add1 = new AddPNode(n->in(1), n->in(2)->in(2), n->in(3));
> 585:           // Stuff new AddP in the loop preheader
> 586:           Node* entry = n_loop->_head->is_Loop() ? n_loop->_head->as_Loop()->skip_strip_mined(1)->in(LoopNode::EntryControl)

Should we add a sanity assert (which could also serve as an explaining comment) that in the `RegionNode` case, it must be an irreducible loop head?

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Marked as reviewed by chagedorn (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18002#pullrequestreview-1900312226
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18002#discussion_r1502257602