RFR: 8342156: C2: Compilation failure with fewer arguments after JDK-8329032 [v2]

[Daniel Lundén]

On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:54:43 GMT, Daniel Lundén <dlunden at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Adding C2 register allocation support for APX EGPRs ([JDK-8329032](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8329032)) reduced, due to unfortunate rounding in the register mask size computation, the available space for incoming/outgoing method arguments in register masks.
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>> ### Changeset
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>> - Bump the number of 32-bit words dedicated to incoming/outgoing arguments in register masks from 3 to 4.
>> - Add a regression test.
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>> ### Testing
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>> - [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/dlunde/jdk/actions/runs/11436050131)
>> - `tier1` to `tier4` (and additional Oracle-internal testing) on Windows x64, Linux x64, Linux aarch64, macOS x64, and macOS aarch64.
>> - C2 compilation time benchmarking for DaCapo on Windows x64, Linux x64, Linux aarch64, macOS x64, and macOS aarch64. There is no observable difference in C2 compilation time.
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> Daniel Lundén has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Co-authored-by: Roberto Castañeda Lozano <robcasloz at users.noreply.github.com>

Adding @chhagedorn as a contributor due to his work on finding the issue and creating a first version of the regression test.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21612#issuecomment-2429187621