RFR: 8341977: Replace predicate walking and cloning code for Loop Peeling with a predicate visitor [v2]

[Christian Hagedorn]

On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:57:39 GMT, Christian Hagedorn <chagedorn at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> #### Replacing the Remaining Predicate Walking and Cloning Code 
>> In the next series of patches (this, [JDK-8342943](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8342943), [JDK-8342945](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8342945), and [JDK-8342946](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8342946)) I want to replace the predicate walking and cloning code used for Loop Peeling, Pre/Main/Post Loops, Loop Unswitching, removing useless Assertion Predicates and Loop Unrolling with new `PredicateVisitors` which can be used in combination with the new `PredicateIterator`.
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>> #### Single Template Assertion Predicate Check
>> This replacement allows us to have a single `TemplateAssertionPredicate::is_predicate()` check that is called for all predicate matching code. This enables the removal of uncommon traps for Template Assertion Predicates with [JDK-8342047](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8342047) which is a missing piece in order to fix the remaining problems with Assertion Predicates ([JDK-8288981](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8288981)).
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>> #### Common Refactorings for all the Patches in this Series
>> In each of the patch, I will do similar refactoring ideas:
>> - Replace the existing code in the corresponding `PhaseIdealLoop` method with call to a new (or existing) predicate visitor which extends the `PredicateVisitor` interface. 
>> - The visitor implements the Assertion Predicate `visit()` methods to implement the cloning and initialization of the Template Assertion Predicates.
>> - The predicate visitor is then passed to the `PredicateIterator` which walks through all predicates found at a loop and applies the visitor for each predicate. 
>> - The visitor creates new nodes (if there are Template Assertion Predicates) either in place or at the loop entry of a target loop. In the latter case, the calling code of the `PredicateIterator` must make sure to connect the tail of the newly created predicate chain after the old loop entry to the target loop head (see **P1** PR comment).
>> - Keep the semantics which includes to only apply the Template Assertion Predicate processing if there are Parse Predicates (see **P2** PR comment). This limitation should eventually be removed. But I want to do that separately at a later point.
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>> #### Refactorings of this Patch
>> This first patch replaces the predicate walking and cloning code for Loop Peeling and lays the foundation for the replacement for main/post loops ([JDK-8342943](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8342...
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> Christian Hagedorn has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   small update

Thanks Emanuel for your review! I've addressed you comments in a new commit.

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21679#pullrequestreview-2399017668