RFR: 8353041: NeverBranchNode causes incorrect block frequency calculation [v2]

[Dean Long]

On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 22:51:35 GMT, Dean Long <dlong at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This fixes a quality of implementation issue for infinite loops using a NeverBranch node.  We need Block::succ_prob() to return 1.0f for the 100% successful back-edge so that block frequencies are computed correctly.  I also fixed Block_Stack::most_frequent_successor() to choose the correct successor.  I verified that this corrects the huge frequency ratio that was detected and clamped by JDK-8346888.
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>> Currently this bug is labeled noreg-hard with no new regression test, as it's not obvious how to write such as test.
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> Dean Long has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Update src/hotspot/share/opto/domgraph.cpp
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>   Co-authored-by: Roberto Castañeda Lozano <robcasloz at users.noreply.github.com>

Thanks Roberto and Tobias.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24390#issuecomment-2790875974