RFR: 8358781: C2 fails with assert "bad profile data type" when TypeProfileCasts is disabled [v2]

Saranya Natarajan snatarajan at openjdk.org
Tue Aug 12 08:56:02 UTC 2025


> **Issue**
> An error, `assert(data->is_ReceiverTypeData()) failed: bad profile data type`, is encountered during C2 compilation due to bad profile data. This occurs when the code is compiled with `TypeProfileCasts` option disabled. 
> 
> **Analysis** 
> The assertion failure occurs in `record_profiled_receiver_for_speculation` that analyzes the profiling information in the method data to determine whether a null value has been observed in the `instanceof` operation. This information is encoded in the `BitData` during profiling. When the method identifies that a null has been seen, it proceeds to inspect the associated `ReceiverTypeData` to see if the  type check is always performed against null. However, in this scenario, the incoming profiling data is of type `BitData` rather than `ReceiverTypeData`, leading to the assertion failure. 
> 
> The profiling information for null seen for operations `aastore`, `instanceof`, and `checkcast` is recorded by the method `profile_null_seen `(in` src/hotspot/cpu/x86/templateTable_x86.cpp `). On investigating this method, it can be observed that the method data pointer is not updated for `VirtualCallData` (which is a subclass of `ReceiverTypeData`) when the `TypeProfileCasts` option is disabled. 
> 
> **Solution** 
> My proposal is to inspect the `ReceiverTypeData` in function `record_profiled_receiver_for_speculation` only if `TypeProfileCasts` is enabled (this is based on the fact that the relevant method data pointer is not updated when `TypeProfileCasts` is disabled).
> 
> **Question to reviewers** 
> Do you think this is a reasonable fix ?
> 
> **Testing**
> GitHub Actions
> tier1 to tier3 on windows-x64, linux-x64, linux-aarch64, macosx-x64, and macosx-aarch64.

Saranya Natarajan has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

  adding test

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26640/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26640/files/0089ba25..767f4e87

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=26640&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=26640&range=00-01

  Stats: 48 lines in 1 file changed: 48 ins; 0 del; 0 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26640.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/26640/head:pull/26640

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26640


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