Integrated: 8358781: C2 fails with assert "bad profile data type" when TypeProfileCasts is disabled

[Saranya Natarajan]

On Tue, 5 Aug 2025 10:40:19 GMT, Saranya Natarajan <snatarajan at openjdk.org> wrote:

> **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. 
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> **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. 
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> 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.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 2b756ab1
Author:    Saranya Natarajan <snatarajan at openjdk.org>
Committer: Manuel Hässig <mhaessig at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/2b756ab1e8cfacc5cf5d9c6dfdf1d1c9a6ecf4b1
Stats:     60 lines in 2 files changed: 52 ins; 1 del; 7 mod

8358781: C2 fails with assert "bad profile data type" when TypeProfileCasts is disabled

Reviewed-by: mhaessig, kvn, dfenacci

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