RFR: 8360192: C2: Make the type of count leading/trailing zero nodes more precise [v18]
Qizheng Xing
qxing at openjdk.org
Fri Dec 5 08:57:06 UTC 2025
> The result of count leading/trailing zeros is always non-negative, and the maximum value is integer type's size in bits. In previous versions, when C2 can not know the operand value of a CLZ/CTZ node at compile time, it will generate a full-width integer type for its result. This can significantly affect the efficiency of code in some cases.
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> This patch makes the type of CLZ/CTZ nodes more precise, to make C2 generate better code. For example, the following implementation runs ~115% faster on x86-64 with this patch:
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> public static int numberOfNibbles(int i) {
> int mag = Integer.SIZE - Integer.numberOfLeadingZeros(i);
> return Math.max((mag + 3) / 4, 1);
> }
>
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> Testing: tier1, IR test
Qizheng Xing has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 24 commits:
- Merge branch 'master' into enhance-clz-type
- Make code more compact
- Fix include order
- Merge branch 'master' into enhance-clz-type
- Merge branch 'master' into enhance-clz-type
- Fix constant fold
- Remove redundant import
- Add random range tests
- Add more comments to IR test
- Add more constant folding tests for CLZ/CTZ
- ... and 14 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/674cc3ee...f0687754
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Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25928/files
Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=25928&range=17
Stats: 801 lines in 4 files changed: 735 ins; 54 del; 12 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25928.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/25928/head:pull/25928
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25928
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