RFR: 8343789: Move mutable nmethod data out of CodeCache [v12]

Boris Ulasevich bulasevich at openjdk.org
Thu Feb 27 00:40:15 UTC 2025


> This change relocates mutable data (such as relocations, oops, and metadata) from the nmethod. The change follows the recent PR #18984, which relocated immutable nmethod data from the CodeCache.
> 
> The core idea remains the same: use the CodeCache for executable code while moving additional data to the C heap. The primary motivations are improving security and enhancing code density.
> 
> Although performance is not the main focus, testing on AArch64 CPUs, where code density plays a significant role, has shown a 1–2% performance improvement in specific scenarios, such as the CodeCacheStress test and the Renaissance Dotty benchmark.
> 
> The numbers. Immutable data constitutes **~30%** on the nmehtod. Mutable data constitutes **~8%** of nmethod. Example (statistics collected on the CodeCacheStress benchmark):
> - nmethod_count:134000, total_compilation_time: 510460ms
> - total allocation time malloc_mutable/malloc_immutable/CodeCache_alloc: 62ms/114ms/6333ms,
> - total allocation size (mutable/immutable/nmentod): 64MB/192MB/488MB
> 
> Functional testing: jtreg on arm/aarch/x86.
> Performance testing: renaissance/dacapo/SPECjvm2008 benchmarks.
> 
> Alternative solution (see comments): In the future, relocations can be moved to _immutable_data.

Boris Ulasevich has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

  returning oops back to nmethods. jtreg: Ok, performance: Ok. todo: cleanup

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21276/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21276/files/6c3370be..0dbd5029

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=21276&range=11
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=21276&range=10-11

  Stats: 89 lines in 9 files changed: 34 ins; 35 del; 20 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21276.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/21276/head:pull/21276

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21276


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