RFR: 8342692: C2: long counted loop/long range checks: don't create loop-nest for short running loops [v8]

[Roland Westrelin]

On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 13:27:58 GMT, Quan Anh Mai <qamai at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Can you inject the iteration count into the created loop so that it can avoid strip mining?

Some loops that are not covered by this change would likely benefit from not being strip mined if possible. So I think it would be better to address that separately (and make sure it plays well with this change).

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21630#issuecomment-2589818895