RFR: 8361494: [IR Framework] Escape too much in replacement of placeholder
Marc Chevalier
mchevalier at openjdk.org
Thu Jul 10 14:24:21 UTC 2025
In `RawIRNode::regex`, the call to `String::replaceAll` doesn't quote the replace string.
Meaning that in the IR rule
@IR(failOn = {IRNode.ALLOC_OF, "\\w+"})
The interpreted `\w` is interpreted as a group reference, and we get
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal group reference
so we should write instead
@IR(failOn = {IRNode.ALLOC_OF, "\\\\w+"})
To mean the interpreted string `\\w`, to mean an escaped single backslash. Same goes with `$` (used for nested classes).
Since we don't want to refer to groups (and anyway, there are not in `IRNode.IS_REPLACED`), we just quote the replacement string with `java.util.regex.Matcher.quoteReplacement` to make it more usable.
Note that you would still need to write `\$` since the `$` is the end of string regex, and needs to be escaped at the regex level (and not at the string, so it's not `$`, since `$` is not a special character). Before the fix, it should be `\\\$`. Phew! Regexes are bad enough, let's not escape them manually twice!
In `test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/c2/TestMergeStores.java`, that makes us save 1344 backslashes.
Thanks,
Marc
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Commit messages:
- Fix test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/c2/TestMergeStores.java
- quoteReplacement
Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26243/files
Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=26243&range=00
Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8361494
Stats: 238 lines in 3 files changed: 13 ins; 0 del; 225 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26243.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/26243/head:pull/26243
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26243
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