RFR: 8359678: C2: assert(static_cast<T1>(result) == thing) caused by ReverseBytesNode::Value() [v5]

[Manuel Hässig]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 16:22:29 GMT, Hannes Greule <hgreule at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Fixes an assertion when passing an int larger than short/char to the corresponding reverseBytes method in a constant-folding scenario. By just using static_cast, we can ignore the upper bytes and just swap the lower bytes.
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>> Using jasm, I added a test case that covers such inputs. It felt easier to test this way than the other scenarios mentioned in the bug report.
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>> I also removed the redundant checked_cast calls from the int/long case; we already have the correct type there.
>> 
>> Please review. Thanks.
>
> Hannes Greule has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   cleanup

Thank you for addressing our comments. Looks good.

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Marked as reviewed by mhaessig (Committer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25988#pullrequestreview-3016999054