RFR: 8316694: Implement relocation of nmethod within CodeCache [v16]

Chad Rakoczy duke at openjdk.org
Thu May 22 20:23:22 UTC 2025


> This PR introduces a new function to replace nmethods, addressing [JDK-8316694](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8316694). It enables the creation of new nmethods from existing ones, allowing method relocation in the code heap and supporting [JDK-8328186](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8328186).
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> When an nmethod is replaced, a deep copy is performed. The corresponding Java method is updated to reference the new nmethod, while the old one is marked as unused. The garbage collector handles final cleanup and deallocation.
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> This change does not modify existing code paths and therefore does not benefit much from existing tests. New tests were created and confirmed to pass on x64/aarch64 for slowdebug/fastdebug/release.

Chad Rakoczy has updated the pull request incrementally with three additional commits since the last revision:

 - Update tests
 - Exclude JVMCI methods
 - Create nmethod relocation stress test

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23573/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23573/files/9ca3563a..398a4dc4

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=23573&range=15
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=23573&range=14-15

  Stats: 312 lines in 10 files changed: 261 ins; 34 del; 17 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23573.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/23573/head:pull/23573

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23573


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