RFR: 8356761: IGV: dump escape analysis information [v3]
Roberto Castañeda Lozano
rcastanedalo at openjdk.org
Wed Nov 12 17:00:55 UTC 2025
On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:23:27 GMT, Anton Seoane Ampudia <aseoane at openjdk.org> wrote:
>> This PR introduces new IGV dumps, property fields and filters related to escape analysis information.
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>> The C2 escape analysis algorithm is carried out in six primary steps, of which many have interesting sub-steps (e.g. `split_unique_types`) or present an iterative nature where access to intermediate results can aid debugging and analysis. Additionally, escape analysis relies on an "intermediate structure" called the _connection graph_, which is also particularly valuable for deeper investigations.
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>> With this changeset, escape analysis information is now dumped at key points throughout the algorithm, with a degree of granularity (from only the basic steps to in-detail iterative dumping). The dumps include several property fields, such as:
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>> - Node escape “level”.
>> - Scalar replaceability.
>> - Node type within the connection graph (per [C2 Escape Analysis connection graph](https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/HotSpot/EscapeAnalysis)).
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>> This is achieved by passing the `ConnectionGraph` in use to the `IdealGraphPrinter` during escape analysis, so that these properties can be dumped. After escape analysis, remaining interesting information that is left until macro elimination (and consequent elimination of non-escaping, replaceable allocations) is also dumped.
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>> Additionally, two filters are provided: one for displaying the connection node type in the IGV node box, and another one for color-scaling nodes based on their escaping/scalar status.
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>> **Testing:** passes tiers 1-3, manual testing in IGV
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> Anton Seoane Ampudia has updated the pull request incrementally with three additional commits since the last revision:
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> - Review comments: remove spurious new line
> - Review comments: update header
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> Co-authored-by: Roberto Castañeda Lozano <robcasloz at users.noreply.github.com>
> - Review comments: AddP misspell
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> Co-authored-by: Roberto Castañeda Lozano <robcasloz at users.noreply.github.com>
Marked as reviewed by rcastanedalo (Reviewer).
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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28060#pullrequestreview-3454503670
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