RFR: 8353290: C2: Refactor PhaseIdealLoop::is_counted_loop() [v23]

Fri Nov 21 16:37:21 UTC 2025

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:54:08 GMT, Kangcheng Xu <kxu at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This PR refactors `PhaseIdealLoop::is_counted_loop()` into (mostly) `CountedLoopConverter::is_counted_loop()` and `CountedLoopConverter::convert()` to decouple the detection and conversion code. This enables us to try different loop configurations easily and finally convert once a counted loop is found. 
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>> A nested `PhaseIdealLoop::CountedLoopConverter` class is created to handle the context, but I'm not if this is the best name or place for it. Please let me know what you think.
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>> Blocks [JDK-8336759](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8336759).
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> Kangcheng Xu has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   fix trip counter loop-variant detection

Was too busy this week, will try to come back to this next week!

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24458#issuecomment-3563799029