RFR: 8368753: IGV: improve CFG view of difference graphs
Manuel Hässig
mhaessig at openjdk.org
Fri Sep 26 12:49:32 UTC 2025
On Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:48:57 GMT, Roberto Castañeda Lozano <rcastanedalo at openjdk.org> wrote:
> This changeset improves the control-flow graph view of difference graphs by:
>
> 1. ensuring that nodes are scheduled locally within each block, and
> 2. hiding internal, artificial blocks containing nodes that remain in the graph even if they are dead, such as the top constant node.
>
> The following screenshot illustrates the effect of scheduling nodes locally:
>
> <img width="3853" height="1033" alt="JDK-8368753" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bdc0f6de-3d28-4615-9e0d-221de2ad4770" />
>
> For example, before this changeset (left) the `Return` node in B9 is scheduled at the beginning of the block. After the changeset (right), this node is scheduled last, as expected.
>
> **Testing:** tier1 and manual testing on a few graphs.
Thank you for your continued work on IGV, @robcasloz! This is really helpful.
The changes look good to me.
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Marked as reviewed by mhaessig (Committer).
PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27520#pullrequestreview-3272107049
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