Integrated: 8366861: Phase AFTER_LOOP_OPTS printed even though the method has no loops

[Saranya Natarajan]

On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:41:25 GMT, Saranya Natarajan <snatarajan at openjdk.org> wrote:

> **Issue**
> When a test program with no loop is run with flag `-XX:PrintPhaseLevel=3,` the output prints `PHASE_AFTER_LOOP_OPTS `but does not print `PHASE_BEFORE_LOOP_OPTS`
> 
> **Solution** 
> This simple fix introduces a variable  `_print_phase_loop_opts` that caches the value of `has_loops()` before loop opts pass to make sure that `PHASE_AFTER_LOOP_OPTS` gets printed every time `PHASE_BEFORE_LOOP_OPTS` is printed.
> 
> Before fix output
> <img width="394" height="608" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/753001da-a020-45cc-9db1-00f9c9c79bd2" />
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> After fix output
> <img width="394" height="608" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cc49854f-afa1-42a9-a87c-9f763f7daeb4" />
> 
> 
> **Testing** 
>  Github Actions, Tier 1-3

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 6afc0d8f
Author:    Saranya Natarajan <snatarajan at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/6afc0d8f39390d474ce8ba16533c30b4c7770388
Stats:     4 lines in 2 files changed: 2 ins; 0 del; 2 mod

8366861: Phase AFTER_LOOP_OPTS printed even though the method has no loops

Reviewed-by: chagedorn, dfenacci

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29387