RFR: 8260368: [PPC64] GC interface needs enhancement to support GCs with load barriers [v3]

Niklas Radomski github.com+9200663+quaffel at openjdk.java.net
Tue Feb 2 13:44:58 UTC 2021


> At present, the `needs_frame` flag is used on the ppc platform to determine whether gc barriers must emit a new stack frame (and save the link register, for that matter) or not. With the introduction of load reference barriers, however, this mechansim is no longer sufficient. This holds especially true for compiler stubs as those make heavy use of volatile registers.
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> To mitigate this, this patch replaces the `needs_frame` flag with a simple enumeration. As the enumerators are incremental, handling the different "register preservation needs" in the actual gc barrier implementations is comparatively (pun intended) easy. 
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> _This is a preparational change for the ShenandoahGC port to ppc. As such, it may provide some functionality this version doesn't make use of, but that is required for the upcoming change. This way, the scope of the upcoming change is limited to GC-specific functionality; making its review a little easier._
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> _For the same reason, this patch also introduces patching support for `LIR_Assembler::leal`._

Niklas Radomski has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2302/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2302/files/46bfce16..1c833ab7

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=2302&range=02
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=2302&range=01-02

  Stats: 122 lines in 12 files changed: 57 ins; 4 del; 61 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2302.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/2302/head:pull/2302

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2302


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