RFR: JDK-8323497: On x64, use 32-bit immediate moves for narrow klass base if possible [v2]

[Thomas Stuefe]

On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 09:52:20 GMT, Thomas Stuefe <stuefe at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> On x64, we always use the long form of mov immediate to load the klass base into a register. If the klass base fits into 32 bits, we could use the short form and save four instruction bytes. 
>> 
>> Before: mov uses 10 instruction bytes:
>> 
>> 
>>    35  ;; decode_klass_not_null
>>    36   0x00007f8b089e51c4:   movabs $0x82000000,%r11
>>    37   0x00007f8b089e51ce:   add    %r11,%r10
>> 
>> 
>> Now: mov uses 6 instruction bytes:
>> 
>> 
>>    35  ;; decode_klass_not_null
>>    36   0x00007fbe609e51c4:   mov    $0x82000000,%r11d
>>    37   0x00007fbe609e51ca:   add    %r11,%r10
>> 
>> 
>> Note that this optimization does not depend on zero-based addressing, and therefore we change class space reservation: we now always look in low-address regions first.
>> 
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>> Tests: tier1 (GHA), tier 2 on x64 linux
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> Thomas Stuefe has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains three additional commits since the last revision:
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>  - Merge branch 'openjdk:master' into use-32bit-immediate-moves-on-x64-for-klass-encoding-base
>  - remove obsolete comment
>  - use-32bit-immediate-moves-on-x64-for-klass-encoding-base

@shipilev ,  @merykitty ? Could you please review?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17340#issuecomment-1953563943