RFR: 8139457: Relax alignment of array elements [v69]

Roman Kennke rkennke at openjdk.org
Thu Feb 22 16:08:33 UTC 2024


> See [JDK-8139457](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8139457) for details.
> 
> Basically, when running with -XX:-UseCompressedClassPointers, arrays will have a gap between the length field and the first array element, because array elements will only start at word-aligned offsets. This is not necessary for smaller-than-word elements.
> 
> Also, while it is not very important now, it will become very important with Lilliput, which eliminates the Klass field and would always put the length field at offset 8, and leave a gap between offset 12 and 16.
> 
> Testing:
>  - [x] runtime/FieldLayout/ArrayBaseOffsets.java (x86_64, x86_32, aarch64, arm, riscv, s390)
>  - [x] bootcycle (x86_64, x86_32, aarch64, arm, riscv, s390)
>  - [x] tier1 (x86_64, x86_32, aarch64, riscv)
>  - [x] tier2 (x86_64, aarch64, riscv)
>  - [x] tier3 (x86_64, riscv)

Roman Kennke has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11044/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11044/files/e8c1e408..0a4e2f7c

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=11044&range=68
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=11044&range=67-68

  Stats: 3 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 2 del; 1 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11044.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/11044/head:pull/11044

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11044


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