Integrated: 8319773: Avoid inflating monitors when installing hash codes for LM_LIGHTWEIGHT

Axel Boldt-Christmas aboldtch at openjdk.org
Fri Jan 12 14:37:13 UTC 2024


On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:18:29 GMT, Axel Boldt-Christmas <aboldtch at openjdk.org> wrote:

> LM_LIGHTWEIGHT only uses the lock bits for its locking. This leaves the hashCode bits free when a monitor is not inflated. So instead of inflating when installing the hashCode on a fast locked object it can simply use the hashCode bits in the markWord.
> 
> The mark word transitions Unlocked (0b01) <=> Locked (0b00) are done by retrying the CAS if it fails due to non-lock bit changes. 
> The mark word transitions Monitor (0b10) <=> Locked/Unlocked (0b0X) are the same as before, inflation already handles hash codes. This change does not interact with the mark word if it is in a Monitor (0b10) state, so the strong CAS which is used for deflation are still valid, and will not fail to any other reason than the cooperative race to help transition the mark word during deflation.
> 
> This is dependent on JDK-8319778 simply because JDK-8319797 is dependent on both this and JDK-8319778.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 65a06727
Author:    Axel Boldt-Christmas <aboldtch at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/65a0672791f868556776fc435b37319ed69f7c84
Stats:     76 lines in 4 files changed: 29 ins; 23 del; 24 mod

8319773: Avoid inflating monitors when installing hash codes for LM_LIGHTWEIGHT

Reviewed-by: rkennke, dcubed, thartmann

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16603


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