RFR: 8341893: AArch64: Micro-optimize compressed ptr decoding

Aleksey Shipilev shade at openjdk.org
Mon Oct 14 07:58:16 UTC 2024


On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 07:57:14 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

> See the bug for full description. I think there is an accidental inefficiency in decoding: we don't have to shift when shift is zero, but we are tripped by `d != s` check. Other architectures seem to do this right. This fix surgically fixes the decoding. I have a variant of a more comprehensive MacroAssembler fix that could cover this shift-to-mov translation wholesale, but that fix is riskier.
> 
> Additional testing:
>  - [x] Linux AArch64 server fastdebug, `tier{1,2,3}`

Thanks! Yes, I think RISC-V would enjoy a similar fix.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21443#issuecomment-2410342635


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