RFR: 8353638: C2: deoptimization and re-execution cycle with StringBuilder [v2]

Marc Chevalier mchevalier at openjdk.org
Fri May 16 08:00:37 UTC 2025


> Unlike what was assumed at first, it is quite different from [JDK-8346989](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8346989). The problem is actually unrelated to `StringBuilder`, but has to do with the underlying array allocation. 
> 
> Here, the problem is that the array allocation function, that is throwing when given a negative length, causes a deopt rather than using the compiled exception handlers. This is an old workaround, and the flag `StressCompiledExceptionHandlers` to rather use compiled handlers instead of deopting was added in [JDK-8004741](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8004741) in 2012. This flag is used in testing since october 2022.
> 
> So maybe it's time to use the compiled exception handlers! I propose to turn them on by default, and instead, add a diagnostic flag to deopt instead, in case something goes wrong. Doing so improve the performance to match the ones of C1 (both for direct array allocation, and `StringBuilder` construction). For instance, with the case given in the JBS issue:
> 
> Stop at level 0
> CompileCommand: compileonly C.test* bool compileonly = true
> 
> real	0m4,277s
> user	0m4,214s
> sys	0m0,117s
> 
> Stop at level 1
> CompileCommand: compileonly C.test* bool compileonly = true
> 
> real	0m4,104s
> user	0m4,079s
> sys	0m0,106s
> 
> Stop at level 2
> CompileCommand: compileonly C.test* bool compileonly = true
> 
> real	0m4,308s
> user	0m4,239s
> sys	0m0,145s
> 
> Stop at level 3
> CompileCommand: compileonly C.test* bool compileonly = true
> 
> real	0m4,304s
> user	0m4,247s
> sys	0m0,132s
> 
> Default (Stop at level 4)
> CompileCommand: compileonly C.test* bool compileonly = true
> 
> real	0m4,086s
> user	0m4,059s
> sys	0m0,122s
> 
> 
> 
> I've run some tests (up to tier10), it seems all fine, ignoring the usual noise. I've checked with @dougxc, it shouldn't impact Graal as it doesn't use `OptoRuntime`.

Marc Chevalier has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

  Fix spaces

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25149/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25149/files/361a7727..3adc9d4e

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=25149&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=25149&range=00-01

  Stats: 3 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 3 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25149.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/25149/head:pull/25149

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25149


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