RFR: 8364936: Shenandoah: Switch nmethod entry barriers to conc_instruction_and_data_patch

Tue Sep 2 18:37:42 UTC 2025

On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:02:42 GMT, Cesar Soares Lucas <cslucas at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please, review this patch to make nmethod entry barriers use `conc-instruction-and-data-patch` fence mechanics when ShenandoahGC is being used on AArch64. The patch also removes (including from JVMCI interface) the old constant that was being used only by Shenandoah on AArch64.
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> The patch has been tested with functional and performance benchmarks on AArch64. Improvements in DaCapo and Renaissance benchmarks can be as high as 30%. Maximum critical Jops in SPEC improved by ~10%.

Thank you for doing this.  Looks good to me.

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Marked as reviewed by kdnilsen (Committer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26999#pullrequestreview-3177693651