RFR: 8374516: -version asserts with "-XX:+UseAESCTRIntrinsics -XX:-UseAES": "need AES instructions and misaligned SSE support" in generate_counterMode_AESCrypt_Parallel()

[Shawn M Emery]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:06:09 GMT, Guanqiang Han <ghan at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Please review this change. Thanks!
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>> **Description:**
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>> VM crashes during startup on x86 when running with -XX:+UseAESCTRIntrinsics -XX:-UseAES. In this configuration, UseAESCTRIntrinsics may remain enabled while UseAES is explicitly disabled, and the VM generates AES-CTR stubs, hitting an assert(UseAES) in generate_counterMode_AESCrypt_Parallel().
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>> **Fix:**
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>> Update x86 flag initialization to enforce the dependency between UseAESCTRIntrinsics and UseAES. When UseAES is disabled, explicitly disable UseAESCTRIntrinsics (with a warning when it was set on the command line), aligning behavior with the existing UseAES/UseAESIntrinsics gating and avoiding stub generation with inconsistent flag states.
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>> **Test:**
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>> GHA
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> Hi @vnkozlov and @ascarpino , Sorry for the ping — could you please take a look at this PR when you have a moment?

Hi @hgqxjj, I will take a look at the changes later today.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29338#issuecomment-3837219100