RFR: 8377172: Change datatype of CodeEntryAlignment to uint [v2]

[Leo Korinth]

On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:21:53 GMT, Manuel Hässig <mhaessig at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Leo Korinth has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   remove range
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> src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlagConstraintsCompiler.cpp line 244:
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>> 242:   }
>> 243: 
>> 244:   if (checked_cast<uintx>(OptoLoopAlignment) > CodeEntryAlignment) {
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> Why not cast it all the way down to `uint` when you are already using a checked cast?

Both works, I could also cast to an `uint16_t` as well. The `uintx` cast does less narrowing, that is why I chose it.

Ideally  `OptoLoopAlignment` should be changed to a `uint` as well. But I need to stop somewhere. If it was not for the 32 bit world, I would not need to do the cast at all.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29637#discussion_r2787875904