RFR: 8074345: Enable RewriteBytecodes when VM runs with CDS

Yumin Qi yumin.qi at oracle.com
Wed Mar 25 16:55:09 UTC 2015


Thanks

On 3/25/2015 9:38 AM, Ioi Lam wrote:
> Hi Yumin,
>
> The changes look good. Just a few nits:
>
> *src/share/vm/interpreter/bytecodes.hpp:**
> *
>  293     // Rewritten at CDS dump time to | Original bytecode
>  294     // _invoke_virtual rewritten on sparc, will be disabled if 
> UseSharedSpaces turned on.
>  295     // ------------------------------+------------------
>  296     _nofast_getfield      , //  <- _getfield
>  297     _nofast_putfield      , //  <- _putfield
>  298     _nofast_aload_0       , //  <- _aload_0
>  299     _nofast_iload         , //  <- _iload
>
> I think it should be reformatted to line up the columns:
>
>  293     // Rewritten at CDS dump time to | Original bytecode
> 295     // ------------------------------+------------------
>  296     _nofast_getfield      ,         //  <- _getfield
>  297     _nofast_putfield      ,         //  <- _putfield
>  298     _nofast_aload_0       ,         //  <- _aload_0
>  299     _nofast_iload         ,         //  <- _iload
> 230     // NOTE: _invoke_virtual is rewritten only on sparc. This will 
> be disabled if
>          // UseSharedSpaces turned on.
>
Sure.
> *src/share/vm/interpreter/rewriter.cpp:*
>
> There are many places that modify the Method object. Instead of 
> putting asserts at all the places where an actual modification 
> happens, I think it's better to use only one assert at the Rewriter 
> entry point, and remove the other assets that you added:
>
>  516 void Rewriter::rewrite(instanceKlassHandle klass, TRAPS) {
> +      if (!DumpSharedSpaces) {
> + assert(!MetaspaceShared::is_in_shared_space(klass()), "archive 
> methods must not be rewritten at run time");
> +      }
> 517   ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
>  518   Rewriter     rw(klass, klass->constants(), klass->methods(), 
> CHECK);
>  519   // (That's all, folks.)
>  520 }
>
Sure.
> Also, I am not sure if the PPC directories in the repo have been 
> 'locked' or not, but I guess you will find out when you do the push.
>
I will get rid of the ppc change in next webrev.

Yumin
> I am not a Reviewer, so probably Coleen needs to look at this as well.
>
> Thanks
> - Ioi
>
> On 3/20/15, 1:53 PM, Yumin Qi wrote:
>> Hi, Coleen and all
>>
>>   New version with suggested changes can be reviewed at:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~minqi/8074345/webrev02/
>>
>>   Removed _fast_invokeinvirtual from last version, disable rewriting 
>> _invokevirtual if UseSharedSpaces turned on. Only on sparc 
>> _invokevirtual got rewritten.  Other platforms as unimplemented.
>>
>>   Thanks
>>   Yumin
>>
>> On 3/11/2015 1:23 PM, Yumin Qi wrote:
>>> Thanks, I will have another webrev after build/test/perf test.
>>>
>>> Yumin
>>>
>>> On 3/11/2015 1:11 PM, Coleen Phillimore wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Yumin,  One comment embedded.
>>>>
>>>> On 3/11/15, 2:04 PM, Yumin Qi wrote:
>>>>> Hi, Coleen
>>>>>
>>>>>   Thanks for the review. See embedded.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3/10/2015 2:54 PM, Coleen Phillimore wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yumin,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The new bytecode approach came out pretty cleanly, or as cleanly 
>>>>>> as this could be.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The file templateTable_x86_32 and 64 have just been merged, so 
>>>>>> you'll have to make your change in the new version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also have some comments:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~minqi/8074345/src/share/vm/interpreter/rewriter.cpp.udiff.html 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Typo "rewirting"
>>>>>>
>>>>> Sure.
>>>>>> In these files, can you break up the long lines into three lines?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -  if (!is_static) { patch_bytecode(Bytecodes::_fast_fgetfield, 
>>>>>> Rbc, Rscratch); }
>>>>>> +  if (!is_static && rc == MAY_REWRITE) { 
>>>>>> patch_bytecode(Bytecodes::_fast_fgetfield, Rbc, Rscratch); }
>>>>>>
>>>>> Sure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~minqi/8074345/src/share/vm/interpreter/bytecodes.hpp.udiff.html 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How many bytecodes do we have now?  We're limited to 255 (or 256) 
>>>>>> and there are other new bytecodes being added.
>>>>>>
>>>>> now total is 234 (after the fix). See below answer.
>>>>>> What was the performance benefit to this?   I think if we wanted 
>>>>>> to be conservative, we'd turn off RewriteFrequentPairs and only 
>>>>>> do nofast_getfield and nofast_putfield.  I think they were the 
>>>>>> only bytecodes that actually affected performance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In this file above, can you remove the last block of comments 
>>>>>> about fast_linearswitch and fast_ldc?  I think this confuses 
>>>>>> rewriting in the interpreter and rewriting in the rewriter, or 
>>>>>> rather makes the confusion worse.  I don't think this comment is 
>>>>>> helpful.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd prefer to see the first comment smaller also, like:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +    // These bytecodes are rewritten at CDS dump time, so that 
>>>>>> we can prevent them from being
>>>>>> +    // rewritten at run time. This way, the ConstMethods can be 
>>>>>> placed in the CDS ReadOnly
>>>>>> +    // section, and RewriteByteCodes/RewriteFrequentPairs can 
>>>>>> rewrite non-CDS bytecodes
>>>>>> +    // at run time.
>>>>>> +    _nofast_getfield      ,
>>>>>> +    _nofast_putfield      ,
>>>>>> +    _nofast_aload_0       ,
>>>>>> +    _nofast_iload         ,
>>>>>> +    _nofast_invokevirtual ,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's sort of obvious which bytecode they rewrite.  I don't know 
>>>>>> how much performance fast_invokevfinal is worth.  I thought I 
>>>>>> deleted it.  Can we not rewrite this so we don't waste another 
>>>>>> bytecode on it?  Maybe add a RewriteVFinal option and consider 
>>>>>> removing it for the future?  x86 doesn't use it and I can't see 
>>>>>> how this would save any significant performance to be worth having!
>>>>>>
>>>>> _invokevirtual got rewritten on sparc and ppc. Now ppc is removed, 
>>>>> no need to take care for it. For sparc, it does patch code. I am 
>>>>> thinking of a way if we need to add _nofast_code as you indicated, 
>>>>> we only have 255 codes to use.
>>>>
>>>> PPC isn't removed from the open repository.
>>>>>
>>>>>    bool not_rewrite = UseSharedSpaces && RewriteBytecodes && 
>>>>> RewriteFrequentPair;
>>>>
>>>> I think the conditional would be
>>>>
>>>>    bool not_rewrite = UseSharedSpaces || !RewriteBytecodes;
>>>>>
>>>>>    Can this boolean decide if we not rewrite the bytecode to fast? 
>>>>> If so, I can remove all the _nofast_code and do not patch code 
>>>>> when it is on.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, this would be nice to not add the bytecode.
>>>>
>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~minqi/8074345/src/share/vm/interpreter/templateTable.hpp.udiff.html 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +  enum RewriteControl { MAY_REWRITE, MAY_NOT_REWRITE };  // 
>>>>>> control for fast code under CDS
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know what our coding standard is but in the 
>>>>>> templateTable_<cpu>.cpp files these strings look like macros. I'd 
>>>>>> rather see them as MayRewrite or MayNotRewrite.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Agree.
>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~minqi/8074345/src/cpu/sparc/vm/templateTable_sparc.cpp.udiff.html 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think there's a java_code() function that returns the original 
>>>>>> bytecode that you could use instead of the case statement in 
>>>>>> resolve_cache_and_index().   The indentation is odd in the 
>>>>>> webrev. This probably applies to the other cpu directories.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One last question below:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/5/15, 4:21 PM, Yumin Qi wrote:
>>>>>>> Please review:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8074345
>>>>>>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~minqi/8074345/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Summary: Currently CDS when is disabled, RewriteBytecodes and 
>>>>>>> RewriteFrequentPairs are disabled due to ConstantMethod in CDS 
>>>>>>> are mapped read only. So memory fault will be triggered when 
>>>>>>> RewriteBytecodes turned on. This also disable all method 
>>>>>>> rewritten, leads interpreter run slower. Observed about 2% 
>>>>>>> regression with C2 on some benchmarks, since interpreter speed 
>>>>>>> is important to C2. By enable RewriteBytecodes and 
>>>>>>> RewriteFrequentPairs under CDS enabled, adding _nofast_xxxx for 
>>>>>>> corresponding fast codes at dump time to avoid byte code 
>>>>>>> rewritten at run time, we prevent byte code rewritten and modify 
>>>>>>> the read only shared portion in CDS. Meanwhile other byte codes 
>>>>>>> with fast codes still get speed up.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tests: JPRT, jtreg, refworkload (20+ benchmarks) on all 
>>>>>>> supported platforms.  Interpreter only tests showed about 3% 
>>>>>>> improvement.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What performance did you measure?  Is it -Xint -Xshare:on with 
>>>>>> and without your patch?  It was only 3% better?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What was the difference in performance with -Xint 
>>>>>> -XX:-RewriteBytecodes vs. -Xint 
>>>>>> -XX:+RewriteBytecodes/FrequentPairs? I thought this was around 15%.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I will send you a separate email of the links which run with 
>>>>> CDS/NoCDS/CDS+Int
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the links.  From your experiments, I think your 
>>>> performance improvement with your patch and CDS with -Xmixed is 4%. 
>>>> That's good enough for a couple of bytecodes.
>>>>
>>>> Coleen
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Yumin
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Coleen
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> Yumin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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