RFR 6642881: Improve performance of Class.getClassLoader()
Coleen Phillimore
coleen.phillimore at oracle.com
Mon Jun 16 15:42:30 UTC 2014
Summary: Add classLoader to java/lang/Class instance for fast access
In order to improve performance of Class.getClassLoader() in a way to
allow the compilers to automatically optimize this call, I added the
classLoader to the instance of java/lang/Class. For microbenchmarks,
this results in a 98% improvement, which was expected. For Oracle
internal applications, this results in a 10-12% improvement on
solaris/sparc. The increase in size of java/lang/Class can be offset
by other changes (removing constant pool lock, or removing signers).
See bug link https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6642881 and
associated linked bugs for more details.
open webrev at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/6642881_hotspot/
open webrev at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/6642881_jdk/
There is both hotspot and jdk changes for this change. The hotspot
changes can work without the jdk changes (check for optional field), but
not vice-versa. I'll file another bug (and compatibility request) to
remove JVM_GetClassLoader from hotspot.
Tested with jck lang, vm, api/java_lang tests with/without jdk change,
nsk vm.quick.testlist and hotspot jtreg tests, and jprt.
Thanks,
Coleen
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