RFR: 8377597: [Leyden] Improve peak performance when AOT code is used

[Vladimir Kozlov]

On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:26:09 GMT, Vladimir Kozlov <kvn at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Currently some AOT code could be used for long time after startup. It could case peak performance regression because AOT code is conservative and have several restrictions on optimizations it can do.
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> Introduce AOT code entry counter to request JIT compilation and replace AOT code after some threshold is reached. Use invocation count of C2 code during training run as threshold for AOT code replacement during production run.
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> Here some results running JavacBanch JMH benchmark on linux-x64 (numactl -C 0-3 -m 0`)
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> java -jar javac.jar -f 1 -bm ss -wi 0 -i 100 JavacBench.helloWorld1k
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> <img width="781" height="466" alt="Screenshot 2026-02-10 at 1 25 30 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/58d973bf-9881-45d9-acb8-40b18ca02a06" />
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> <img width="486" height="178" alt="Screenshot 2026-02-10 at 1 22 24 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/19fff702-2302-4e43-a093-5c6981a069ba" />
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> ...
> <img width="479" height="153" alt="Screenshot 2026-02-10 at 1 24 09 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/72e9d81d-bce2-482c-aaea-a32a192a8899" />

Note, `compiler/inlining/TestSubtypeCheckTypeInfo.java` fails in premain repo too.
I filed bug[JDK-8377618]( https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8377618)

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/leyden/pull/110#issuecomment-3881189097