[lilliput-jdk17u:lilliput] RFR: 8310156: [Lilliput/JDK17] Specialize full-GC loops [v3]

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 10:23:25 GMT, Roman Kennke <rkennke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> We already ported most of [JDK-8305896](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8305896) to Lilliput/JDK17. What's missing is the specialization of the full-GC loops so that performance on the legacy path is not impacted and performance on the alt-GC-forwarding path is minimized.
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>> This corresponds to: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/13582/commits/6bbd29525b2864be37d96750ddc78f73d8eb0b65
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>> However, the changes differ significantly:
>> - G1 serial compaction is different
>> - There is no humongous compaction in JDK17 G1
>> - Serial GC has seen some refactors of the relevant loops between JDK17 and JDK22
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>> I see failing tests with Shenandoah, but they are pre-existing and should be investigated separately.
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>> Testing:
>>  - [x] hotspot_gc
>>  - [x] hotspot_gc -UCOH
>>  - [x] tier1 -XX:+UseG1GC
>>  - [x] tier1 -XX:+UseSerialGC
>>  - [x] tier1 -XX:+UseShenandoahGC (not clean, but no regressions, either)
>>  - [x] tier1 -XX:+UseG1GC -UCOH
>>  - [x] tier1 -XX:+UseSerialGC -UCOH
>>  - [x] tier1 -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -UCOH (not clean, but no regressions, either)
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> Roman Kennke has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/lilliput-jdk17u/pull/32#pullrequestreview-1487822884