RFR (XL): 8019972: PPC64 (part 9): platform files for interpreter only VM.

David Holmes david.holmes at oracle.com
Tue Jul 23 00:54:01 PDT 2013


On 23/07/2013 6:03 AM, Vladimir Kozlov wrote:
> On 7/22/13 11:03 AM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
>>
>> I don't really care about the guard.  Just tell me what to do...
>
> To be safe leave guards with PPC64 check instead of _lp64 as you suggested.

Yes please do that. I think the guard is important as this is a 
bit-neutral file. If/when someone creates a 32-bit PPC port we don't 
want them to have to re-discover the atomicity bugs with jlong/jdouble 
that were found on the existing platforms.

Thanks,
David

> Do you plan to implement ppc32 or ppc64+lp32 or you can't tell me :) ? :
>
> jniTypes_ppc.hpp:
>
>   48 #ifndef PPC64
>   49 #error "ppc32 support currently not implemented!!!"
>   50 #endif // PPC64
>
> Our reviews are based on assumption that this port only supports
> PPC64+LP64 combination. Is this correct assumption?
>
> Do you really need to check __APPLE__ in jni_ppc.h? Yes, I have old ppc
> based macbook pro. But do we need it in this port?
>
> Regards,
> Vladimir
>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>    Goetz.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vladimir Kozlov [mailto:vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com]
>> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 6:48 PM
>> To: Lindenmaier, Goetz
>> Cc: David Holmes; ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net;
>> hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net
>> Subject: Re: RFR (XL): 8019972: PPC64 (part 9): platform files for
>> interpreter only VM.
>>
>> On 7/22/13 5:40 AM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
>>>> ??? Or do you propose to change both of them to PPC64?
>>> Yes, sure, I want to change both.
>>
>> Why do we need this error if this code is only for PPC64 port? We will
>> have other compilation errors if we try to use
>> these sources for something else as we found already. Do you have an
>> other usage so you need this guard?
>>
>>>> All of the existing 64-bit ports have a direct correspondence between
>>>> the 64-bit platform designator (sparcv9, amd64, x86_64) and LP64.
>>>
>>> I know.  And obviously there is a correspondence, as no one will
>>> Implement an LG64 memory model on a 32 bit machine.
>>> But the usage intermingles different memory model and architecture:
>>>
>>> E.g., the register declaration in register_x86_hpp is fine:
>>>
>>> #ifdef AMD64
>>> CONSTANT_REGISTER_DECLARATION(Register, r8,     (8));
>>>
>>> But I think this makes no sense (assembler_x86.hpp):
>>>
>>> #ifdef _LP64
>>>     void movsbq(Register dst, Address src);
>>>     void movsbq(Register dst, Register src);
>>>     // Move signed 32bit immediate to 64bit extending sign
>>>     void movslq(Address  dst, int32_t imm64);
>>>     void movslq(Register dst, int32_t imm64);
>>>
>>> and should be guarded by AMD64.
>>
>> Strictly speaking you are right. But we will never do ilp32 for AMD64
>> so using _LP64 works for us. Also using AMD64
>> sometimes rise questions about Intel x64. So using _LP64 is more neutral.
>>
>>> And I want to get the PPC port right in such matters.
>>
>> I agree with this since ppc is more flexible than x86, it seems.
>>
>>> I'm currently removing the ppc_ prefixes ... big fun:)
>>
>> Sorry about that.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Vladimir
>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>     Goetz.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David Holmes [mailto:david.holmes at oracle.com]
>>> Sent: Montag, 22. Juli 2013 13:38
>>> To: Lindenmaier, Goetz
>>> Cc: Vladimir Kozlov; ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net;
>>> hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>> Subject: Re: RFR (XL): 8019972: PPC64 (part 9): platform files for
>>> interpreter only VM.
>>>
>>> On 22/07/2013 5:14 PM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
>>>
>>>   > Hi David,
>>>
>>>   >
>>>
>>>   > PPC64: describes an instruction set / machine with all it's
>>> specialities.  And the instruction set
>>>
>>>   >             we implemented the port for has an atomic 64-bit
>>> instruction.
>>>
>>>   > LP64 describes a memory model.  I.E, long == 64bit, int == 32bit
>>> , pointer == 64 bit.
>>>
>>>   > In contraditction to ILP64 (int == 64bit) etc, which you could as
>>> well implement with the
>>>
>>>   > PPC64 instruction set. You could also implement a system with
>>> ILP32 on PPC64, and then
>>>
>>>   > you would have an atomic 64-bit instruction.
>>>
>>> That still doesn't explain why you think LP64 is okay for the atomic
>>>
>>> file but you want PPC64 for the orderAccess file. ??? Or do you propose
>>>
>>> to change both of them to PPC64?
>>>
>>> All of the existing 64-bit ports have a direct correspondence between
>>>
>>> the 64-bit platform designator (sparcv9, amd64, x86_64) and LP64. LP64
>>>
>>> is the only 64-bit data model that the OpenJDK sources support.
>>>
>>>   > Compressed oops make sense to protect with LP64, because they are
>>> only helpful
>>>
>>>   > with 64 bit pointers.  While usage of LP64 is not exactly correct
>>> here, ILP64, SLP64
>>>
>>>   > etc would also use compressed oops.  But it's close enough I guess.
>>>
>>> I'm not concerned about compressed oops. No idea where that came from
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> ------
>>>
>>>   > Best regards,
>>>
>>>   >    Goetz.
>>>
>>>   >
>>>
>>>   > -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>>   > From: David Holmes [mailto:david.holmes at oracle.com]
>>>
>>>   > Sent: Montag, 22. Juli 2013 05:27
>>>
>>>   > To: Lindenmaier, Goetz
>>>
>>>   > Cc: hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>> <mailto:hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net>; ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>> <mailto:ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net>; Vladimir Kozlov
>>>
>>>   > Subject: Re: RFR (XL): 8019972: PPC64 (part 9): platform files
>>> for interpreter only VM.
>>>
>>>   >
>>>
>>>   > On 20/07/2013 5:47 AM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
>>>
>>>   >> Hi David,
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >>> I think orderAccess_linux_ppc.inline.hpp should have:
>>>
>>>   >>>      34 #ifndef _LP64
>>>
>>>   >>>      35 #error "Atomic currently only impleneted for PPC64"
>>>
>>>   >>>      36 #endif
>>>
>>>   >> You're right, I'll fix this.
>>>
>>>   >> If you don't object I'll guard it by PPC64 as it depends on the
>>>
>>>   >> processor architecture and not the memory model.
>>>
>>>   >
>>>
>>>   > Is there some case where _LP64 would be true but PPC64 would not
>>> be ???
>>>
>>>   > They seem effectively interchangeable but I don't know why you
>>> would use
>>>
>>>   > one in one file and the other in another file ??
>>>
>>>   >
>>>
>>>   > Thanks,
>>>
>>>   > David
>>>
>>>   >
>>>
>>>   >> If I will change the ppc_ prefixes that'll take a bit, especially
>>>
>>>   >> as I will have to adapt all the alignments :(.
>>>
>>>   >> But that does not matter, as we need to wait for your build
>>>
>>>   >> change anyways.
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >> Best regards,
>>>
>>>   >>     Goetz.
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>>   >> From: David Holmes [mailto:david.holmes at oracle.com]
>>>
>>>   >> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 7:29 AM
>>>
>>>   >> To: Lindenmaier, Goetz
>>>
>>>   >> Cc: hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>> <mailto:hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net>; ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>> <mailto:ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net>; Vladimir Kozlov
>>>
>>>   >> Subject: Re: RFR (XL): 8019972: PPC64 (part 9): platform files
>>> for interpreter only VM.
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >> Hi Goetz,
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >> Only a brief glance through ...
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >> I think orderAccess_linux_ppc.inline.hpp should have:
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >>      34 #ifndef _LP64
>>>
>>>   >>      35 #error "Atomic currently only impleneted for PPC64"
>>>
>>>   >>      36 #endif
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >> the same as in atomic_linux_ppc.inline.hpp (the jlong variants
>>> will only
>>>
>>>   >> be atomic on ppc64).
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >> BTW typo: 35 #error "Atomic currently only impleneted for PPC64"
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >> I also find the ppc_ prefix used in the assembly code somewhat
>>> redundant.
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >> David
>>>
>>>   >> -----
>>>
>>>   >>
>>>
>>>   >> On 18/07/2013 1:34 AM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
>>>
>>>   >>> Hi,
>>>
>>>   >>>
>>>
>>>   >>> This time with webrev. Sorry for the double mails.
>>>
>>>   >>>
>>>
>>>   >>> This change contains all the files in cpu/ppc and
>>> os_cpu/linux_ppc needed for
>>>
>>>   >>> the PPC64 interpreter port on linux.
>>>
>>>   >>>
>>>
>>>   >>> With this change you can do a core build on ppc64 and run the
>>> VM interpreter only.
>>>
>>>   >>> It executes simple programs as jvm98.
>>>
>>>   >>> The change requires
>>>
>>>   >>>
>>>
>>>   >>> *         8016697: Use stubs to implement safefetch
>>>
>>>   >>>
>>>
>>>   >>> *         8020059: The flag introduced by 8014972 is not
>>> defined ...
>>>
>>>   >>> which will arrive soon in the staging repository.
>>>
>>>   >>>
>>>
>>>   >>> I marked the change as XL as it contains a lot of code.
>>> Nevertheless the
>>>
>>>   >>> code has no impact on the existing Oracle platforms.
>>>
>>>   >>>
>>>
>>>   >>> The change touches a single shared file, globals.hpp, removing a
>>>
>>>   >>> special case introduced for the port.  This is because we
>>>
>>>   >>> integrated some changes earlier than originally intended.
>>>
>>>   >>>
>>>
>>>   >>> Please review the change.  Does it need testing on Oracle side?
>>>
>>>   >>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~goetz/webrevs/8019972-ppc_files/
>>>
>>>   >>>
>>>
>>>   >>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>   >>>      Goetz.
>>>
>>>   >>>
>>>


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