RFR: 8259065: java.security.Provider should cache default constructors

Claes Redestad redestad at openjdk.java.net
Tue Jan 5 10:18:07 UTC 2021


By caching default constructors used in `java.security.Provider::newInstanceUtil` in a `ClassValue`, we can reduce the overhead of allocating instances in a variety of places, e.g., `MessageDigest::getInstance`, without compromising thread-safety or security.

On the provided microbenchmark `MessageDigest.getInstance(digesterName)` improves substantially for any `digesterName` - around -90ns/op and -120B/op:
Benchmark                                                                  (digesterName)  Mode  Cnt     Score     Error   Units
GetMessageDigest.getInstance                                                          md5  avgt   30   293.929 ±  11.294   ns/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstance:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                                      md5  avgt   30   424.028 ±   0.003    B/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstance                                                        SHA-1  avgt   30   322.928 ±  16.503   ns/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstance:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                                    SHA-1  avgt   30   688.039 ±   0.003    B/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstance                                                      SHA-256  avgt   30   338.140 ±  13.902   ns/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstance:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                                  SHA-256  avgt   30   640.037 ±   0.002    B/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstanceWithProvider                                              md5  avgt   30   312.066 ±  12.805   ns/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstanceWithProvider:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                          md5  avgt   30   424.029 ±   0.003    B/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstanceWithProvider                                            SHA-1  avgt   30   345.777 ±  16.669   ns/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstanceWithProvider:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                        SHA-1  avgt   30   688.040 ±   0.003    B/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstanceWithProvider                                          SHA-256  avgt   30   371.134 ±  18.485   ns/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstanceWithProvider:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                      SHA-256  avgt   30   640.039 ±   0.004    B/op
Patch:
Benchmark                                                                  (digesterName)  Mode  Cnt     Score     Error   Units
GetMessageDigest.getInstance                                                          md5  avgt   30   210.629 ±   6.598   ns/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstance:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                                      md5  avgt   30   304.021 ±   0.002    B/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstance                                                        SHA-1  avgt   30   229.161 ±   8.158   ns/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstance:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                                    SHA-1  avgt   30   568.030 ±   0.002    B/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstance                                                      SHA-256  avgt   30   260.013 ±  15.032   ns/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstance:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                                  SHA-256  avgt   30   520.030 ±   0.002    B/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstanceWithProvider                                              md5  avgt   30   231.928 ±  10.455   ns/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstanceWithProvider:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                          md5  avgt   30   304.020 ±   0.002    B/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstanceWithProvider                                            SHA-1  avgt   30   247.178 ±  11.209   ns/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstanceWithProvider:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                        SHA-1  avgt   30   568.029 ±   0.002    B/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstanceWithProvider                                          SHA-256  avgt   30   265.625 ±  10.465   ns/op
GetMessageDigest.getInstanceWithProvider:·gc.alloc.rate.norm                      SHA-256  avgt   30   520.030 ±   0.003    B/op

See: https://cl4es.github.io/2021/01/04/Investigating-MD5-Overheads.html#reflection-overheads for context.

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Commit messages:
 - NSPE
 - Add provider-based micro, reduce digesters checked by default
 - Add GetMessageDigests micro
 - Missing static
 - 8259065: java.security.Provider should cache default constructors

Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1933/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=1933&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8259065
  Stats: 98 lines in 2 files changed: 94 ins; 2 del; 2 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1933.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/1933/head:pull/1933

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1933



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