RFR: 8291237: Encapsulate nmethod Deoptimization logic

Axel Boldt-Christmas duke at openjdk.org
Wed Jul 27 13:37:38 UTC 2022


The proposal is to encapsulate the nmethod mark for deoptimization logic in one place and only allow access to the `mark_for_deoptimization` from a closure object:
```C++
class DeoptimizationMarkerClosure : StackObj {
public:
  virtual void marker_do(Deoptimization::MarkFn mark_fn) = 0;
};

This closure takes a `MarkFn` which it uses to mark which nmethods should be deoptimized. This marking can only be done through the `MarkFn` and a `MarkFn` can only be created in the following code which runs the closure. 
```C++
{
  NoSafepointVerifier nsv;
  assert_locked_or_safepoint(Compile_lock);
  marker_closure.marker_do(MarkFn());
  anything_deoptimized = deoptimize_all_marked();
}
if (anything_deoptimized) {
  run_deoptimize_closure();
}

This ensures that this logic is encapsulated and the `NoSafepointVerifier` and `assert_locked_or_safepoint(Compile_lock)` makes `deoptimize_all_marked` not having to scan the whole code cache sound.

The exception to this pattern, from `InstanceKlass::unload_class`, is discussed in the JBS issue, and gives reasons why not marking for deoptimization there is ok.

An effect of this encapsulation is that the deoptimization logic was moved from the `CodeCache` class to the `Deoptimization` class and the class redefinition logic was moved from the `CodeCache` class to the `VM_RedefineClasses` class/operation. 

Testing: Tier 1-5

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Commit messages:
 - JDK-8291237: Encapsulate nmethod Deoptimization logic

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9655/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=9655&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8291237
  Stats: 719 lines in 21 files changed: 362 ins; 250 del; 107 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9655.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk pull/9655/head:pull/9655

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9655


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