RFR: 8330388: Remove invokedynamic cache index encoding

Coleen Phillimore coleenp at openjdk.org
Thu Apr 18 11:22:00 UTC 2024


On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:26:52 GMT, Matias Saavedra Silva <matsaave at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Before [JDK-8307190](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8307190), [JDK-8309673](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8309673), and [JDK-8301995](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8301995), invokedynamic operands needed to be rewritten to encoded values to better distinguish indy entries from other cp cache entries. The above changes now distinguish between entries with `to_cp_index()` using the bytecode, which is now propagated by the callers.
> 
> The encoding flips the bits of the index so the encoded index is always negative, leading to access errors if there is no matching decode call. These calls are removed with some methods adjusted to distinguish between indices with the bytecode. Verified with tier 1-5 tests.

To borrow @shipilev's comment from a different PR, Good Riddance!

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Marked as reviewed by coleenp (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18819#pullrequestreview-2008602360


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