RFR: 8377307: Refactor code for AOT cache pointer compression [v2]

Ioi Lam iklam at openjdk.org
Mon Feb 9 21:25:05 UTC 2026


> AOT cache uses pointer compression to store 64-bit pointers in 32 bits. Currently the compression algorithm is simply (base + narrowPtr). However, in [JDK-8376125](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8376125), we may change it to (base + narrowPtr << 3).
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> This RFE changed the encoded pointer from an u4 to (thanks to @jdksjolen for the idea):
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> enum class narrowPtr : u4;
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> This allows better tracking of where the encoded pointers are stored. Also, we can distinguish between byte offsets vs encoded pointers -- they currently have the same numerical values but after [JDK-8376125](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8376125), they will be different.
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> Also minor clean up in ArchiveBuilder to change some `uintx` to `size_t`, which is used by `pointer_delta()`.

Ioi Lam has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:

 - restored assert
 - @jdksjolen review comments

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29590/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29590/files/3b2e2057..7c4a3a50

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=29590&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=29590&range=00-01

  Stats: 86 lines in 9 files changed: 5 ins; 34 del; 47 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29590.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/29590/head:pull/29590

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29590


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