RFR: 8370220: C2: rename methods and improve documentation around get_ctrl and idom lazy updating/forwarding of ctrl and idom via dead ctrl nodes [v7]
Tobias Hartmann
thartmann at openjdk.org
Tue Oct 21 08:38:23 UTC 2025
On Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:20:26 GMT, Emanuel Peter <epeter at openjdk.org> wrote:
>> When working on https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/27889, I was irritated by the lack of documentation and suboptimal naming.
>>
>> Here, I'm doing the following:
>> - Add more documentation, and improve it in other cases.
>> - Rename "lazy" methods: "lazy" could indicate that we delay it somehow until later, but it is unclear what is delayed.
>> - `lazy_replace` -> `replace_ctrl_node_and_forward_ctrl_and_idom`
>> - `lazy_update` -> `install_lazy_ctrl_and_idom_forwarding`
>> - Made some methods private, and added some additional asserts.
>>
>> I'd be more than happy for even better names, and suggestions how to improve the documentation further :)
>>
>> Related issues:
>> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/27889
>> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/15720
>
> Emanuel Peter has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>
> renaming for Tobias
Nice improvement, looks good to me!
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Marked as reviewed by thartmann (Reviewer).
PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27892#pullrequestreview-3359424704
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