RFR 8216327 [lworld][c1] checkcast for value type should throw NullPointerException with null operand

[Tobias Hartmann]

Hi Ioi,

what about Point.box? No null check is needed in that case.

Also, why do you need to deoptimize?

Best regards,
Tobias

On 08.01.19 06:29, Ioi Lam wrote:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8216327
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iklam/valhalla/8216327-c1-checkcast-null.v01/
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> Please review this small fix.
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> When we have something like this:
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> static Point test() {
>     Object o = null;
>     Point p = (Point)o;
>     return p;
> }
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> Deoptimize and let the interpreter generate the NPE.
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> Thanks
> - Ioi
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