[lworld] RFR: 8375441: [lworld] C2: assert(is_instance()) failed: bad cast [v4]

[Tobias Hartmann]

On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 21:51:25 GMT, Marc Chevalier <mchevalier at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Some code added by [JDK-8372700](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8372700) can compute the constant value of a field of a (flatten) element in a flat array. We get a crash when the element of the array is known to be `null`, and so the field doesn't exist.
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>> So, let's just check in `ciConstant ciFlatArray::field_value(int index, ciField* field)` whether we get a null constant before interpreting it as a `ciInstance` and trying to retrieve a field from there. This should be enough since a `ciObject` is (directly) derived by `ciNullObject`, `ciInstance` and `ciArray`. Since we are looking up a value of a flat array, an element cannot be a `ciArray` (arrays have identities and can't be contained in a flat array). After looking up whether the flat array element is null, the `obj->as_instance()` cast acts as an assert, should we ever add another derived class from `ciObject`.
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>> In case of a null array element, `field_value` simply returns an invalid `ciConstant`.
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>> Tested with tier1,tier2,tier3,hs-precheckin-comp,hs-comp-stress,valhalla-comp-stress. Looks good.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Marc
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> Marc Chevalier has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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This looks good to me too. Great work Marc!

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Marked as reviewed by thartmann (Committer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1923#pullrequestreview-3778138844