Integrated: 8266622: Optimize Class.descriptorString() and Class.getCanonicalName0()

[Сергей Цыпанов]

On Thu, 6 May 2021 15:20:23 GMT, Сергей Цыпанов <github.com+10835776+stsypanov at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hello, from discussion in https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/3464 and https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/2212 it appears, that in `j.l.Class` expressions like
> 
> String str = baseName.replace('.', '/') + '/' + name;
> 
> are not compiled into invokedynamic-based code, but into one using `StringBuilder`.
> 
> This happens due to some bootstraping issues. Currently the bytecode for the last (most often used) branch of `Class.descriptorString()` looks like
> 
> public sb()Ljava/lang/String;
>    L0
>     LINENUMBER 21 L0
>     NEW java/lang/StringBuilder
>     DUP
>     INVOKESPECIAL java/lang/StringBuilder.<init> ()V
>     ASTORE 1
>    L1
>     LINENUMBER 23 L1
>     ALOAD 1
>     LDC "a"
>     INVOKEVIRTUAL java/lang/StringBuilder.append (Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;
>     POP
>    L2
>     LINENUMBER 24 L2
>     ALOAD 1
>     LDC "b"
>     INVOKEVIRTUAL java/lang/StringBuilder.append (Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;
>     POP
>    L3
>     LINENUMBER 26 L3
>     ALOAD 1
>     INVOKEVIRTUAL java/lang/StringBuilder.toString ()Ljava/lang/String;
>     ARETURN
> 
> Here the `StringBuilder` is created with default constructor and then expands if necessary while appending. 
> 
> This can be improved by manually allocating `StringBuilder` of exact size. The benchmark demonstrates measurable improvement:
> 
> @State(Scope.Benchmark)
> @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
> @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
> @Fork(jvmArgsAppend = {"-Xms2g", "-Xmx2g"})
> public class ClassDescriptorStringBenchmark {
> 
>     private final Class<?> clazzWithShortDescriptor = Object.class;
>     private final Class<?> clazzWithLongDescriptor = getClass();
> 
>     @Benchmark
>     public String descriptorString_short() {
>         return clazzWithShortDescriptor.descriptorString();
>     }
> 
>     @Benchmark
>     public String descriptorString_long() {
>         return clazzWithLongDescriptor.descriptorString();
>     }
> }
> 
> 
> 
> original
> -Xint
>                                                Mode     Score     Error   Units
> descriptorString_long                          avgt  6326.478 ± 107.251   ns/op
> descriptorString_short                         avgt  5220.729 ± 103.545   ns/op
> descriptorString_long:·gc.alloc.rate.norm      avgt   528.089 ±   0.021    B/op
> descriptorString_short:·gc.alloc.rate.norm     avgt   232.036 ±   0.015    B/op
> 
> -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1
>                                                Mode      Score    Error   Units
> descriptorString_long                          avgt    230.223 ±  1.254   ns/op
> descriptorString_short                         avgt    164.255 ±  0.755   ns/op
> descriptorString_long:·gc.alloc.rate.norm      avgt    528.046 ±  0.002    B/op
> descriptorString_short:·gc.alloc.rate.norm     avgt    232.022 ±  0.001    B/op
> 
> full
>                                                Mode      Score     Error   Units
> descriptorString_long                          avgt     74.835 ±   0.262   ns/op
> descriptorString_short                         avgt     43.822 ±   0.788   ns/op
> descriptorString_long:·gc.alloc.rate.norm      avgt    504.010 ±   0.001    B/op
> descriptorString_short:·gc.alloc.rate.norm     avgt    208.004 ±   0.001    B/op
> 
> ------------------------
> patched
> -Xint
>                                                Mode      Score     Error   Units
> descriptorString_long                          avgt   4485.994 ±  60.173   ns/op
> descriptorString_short                         avgt   3949.965 ± 278.143   ns/op
> descriptorString_long:·gc.alloc.rate.norm      avgt    336.051 ±   0.004    B/op
> descriptorString_short:·gc.alloc.rate.norm     avgt    184.027 ±   0.010    B/op
> 
> -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1
>                                                Mode        Score    Error   Units
> descriptorString_long                          avgt      185.774 ±  1.100   ns/op
> descriptorString_short                         avgt      135.338 ±  1.066   ns/op
> descriptorString_long:·gc.alloc.rate.norm      avgt      336.030 ±  0.001    B/op
> descriptorString_short:·gc.alloc.rate.norm     avgt      184.019 ±  0.001    B/op
> 
> full
>                                                Mode      Score     Error   Units
> descriptorString_long                          avgt     42.864 ±   0.160   ns/op
> descriptorString_short                         avgt     27.255 ±   0.381   ns/op
> descriptorString_long:·gc.alloc.rate.norm      avgt    224.005 ±   0.001    B/op
> descriptorString_short:·gc.alloc.rate.norm     avgt    120.002 ±   0.001    B/op
> 
> Same can be done also for Class.isHidden() branch in Class.descriptorString() and for Class.getCanonicalName0()

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: ebcf3991
Author:    Сергей Цыпанов <sergei.tsypanov at yandex.ru>
Committer: Claes Redestad <redestad at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/ebcf3991b79024ef35512e5aa2be5bd731acf9e0
Stats:     19 lines in 1 file changed: 15 ins; 0 del; 4 mod

8266622: Optimize Class.descriptorString() and Class.getCanonicalName0()

Reviewed-by: redestad

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3903