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  2. JDK-8244521

C2: x86_64 Java_To_Runtime calls should be direct

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    • Enhancement
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • P4
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    • 8, 11, 14, 15
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    Description

      There is the indirection to call form Java to runtime:

      x86_64.ad:

        enc_class Java_To_Runtime(method meth) %{
          // No relocation needed
          MacroAssembler _masm(&cbuf);
          __ mov64(r10, (int64_t) $meth$$method);
          __ call(r10);
        %}

      ...which ends up taking quite a bit of space (13 bytes):

        0x00007fd2884362a8: movabs $0x7fd2a010c520,%r10
        0x00007fd2884362b2: callq *%r10 ;*invokestatic nanoTime
        0x00007fd2884362b5: ...

      If we avoid that indirection, by calling to literal with proper reloc type (runtime call), then we take only 5 bytes:

        0x00007f5d84434ac8: callq 0x00007f5d9c5aa5b0 ; invokestatic nanoTime
        0x00007f5d84434acd: ...

      So it improves code density.

      This also enables better annotation in generated code. For example, Shenandoah barriers slowpath calls (emitted with CallLeaf) currently show up like this:

        0x00007faf7c4333ed: mov %rax,%rdi
        0x00007faf7c4333f0: movabs $0x7faf94b72fd0,%r10
        0x00007faf7c4333fa: callq *%r10

      ...and with the patch above, decoder finally grasps what that literal is pointing to:

        0x00007f5d8442f7e5: mov %rax,%rdi
        0x00007f5d8442f7e8: callq 0x00007f5d9c739060 ; {runtime_call ShenandoahRuntime::load_reference_barrier_narrow(oopDesc*, unsigned int*)}

      Proof-of-concept patch:
        https://cr.openjdk.java.net/~shade/8244521/webrev.01/

      Major caveat: there is actually no guarantee runtime call is near so we can do rip-based encoding. The size estimate needs to be adjusted for those cases...

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            shade Aleksey Shipilev
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