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  2. JDK-8269986

Remove +3 from Symbol::identity_hash()

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    • Enhancement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • P4
    • 18
    • 18
    • hotspot
    • None
    • b24

    Description

      https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/01c29d8f2c865009c0d5379ba2e2cd4d3015f018/src/hotspot/share/oops/symbol.hpp#L158

        unsigned identity_hash() const {
          unsigned addr_bits = (unsigned)((uintptr_t)this >> (LogMinObjAlignmentInBytes + 3));
          return ((unsigned)extract_hash(_hash_and_refcount) & 0xffff) |
                 ((addr_bits ^ (length() << 8) ^ (( _body[0] << 8) | _body[1])) << 16);
        }

      The "+3" in the shift was introduced in JDK-8130115.

      If I remember correctly, the intention was to avoid getting the same value for these bits:

          (((uintptr_t)this) >> LogMinObjAlignmentInBytes) & 0x07)

      However, it may not be necessary. The Symbols are of variable sizes (the string body is allocated as part of the Symbol).

      I wrote a program to analyze the distribution of the above expression (see attachment count_syms.tcl). Its values are equally distributed (Linux/amd64).

      This means it's safe to get rid of this suspicious +3 to make the code simpler.


      ==============
      - check the distribution with CDS disabled:

      $ java -XX:+UseNewCode -Xshare:off -cp ~/tmp HelloWorld | tclsh ~/count_syms.tcl
      0: +++++++++++++++++
      1: +++++++++++++++
      2: +++++++++++++++++
      3: ++++++++++++++++
      4: ++++++++++++++++++
      5: +++++++++++++++
      6: ++++++++++++++++++
      7: +++++++++++++++
      0: 2506
      1: 2161
      2: 2499
      3: 2245
      4: 2548
      5: 2174
      6: 2537
      7: 2134

      - check the distribution for all symbols in the CDS archive

      $ java -XX:+UseNewCode -Xshare:dump | tclsh ~/count_syms.tcl
      0: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      1: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      2: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      3: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      4: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      5: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      6: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      7: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      0: 4842
      1: 5017
      2: 4880
      3: 4946
      4: 4804
      5: 4932
      6: 4948
      7: 4912

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              iklam Ioi Lam
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