On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:03:22 GMT, Hannes Wallnöfer <hann...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> I have narrowed down the performance regression to the modularity check 
> introduced in JDK-8240169. Since this check is not necessary if we know that 
> the element list's modularity matches that of the library we can omit the 
> modularity check when linking to platform libraries using our own element 
> lists. 
> 
> Unfortunately, while recent element lists match the modular JDK libraries, 
> the ones for JDK 9 and 10 do not. The patch therefore adds module tags to the 
> lists for these two versions. For JDK 10, this is a relatively simple change 
> because the packages were already ordered by module. For JDK 9 the change 
> unfortunately requires changing the order of packages. I've written a small 
> utility program to convert the list and have double-checked its content 
> matches the old list.
> 
> Performance should be very close to where it was before the regression. I 
> haven't run the benchmarks on the final version because I currently have some 
> background tasks running, but I will do so eventually before integration.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 0779adde
Author:    Hannes Wallnöfer <hann...@openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/0779adde
Stats:     787 lines in 4 files changed: 447 ins; 331 del; 9 mod

8255059: Regressions >5% in all Javadoc benchmarks in 16-b19

Reviewed-by: jjg

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2221

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