On Wed, 24 May 2023 00:38:27 GMT, Dmitry Chuyko <dchu...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> Compiler Control (https://openjdk.org/jeps/165) provides method-context 
> dependent control of the JVM compilers (C1 and C2). The active directive 
> stack is built from the directive files passed with the 
> `-XX:CompilerDirectivesFile` diagnostic command-line option and the 
> Compiler.add_directives diagnostic command. It is also possible to clear all 
> directives or remove the top from the stack.
> 
> A matching directive will be applied at method compilation time when such 
> compilation is started. If directives are added or changed, but compilation 
> does not start, then the state of compiled methods doesn't correspond to the 
> rules. This is not an error, and it happens in long running applications when 
> directives are added or removed after compilation of methods that could be 
> matched. For example, the user decides that C2 compilation needs to be 
> disabled for some method due to a compiler bug, issues such a directive but 
> this does not affect the application behavior. In such case, the target 
> application needs to be restarted, and such an operation can have high costs 
> and risks. Another goal is testing/debugging compilers.
> 
> It would be convenient to optionally reconcile at least existing matching 
> nmethods to the current stack of compiler directives (so bypass inlined 
> methods).
> 
> Natural way to eliminate the discrepancy between the result of compilation 
> and the broken rule is to discard the compilation result, i.e. 
> deoptimization. Prior to that we can try to re-compile the method letting 
> compile broker to perform it taking new directives stack into account. 
> Re-compilation helps to prevent hot methods from execution in the interpreter.
> 
> A new flag `-r` has beed introduced for some directives related to compile 
> commands: `Compiler.add_directives`, `Compiler.remove_directives`, 
> `Compiler.clear_directives`. The default behavior has not changed (no flag). 
> If the new flag is present, the command scans already compiled methods and 
> puts methods that have any active non-default matching compiler directives to 
> re-compilation if possible, otherwise marks them for deoptimization. There is 
> currently no distinction which directives are found. In particular, this 
> means that if there are rules for inlining into some method, it will be 
> refreshed. On the other hand, if there are rules for a method and it was 
> inlined, top-level methods won't be refreshed, but this can be achieved by 
> having rules for them.
> 
> In addition, a new diagnostic command `Compiler.replace_directives`, has been 
> added for ...

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: c879627d
Author:    Dmitry Chuyko <dchu...@openjdk.org>
URL:       
https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/c879627dbd7e9295d44f19ef237edb5de10805d5
Stats:     381 lines in 15 files changed: 348 ins; 3 del; 30 mod

8309271: A way to align already compiled methods with compiler directives

Reviewed-by: apangin, sspitsyn, tholenstein

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14111

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