> When slightly modifying the test that I added for 
> [JDK-8386067](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8386067), I hit an assert 
> in `CallStaticJavaNode::replace_is_substitutable` because expansion of the 
> substitutability call failed and `emit_substitutability_check` returned 
> `nullptr` although `can_emit_substitutability_check` returned `true`.
> 
> In the new test, the problematic field is `ObjectHolder::obj` which, although 
> it is of type `Object`, is always `exact` and therefore can't be a value 
> object and does not require a substitutability test. 
> `InlineTypeNode::can_emit_substitutability_check` correctly returns `true`:
> https://github.com/openjdk/valhalla/blob/2ae8e47da016bb4d7718e7923c964c2b91c638e6/src/hotspot/share/opto/inlinetypenode.cpp#L611-L614
> 
> 
> However, during recursive expansion, nullable value object fields are 
> null-checked and then compared field-by-field:
> https://github.com/openjdk/valhalla/blob/2ae8e47da016bb4d7718e7923c964c2b91c638e6/src/hotspot/share/opto/inlinetypenode.cpp#L910
> 
> The code unconditionally rebuilt those fields with 
> `InlineTypeNode::make_from_oop` after the null and type checks because 
> there's a `CastPP` in-between:
> https://github.com/openjdk/valhalla/blob/2ae8e47da016bb4d7718e7923c964c2b91c638e6/src/hotspot/share/opto/inlinetypenode.cpp#L955-L960
> 
>  If the field was already scalarized, this discarded the existing 
> `InlineTypeNode` and reloaded fields from the oop, losing precise information 
> such as exact Object field Phis. The later Object field comparison then looks 
> non-exact and `emit_substitutability_check_pointer` returns `nullptr`:
> https://github.com/openjdk/valhalla/blob/2ae8e47da016bb4d7718e7923c964c2b91c638e6/src/hotspot/share/opto/inlinetypenode.cpp#L722-L724
> 
> The fix is to preserve already-scalarized recursive field operands when their 
> inline klass matches the comparison klass, and only checkcast/reload operands 
> that are not scalarized. With the fix, exact type information is preserved 
> and we emit a pointer comparison for the exact object fields:
> https://github.com/openjdk/valhalla/blob/2ae8e47da016bb4d7718e7923c964c2b91c638e6/src/hotspot/share/opto/inlinetypenode.cpp#L700-L702
> 
> The IR Framework test verifies this successful expansion.
> 
> Note: The null and type checks are not immediately folded because by GVN 
> because we need to set `set_delay_transform` here:
> https://github.com/openjdk/valhalla/blob/2ae8e47da016bb4d7718e7923c964c2b91c638e6/src/hotspot/share/opto/callnode.cpp#L1412-L1416
> 
> Thanks,
> Tobias
> 
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Tobias Hartmann has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
commit since the last revision:

  New attempt at comment

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/2602/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/2602/files/1016b748..65d1515f

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=valhalla&pr=2602&range=02
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=valhalla&pr=2602&range=01-02

  Stats: 2 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 1 del; 1 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/2602.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla.git pull/2602/head:pull/2602

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/2602

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