On Mon, 23 May 2022 16:12:34 GMT, Dmitry Chuyko <dchu...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> On AArch64 it is sometimes convenient to have LSE atomics right from the 
>> start. Currently they are enabled after feature detection and RR reverse 
>> debugger works incorrectly.
>> 
>> New build configuration feature 'hardlse' is added. If it is enabled for 
>> aarch64 type of build, then statically compiled stubs replace the initial 
>> pessimistic implementation and dynamically generated replacements (when LSE 
>> support is detected). The feature works for builds of all debug levels.
>> 
>> New file atomic_linux_aarch64_lse.S is derived from atomic_linux_aarch64.S 
>> and inherits its copyright. This alternative static implementation 
>> corresponds to the dynamically generated code.
>> 
>> Note, this configuration part is necessary but not sufficient to fully avoid 
>> strex instructions for practical purposes. Other parts are:
>> 
>> * Run on the OS built without strex family instructions. E.g. Amazon Linux 
>> 2022.
>> * Compile with outline atomics enabled and the configuration flag enabled. 
>> E.g. configure with
>> --with-extra-cflags='-march=armv8.3-a+crc+crypto -moutline-atomics' 
>> --with-extra-cxxflags='-march=armv8.3-a+crc+crypto -moutline-atomics' 
>> --with-extra-ldflags='-Wl,--allow-multiple-definition' 
>> --with-jvm-features=hardlse
>> 
>> Testing: tier1, tier2 on linux-aarch64 release builds with feature off and 
>> feature on.
>
> Dmitry Chuyko has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a 
> merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes 
> brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains five additional 
> commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'openjdk:master' into JDK-8282322
>  - Use LSE in linux-aarch64 asm code if __ARM_FEATURE_ATOMICS is on
>  - Revert "hardlse feature"
>    
>    This reverts commit c5da85d3282bb995f69639f8f592cc94560916c5.
>  - Merge branch 'openjdk:master' into JDK-8282322
>  - hardlse feature

src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_aarch64/atomic_linux_aarch64.S line 291:

> 289: #endif
> 290: 1:      mov     x0, x3
> 291:         ret

Oh gosh, I find all those `#if`s really hard to read.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8779

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