On Fri, 2 Jun 2023 20:32:14 GMT, Doug Simon <dnsi...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> This PR reduces the amount of code executed during libgraal initialization.
> This not only improves VM startup overall but all fixes a number of JDK test
> failures that are caused by Java code executing "too early". For example,
> `java/util/Locale/CompatWarning.java` can fail if
> `sun.util.locale.provider.LocaleProviderAdapter` is initialized before the
> `CheckWarning` handler is registered.
>
> Instead of serializing `VM.savedProps` via
> `VMSupport.serializeSavedPropertiesToByteArray`, the
> `jdk.vm.ci.services.Services` class now directly reads
> `Arguments::system_properties()` using `Unsafe`. Furthermore, the value of a
> system property is lazily converted to a `String` from a C string pointer.
>
> ## Times
>
> The basic benchmarking below shows that this change brings the time for a nop
> Java app with eager libgraal initialization (2) down to almost the same time
> as lazy libgraal initialization (1). The latter typically means no libgraal
> initialization happens as a top tier JIT compilation is never scheduled in
> such a short running app.
>
>
> public class Nop {
> public static void main(String[] args) {}
> }
>
>
> (1) Baseline (no options):
>
>> for i in (seq 10); java Nop; end
> 0.05 real 0.04 user 0.01 sys
> 0.04 real 0.03 user 0.01 sys
> 0.04 real 0.03 user 0.01 sys
> 0.04 real 0.03 user 0.01 sys
> 0.03 real 0.03 user 0.00 sys
> 0.04 real 0.03 user 0.01 sys
> 0.04 real 0.03 user 0.00 sys
> 0.03 real 0.03 user 0.00 sys
> 0.04 real 0.03 user 0.01 sys
> 0.03 real 0.03 user 0.00 sys
>
>
> (2) Eagerly initialize libgraal (with PR):
>
>> for i in (seq 10); /usr/bin/time java -XX:+EagerJVMCI Nop; end
> 0.06 real 0.04 user 0.01 sys
> 0.05 real 0.03 user 0.01 sys
> 0.05 real 0.03 user 0.01 sys
> 0.05 real 0.03 user 0.01 sys
> 0.05 real 0.03 user 0.01 sys
> 0.05 real 0.03 user 0.01 sys
> 0.05 real 0.03 user 0.01 sys
> 0.05 real 0.03 user 0.01 sys
> 0.05 real 0.03 user 0.01 sys
> 0.05 real 0.03 user 0.01 sys
>
>
> (3) Eagerly initialize libgraal (without PR):
>
>> for i in (seq 10); /usr/bin/time java -XX:+EagerJVMCI Nop; end
> 0.11 real 0.08 user ...
This pull request has now been integrated.
Changeset: c0aa6bf4
Author: Doug Simon <dnsi...@openjdk.org>
URL:
https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/c0aa6bf4febb836a26941f13558d0a930e088fad
Stats: 589 lines in 19 files changed: 394 ins; 138 del; 57 mod
8309390: [JVMCI] improve copying system properties into libgraal
Reviewed-by: never, kvn
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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14291
