On Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:53:10 GMT, Chen Liang <li...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/VarHandle.java line 2010:
>>
>>> 2008: static AccessMode valueFromOrdinal(int mode) {
>>> 2009: return VALUES[mode];
>>> 2010: }
>>
>> Also, I'll throw this out there, though I'm not sure how big of an issue it
>> is: this array creation might have an effect on startup. But, since it is
>> only used on a slow path right before we throw an exception (at least, at
>> the moment), calling `values()` every time inside the `valueFromOrdinal`
>> method, and avoiding the array creation on startup, might be 'better'.
>
> I think this is a worthy change: see
> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/14943/files#diff-556b309ea2df3f5bfe8229de944183ef19750ce4511d0328cd59af2ce2b61ae2R135
> that `VarHandle.AccessMode.values()` is called every time a polymorphic VH
> call is linked.
>
> If the startup cost from array allocation is really problematic, we can make
> it stable and allocate `VALUES` on demand (at `valueFromOrdinal` calls).
Ah, so it looks like we are creating this array already, in adding the
`valueFromOrdinal` method allows sharing. That sounds good!
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14928#discussion_r1269702376
