JDK-8370077 : C2: make Compile::_major_progress a boolean
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: compiler
  • Affected Version: 26
  • Priority: P5
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2025-10-17
  • Updated: 2025-11-11
  • Resolved: 2025-10-31
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JDK 26
26 b23Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8307982 - Fix VerifyLoopOptimizations - step 3 - fix ctrl/loop
Relates :  
JDK-8370443 - C2: Document major_progress and loop optimization
Description
_major_progress is current an `int`, but we don't really use the value other than checking whether it's 0. We even have 2 occurrences of `_major_progress = true;`. Experiments hint that changing it into a `bool` works fine.
Comments
Changeset: 8ca485cf Branch: master Author: Marc Chevalier <mchevalier@openjdk.org> Date: 2025-10-31 11:02:29 +0000 URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/8ca485cf98889d1757170a4ec883c93c888a7140
31-10-2025
A pull request was submitted for review. Branch: master URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27912 Date: 2025-10-21 08:07:15 +0000
21-10-2025