8038939: Some options related to RTM locking optimization works inconsistently
Summary: Switch UseRTMXendForLockBusy flag ON by default and change code to retry RTM locking on lock busy condition by default.
Reviewed-by: roland
--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/x86/vm/globals_x86.hpp Wed Apr 09 09:17:43 2014 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/x86/vm/globals_x86.hpp Wed Apr 09 11:18:02 2014 -0700
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
"Number of milliseconds to wait before start calculating aborts " \
"for RTM locking") \
\
- experimental(bool, UseRTMXendForLockBusy, false, \
+ experimental(bool, UseRTMXendForLockBusy, true, \
"Use RTM Xend instead of Xabort when lock busy") \
\
/* assembler */ \
--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/x86/vm/macroAssembler_x86.cpp Wed Apr 09 09:17:43 2014 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/x86/vm/macroAssembler_x86.cpp Wed Apr 09 11:18:02 2014 -0700
@@ -1488,11 +1488,10 @@
movl(retry_on_abort_count_Reg, RTMRetryCount); // Retry on abort
bind(L_rtm_retry);
}
- if (!UseRTMXendForLockBusy) {
- movptr(tmpReg, Address(objReg, 0));
- testptr(tmpReg, markOopDesc::monitor_value); // inflated vs stack-locked|neutral|biased
- jcc(Assembler::notZero, IsInflated);
- }
+ movptr(tmpReg, Address(objReg, 0));
+ testptr(tmpReg, markOopDesc::monitor_value); // inflated vs stack-locked|neutral|biased
+ jcc(Assembler::notZero, IsInflated);
+
if (PrintPreciseRTMLockingStatistics || profile_rtm) {
Label L_noincrement;
if (RTMTotalCountIncrRate > 1) {
@@ -1512,10 +1511,7 @@
Register abort_status_Reg = tmpReg; // status of abort is stored in RAX
if (UseRTMXendForLockBusy) {
xend();
- movptr(tmpReg, Address(objReg, 0));
- testptr(tmpReg, markOopDesc::monitor_value); // inflated vs stack-locked|neutral|biased
- jcc(Assembler::notZero, IsInflated);
- movptr(abort_status_Reg, 0x1); // Set the abort status to 1 (as xabort does)
+ movptr(abort_status_Reg, 0x2); // Set the abort status to 2 (so we can retry)
jmp(L_decrement_retry);
}
else {