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Escape Analysis

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From:

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Vladimir

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Kozlov

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Date:

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May

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15,

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2009

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1:47:21

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PM

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PDT

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_C2

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implements the

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flow-insensitive

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escape

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analysis

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algorithm

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described

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in:

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[Choi99] Jong-Deok Shoi, Manish Gupta, Mauricio Seffano,
         Vugranam C. Sreedhar, Sam Midkiff,
         "Escape Analysis for Java", Procedings of ACM SIGPLAN
         OOPSLA  Conference, November 1, 1999

The

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analysis

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requires

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construction

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of

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a

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"connection

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graph"

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(CG)

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for

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the

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method

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being

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analyzed.

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The

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nodes

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of

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the

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connection

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graph

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are:

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    -  Java objects (JO)
    -  Local variables (LV)
    -  Fields of an object (OF),  these also include array elements

C2

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does

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not

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have

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local

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variables.

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However

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for

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the

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purposes

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of

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constructing

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the

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connection

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graph,

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the

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following

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IR

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nodes

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are

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treated

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as

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local

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variables:

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    Phi       (pointer values)
    LoadP, LoadN
    Proj#5    (value returned from call nodes including allocations)
    CheckCastPP, CastPP, EncodeP, DecodeN
    Return    (GlobalEscape)

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LoadP,

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Proj

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and

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CheckCastPP

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behave

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like

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variables

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assigned

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to

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only

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once.

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Only

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a

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Phi

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can

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have

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multiple

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assignments.

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Each

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input

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to

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a

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Phi

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is

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treated

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as

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an

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assignment

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to

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it.

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The

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following

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node

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types

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are

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JavaObject:

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    top()
    Allocate
    AllocateArray
    Parm                  (for incoming object arguments, GlobalEscape)
    CastX2P               ("unsafe" operations, GlobalEscape)
    CreateEx              (GlobalEscape)
    ConP, ConN            (GlobalEscape except for null)
    LoadKlass, LoadNKlass (GlobalEscape)
    ThreadLocal           (ArgEscape)

AddP

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nodes

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are

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fields.

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After

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building

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the

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graph,

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a

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pass

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is

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made

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over

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the

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nodes,

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deleting

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deferred

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nodes

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and

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copying

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the

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edges

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from

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the

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target

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of

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the

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deferred

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edge

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to

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the

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source.

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This

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results

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in

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a

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graph

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with

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no

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deferred

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edges,

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only:

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   LV -P> JO
   OF -P> JO (the object whose oop is stored in the field)
   JO -F> OF

It makes a pass over the nodes and determines nodes escape state:

   GlobalEscape - An object escapes the method and thread
                  (stored into a static field or stored into
                   a field of an escaped object or returned
                   as the result of the current method).
   ArgEscape    - An object passed as argument or referenced by
                  argument but not globally escape during a call
                  (by analyzing the bytecode of called method).
   NoEscape     - A scalar replaceable object.

After escape analysis C2 eliminates scalar replaceable object
allocations and associated locks. C2 also eliminates locks for all
non globally escaping objects. C2 does NOT replace a heap allocation
with a stack allocation for non globally escaping objects.

After that escape analysis makes a pass over the nodes and determines nodes escape state:

  • GlobalEscape - An object escapes the method and thread (stored into a static field or stored into a field of an escaped object or returned as the result of the current method).
  • ArgEscape - An object passed as argument or referenced by argument but not globally escape during a call (by analyzing the bytecode of called method).
  • NoEscape - A scalar replaceable object.

After escape analysis C2 eliminates scalar replaceable object allocations and associated locks. C2 also eliminates locks for all non globally escaping objects. C2 does NOT replace a heap allocation with a stack allocation for non globally escaping objects.