changeset 8290:9882af5c8504

AMD64 HotSpot backend now models RBP as an incoming parameter that must be preserved until the end of the method. For non-leaf methods, the value is preserved in the special stack slot required by the HotSpot runtime for walking/inspecting frames of such methods.
author Doug Simon <doug.simon@oracle.com>
date Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:38:27 +0100
parents 59bd299750a8
children 950cc0d8bc7c
files graal/com.oracle.graal.compiler.amd64.test/src/com/oracle/graal/compiler/amd64/test/AMD64AllocatorTest.java graal/com.oracle.graal.compiler/src/com/oracle/graal/compiler/gen/LIRGenerator.java graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotBackend.java graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotEpilogueOp.java graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotRegisterConfig.java graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotReturnOp.java graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotRuntime.java graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotUnwindOp.java graal/com.oracle.graal.lir/src/com/oracle/graal/lir/FrameMap.java graal/com.oracle.graal.lir/src/com/oracle/graal/lir/LIR.java
diffstat 10 files changed, 278 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.compiler.amd64.test/src/com/oracle/graal/compiler/amd64/test/AMD64AllocatorTest.java	Thu Mar 14 18:03:00 2013 +0100
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.compiler.amd64.test/src/com/oracle/graal/compiler/amd64/test/AMD64AllocatorTest.java	Fri Mar 15 15:38:27 2013 +0100
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
     @Test
     public void test1() {
-        test("test1snippet", 2, 1, 0);
+        test("test1snippet", 3, 1, 0);
     }
 
     public static long test1snippet(long x) {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
     @Test
     public void test2() {
-        test("test2snippet", 2, 0, 0);
+        test("test2snippet", 3, 0, 0);
     }
 
     public static long test2snippet(long x) {
--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.compiler/src/com/oracle/graal/compiler/gen/LIRGenerator.java	Thu Mar 14 18:03:00 2013 +0100
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.compiler/src/com/oracle/graal/compiler/gen/LIRGenerator.java	Fri Mar 15 15:38:27 2013 +0100
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
     private final DebugInfoBuilder debugInfoBuilder;
 
-    private Block currentBlock;
+    protected Block currentBlock;
     private ValueNode currentInstruction;
     private ValueNode lastInstructionPrinted; // Debugging only
     private FrameState lastState;
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@
 
     protected abstract void emitCall(RuntimeCallTarget callTarget, Value result, Value[] arguments, Value[] temps, Value targetAddress, LIRFrameState info);
 
-    private static Value toStackKind(Value value) {
+    protected static Value toStackKind(Value value) {
         if (value.getKind().getStackKind() != value.getKind()) {
             // We only have stack-kinds in the LIR, so convert the operand kind for values from the
             // calling convention.
--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotBackend.java	Thu Mar 14 18:03:00 2013 +0100
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotBackend.java	Fri Mar 15 15:38:27 2013 +0100
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@
 import static com.oracle.graal.amd64.AMD64.*;
 import static com.oracle.graal.api.code.CallingConvention.Type.*;
 import static com.oracle.graal.api.code.ValueUtil.*;
+import static com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64.AMD64HotSpotUnwindOp.*;
+import static com.oracle.graal.phases.GraalOptions.*;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.*;
+import java.util.*;
 
 import sun.misc.*;
 
@@ -46,10 +49,12 @@
 import com.oracle.graal.hotspot.nodes.*;
 import com.oracle.graal.hotspot.stubs.*;
 import com.oracle.graal.lir.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.lir.StandardOp.ParametersOp;
 import com.oracle.graal.lir.amd64.*;
-import com.oracle.graal.lir.amd64.AMD64Move.CompareAndSwapOp;
+import com.oracle.graal.lir.amd64.AMD64Move.*;
 import com.oracle.graal.lir.asm.*;
 import com.oracle.graal.nodes.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.nodes.cfg.*;
 import com.oracle.graal.nodes.java.*;
 import com.oracle.graal.nodes.java.MethodCallTargetNode.InvokeKind;
 import com.oracle.graal.phases.*;
@@ -83,6 +88,69 @@
             super(graph, runtime, target, frameMap, method, lir);
         }
 
+        /**
+         * The slot reserved for storing the original return address when a frame is marked for
+         * deoptimization. The return address slot in the callee is overwritten with the address of
+         * a deoptimization stub.
+         */
+        StackSlot deoptimizationRescueSlot;
+
+        /**
+         * The position at which the instruction for saving RBP should be inserted.
+         */
+        Block saveRbpBlock;
+        int saveRbpIndex;
+
+        /**
+         * The slot reserved for saving RBP.
+         */
+        StackSlot rbpSlot;
+
+        /**
+         * List of epilogue operations that need to restore RBP.
+         */
+        List<AMD64HotSpotEpilogueOp> epilogueOps = new ArrayList<>(2);
+
+        @Override
+        protected void emitPrologue() {
+
+            CallingConvention incomingArguments = createCallingConvention();
+
+            RegisterValue rbpParam = rbp.asValue(Kind.Long);
+            Value[] params = new Value[incomingArguments.getArgumentCount() + 1];
+            for (int i = 0; i < params.length - 1; i++) {
+                params[i] = toStackKind(incomingArguments.getArgument(i));
+                if (isStackSlot(params[i])) {
+                    StackSlot slot = ValueUtil.asStackSlot(params[i]);
+                    if (slot.isInCallerFrame() && !lir.hasArgInCallerFrame()) {
+                        lir.setHasArgInCallerFrame();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            params[params.length - 1] = rbpParam;
+
+            ParametersOp paramsOp = new ParametersOp(params);
+            append(paramsOp);
+            saveRbpBlock = currentBlock;
+            saveRbpIndex = lir.lir(saveRbpBlock).size();
+            append(paramsOp); // placeholder
+            rbpSlot = frameMap.allocateSpillSlot(Kind.Long);
+            assert rbpSlot.getRawOffset() == -16 : rbpSlot.getRawOffset();
+
+            for (LocalNode local : graph.getNodes(LocalNode.class)) {
+                Value param = params[local.index()];
+                assert param.getKind() == local.kind().getStackKind();
+                setResult(local, emitMove(param));
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void emitReturn(Value input) {
+            AMD64HotSpotReturnOp op = new AMD64HotSpotReturnOp(input);
+            epilogueOps.add(op);
+            append(op);
+        }
+
         @Override
         protected boolean needOnlyOopMaps() {
             // Stubs only need oop maps
@@ -178,28 +246,38 @@
 
         @Override
         public void emitUnwind(Value exception) {
-            RegisterValue exceptionParameter = AMD64.rax.asValue();
+            RegisterValue exceptionParameter = EXCEPTION.asValue();
             emitMove(exceptionParameter, exception);
-            append(new AMD64HotSpotUnwindOp(exceptionParameter));
+            AMD64HotSpotUnwindOp op = new AMD64HotSpotUnwindOp(exceptionParameter);
+            epilogueOps.add(op);
+            append(op);
         }
 
         @Override
         public void emitDeoptimize(DeoptimizationAction action, DeoptimizationReason reason) {
-            append(new AMD64DeoptimizeOp(action, reason, state(reason)));
+            append(new AMD64DeoptimizeOp(action, reason, state()));
         }
 
-        /**
-         * The slot reserved for storing the original return address when a frame is marked for
-         * deoptimization. The return address slot in the callee is overwritten with the address of
-         * a deoptimization stub.
-         */
-        StackSlot deoptimizationRescueSlot;
-
         @Override
         public void beforeRegisterAllocation() {
+            assert rbpSlot != null;
+            RegisterValue rbpParam = rbp.asValue(Kind.Long);
+            AllocatableValue savedRbp;
+            LIRInstruction saveRbp;
             if (lir.hasDebugInfo()) {
+                savedRbp = rbpSlot;
                 deoptimizationRescueSlot = frameMap.allocateSpillSlot(Kind.Long);
+            } else {
+                frameMap.freeSpillSlot(rbpSlot);
+                savedRbp = newVariable(Kind.Long);
             }
+
+            for (AMD64HotSpotEpilogueOp op : epilogueOps) {
+                op.savedRbp = savedRbp;
+            }
+
+            saveRbp = new MoveFromRegOp(savedRbp, rbpParam);
+            lir.lir(saveRbpBlock).set(saveRbpIndex, saveRbp);
         }
     }
 
@@ -238,8 +316,7 @@
 
             AMD64MacroAssembler asm = (AMD64MacroAssembler) tasm.asm;
             emitStackOverflowCheck(tasm, false);
-            asm.push(rbp);
-            asm.decrementq(rsp, frameSize - 8); // account for the push of RBP above
+            asm.decrementq(rsp, frameSize);
             if (GraalOptions.ZapStackOnMethodEntry) {
                 final int intSize = 4;
                 for (int i = 0; i < frameSize / intSize; ++i) {
@@ -267,8 +344,7 @@
                 asm.restore(csl, frameToCSA);
             }
 
-            asm.incrementq(rsp, frameSize - 8); // account for the pop of RBP below
-            asm.pop(rbp);
+            asm.incrementq(rsp, frameSize);
         }
     }
 
@@ -279,16 +355,16 @@
         // - has no callee-saved registers
         // - has no incoming arguments passed on the stack
         // - has no instructions with debug info
-        FrameMap frameMap = lirGen.frameMap;
-        LIR lir = lirGen.lir;
-        boolean omitFrame = GraalOptions.CanOmitFrame && frameMap.frameSize() == frameMap.initialFrameSize && frameMap.registerConfig.getCalleeSaveLayout().registers.length == 0 &&
-                        !lir.hasArgInCallerFrame() && !lir.hasDebugInfo();
+        HotSpotAMD64LIRGenerator gen = (HotSpotAMD64LIRGenerator) lirGen;
+        FrameMap frameMap = gen.frameMap;
+        LIR lir = gen.lir;
+        boolean omitFrame = CanOmitFrame && !frameMap.frameNeedsAllocating() && !lir.hasArgInCallerFrame();
 
         AbstractAssembler masm = new AMD64MacroAssembler(target, frameMap.registerConfig);
         HotSpotFrameContext frameContext = omitFrame ? null : new HotSpotFrameContext();
         TargetMethodAssembler tasm = new TargetMethodAssembler(target, runtime(), frameMap, masm, frameContext, compilationResult);
         tasm.setFrameSize(frameMap.frameSize());
-        StackSlot deoptimizationRescueSlot = ((HotSpotAMD64LIRGenerator) lirGen).deoptimizationRescueSlot;
+        StackSlot deoptimizationRescueSlot = gen.deoptimizationRescueSlot;
         if (deoptimizationRescueSlot != null) {
             tasm.compilationResult.setCustomStackAreaOffset(frameMap.offsetForStackSlot(deoptimizationRescueSlot));
         }
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotEpilogueOp.java	Fri Mar 15 15:38:27 2013 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64;
+
+import static com.oracle.graal.lir.LIRInstruction.OperandFlag.*;
+
+import com.oracle.graal.api.code.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.api.meta.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.lir.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.lir.amd64.*;
+
+/**
+ * Superclass for operations that use the value of RBP saved in a method's prologue.
+ */
+abstract class AMD64HotSpotEpilogueOp extends AMD64LIRInstruction {
+
+    /**
+     * The type of location (i.e., stack or register) in which RBP is saved is not known until
+     * initial LIR generation is finished. Until then, we use a placeholder variable so that LIR
+     * verification is successful.
+     */
+    private static final Variable PLACEHOLDER = new Variable(Kind.Long, Integer.MAX_VALUE, Register.RegisterFlag.CPU);
+
+    @Use({REG, STACK}) protected AllocatableValue savedRbp = PLACEHOLDER;
+}
--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotRegisterConfig.java	Thu Mar 14 18:03:00 2013 +0100
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotRegisterConfig.java	Fri Mar 15 15:38:27 2013 +0100
@@ -111,12 +111,7 @@
             };
             csl = new CalleeSaveLayout(0, -1, 8, regs);
         } else {
-            // We reserve space for saving RBP but don't explicitly specify
-            // it as a callee save register since we explicitly do the saving
-            // with push and pop in HotSpotFrameContext
-            final int size = 8;
-            final Register[] regs = {};
-            csl = new CalleeSaveLayout(0, size, 8, regs);
+            csl = null;
         }
 
         attributesMap = RegisterAttributes.createMap(this, AMD64.allRegisters);
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotReturnOp.java	Fri Mar 15 15:38:27 2013 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64;
+
+import static com.oracle.graal.amd64.AMD64.*;
+import static com.oracle.graal.api.code.ValueUtil.*;
+import static com.oracle.graal.lir.LIRInstruction.OperandFlag.*;
+
+import com.oracle.graal.api.code.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.api.meta.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.asm.amd64.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.lir.LIRInstruction.Opcode;
+import com.oracle.graal.lir.asm.*;
+
+/**
+ * Performs an unwind to throw an exception.
+ */
+@Opcode("RETURN")
+final class AMD64HotSpotReturnOp extends AMD64HotSpotEpilogueOp {
+
+    @Use({REG, ILLEGAL}) protected Value value;
+
+    AMD64HotSpotReturnOp(Value value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void emitCode(TargetMethodAssembler tasm, AMD64MacroAssembler masm) {
+        if (isStackSlot(savedRbp)) {
+            // Restoring RBP from the stack must be done before the frame is removed
+            masm.movq(rbp, (AMD64Address) tasm.asAddress(savedRbp));
+        } else {
+            Register framePointer = asRegister(savedRbp);
+            if (framePointer != rbp) {
+                masm.movq(rbp, framePointer);
+            }
+        }
+        if (tasm.frameContext != null) {
+            tasm.frameContext.leave(tasm);
+        }
+        masm.ret(0);
+    }
+}
--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotRuntime.java	Thu Mar 14 18:03:00 2013 +0100
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotRuntime.java	Fri Mar 15 15:38:27 2013 +0100
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@
 
         // @formatter:off
         addRuntimeCall(AMD64HotSpotUnwindOp.UNWIND_EXCEPTION, config.unwindExceptionStub,
-                        /*           temps */ null,
-                        /*             ret */ ret(Kind.Void),
-                        /* arg0: exception */ javaCallingConvention(Kind.Object));
+               /*           temps */ null,
+               /*             ret */ ret(Kind.Void),
+               /* arg0: exception */ rax.asValue(Kind.Object));
 
         addRuntimeCall(DEOPTIMIZE, config.deoptimizeStub,
                 /*           temps */ null,
--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotUnwindOp.java	Thu Mar 14 18:03:00 2013 +0100
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/amd64/AMD64HotSpotUnwindOp.java	Fri Mar 15 15:38:27 2013 +0100
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@
 package com.oracle.graal.hotspot.amd64;
 
 import static com.oracle.graal.amd64.AMD64.*;
+import static com.oracle.graal.api.code.ValueUtil.*;
 import static com.oracle.graal.lir.LIRInstruction.OperandFlag.*;
 
 import com.oracle.graal.amd64.*;
 import com.oracle.graal.api.code.*;
-import com.oracle.graal.api.code.RuntimeCallTarget.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.api.code.RuntimeCallTarget.Descriptor;
 import com.oracle.graal.asm.amd64.*;
 import com.oracle.graal.lir.LIRInstruction.Opcode;
 import com.oracle.graal.lir.amd64.*;
@@ -36,24 +37,39 @@
 /**
  * Performs an unwind to throw an exception.
  */
-@Opcode("CALL_INDIRECT")
-final class AMD64HotSpotUnwindOp extends AMD64LIRInstruction {
+@Opcode("UNWIND")
+final class AMD64HotSpotUnwindOp extends AMD64HotSpotEpilogueOp {
 
     public static final Descriptor UNWIND_EXCEPTION = new Descriptor("unwindException", true, void.class, Object.class);
 
+    /**
+     * Unwind stub expects the exception in RAX.
+     */
+    public static final Register EXCEPTION = AMD64.rax;
+
     @Use({REG}) protected AllocatableValue exception;
-    @Temp private RegisterValue framePointer;
 
     AMD64HotSpotUnwindOp(AllocatableValue exception) {
         this.exception = exception;
-        assert exception == AMD64.rax.asValue();
-        framePointer = AMD64.rbp.asValue();
+        assert asRegister(exception) == EXCEPTION;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void emitCode(TargetMethodAssembler tasm, AMD64MacroAssembler masm) {
-        masm.movq(framePointer.getRegister(), rsp);
-        masm.incrementq(framePointer.getRegister(), tasm.frameMap.frameSize() - 8);
+        // Copy the saved RBP value into the slot just below the return address
+        // so that the stub can pick it up from there.
+        AMD64Address rbpSlot;
+        int rbpSlotOffset = tasm.frameMap.frameSize() - 8;
+        if (isStackSlot(savedRbp)) {
+            rbpSlot = (AMD64Address) tasm.asAddress(savedRbp);
+            assert rbpSlot.getDisplacement() == rbpSlotOffset;
+        } else {
+            rbpSlot = new AMD64Address(rsp, rbpSlotOffset);
+            masm.movq(rbpSlot, asRegister(savedRbp));
+        }
+
+        // Pass the address of the RBP slot in RBP itself
+        masm.leaq(rbp, rbpSlot);
         AMD64Call.directCall(tasm, masm, tasm.runtime.lookupRuntimeCall(UNWIND_EXCEPTION), null);
     }
 }
--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.lir/src/com/oracle/graal/lir/FrameMap.java	Thu Mar 14 18:03:00 2013 +0100
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.lir/src/com/oracle/graal/lir/FrameMap.java	Fri Mar 15 15:38:27 2013 +0100
@@ -83,14 +83,9 @@
     public final RegisterConfig registerConfig;
 
     /**
-     * The initial frame size, not including the size of the return address. This is the constant
-     * space reserved by the runtime for all compiled methods.
-     */
-    public final int initialFrameSize;
-
-    /**
-     * The final frame size, not including the size of the return address. The value is only set
-     * after register allocation is complete, i.e., after all spill slots have been allocated.
+     * The final frame size, not including the size of the
+     * {@link Architecture#getReturnAddressSize() return address slot}. The value is only set after
+     * register allocation is complete, i.e., after all spill slots have been allocated.
      */
     private int frameSize;
 
@@ -127,7 +122,6 @@
         this.spillSize = returnAddressSize() + calleeSaveAreaSize();
         this.outgoingSize = runtime.getMinimumOutgoingSize();
         this.objectStackBlocks = new ArrayList<>();
-        this.initialFrameSize = currentFrameSize();
     }
 
     private int returnAddressSize() {
@@ -148,7 +142,8 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the frame size of the compiled frame, not including the size of the return address.
+     * Gets the frame size of the compiled frame, not including the size of the
+     * {@link Architecture#getReturnAddressSize() return address slot}.
      * 
      * @return The size of the frame (in bytes).
      */
@@ -158,7 +153,17 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the total frame size of the compiled frame, including the size of the return address.
+     * Determines if any space is used in the frame apart from the
+     * {@link Architecture#getReturnAddressSize() return address slot}.
+     */
+    public boolean frameNeedsAllocating() {
+        int unalignedFrameSize = outgoingSize + spillSize - returnAddressSize();
+        return unalignedFrameSize != 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the total frame size of the compiled frame, including the size of the
+     * {@link Architecture#getReturnAddressSize() return address slot}.
      * 
      * @return The total size of the frame (in bytes).
      */
@@ -242,11 +247,36 @@
      */
     public StackSlot allocateSpillSlot(Kind kind) {
         assert frameSize == -1 : "frame size must not yet be fixed";
+        if (freedSlots != null) {
+            for (Iterator<StackSlot> iter = freedSlots.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
+                StackSlot s = iter.next();
+                if (s.getKind() == kind) {
+                    iter.remove();
+                    if (freedSlots.isEmpty()) {
+                        freedSlots = null;
+                    }
+                    return s;
+                }
+            }
+        }
         int size = target.sizeInBytes(kind);
         spillSize = NumUtil.roundUp(spillSize + size, size);
         return getSlot(kind, 0);
     }
 
+    private List<StackSlot> freedSlots;
+
+    /**
+     * Frees a spill slot that was obtained via {@link #allocateSpillSlot(Kind)} such that it can be
+     * reused for the next allocation request for the same kind of slot.
+     */
+    public void freeSpillSlot(StackSlot slot) {
+        if (freedSlots == null) {
+            freedSlots = new ArrayList<>();
+        }
+        freedSlots.add(slot);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Reserves a block of memory in the frame of the method being compiled. The returned block is
      * aligned on a word boundary. If the requested size is 0, the method returns {@code null}.
--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.lir/src/com/oracle/graal/lir/LIR.java	Thu Mar 14 18:03:00 2013 +0100
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.lir/src/com/oracle/graal/lir/LIR.java	Fri Mar 15 15:38:27 2013 +0100
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Determines if any instruction in the LIR has any debug info associated with it.
+     * Determines if any instruction in the LIR has debug info associated with it.
      */
     public boolean hasDebugInfo() {
         for (Block b : linearScanOrder()) {