hotspot/src/jdk.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.nodes/src/org/graalvm/compiler/nodes/graphbuilderconf/LoopExplosionPlugin.java

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package org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.graphbuilderconf;

import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaMethod;

public interface LoopExplosionPlugin extends GraphBuilderPlugin {

    enum LoopExplosionKind {
        /**
         * No loop explosion.
         */
        NONE,
        /**
         * Fully unroll all loops. The loops must have a known finite number of iterations. If a
         * loop has multiple loop ends, they are merged so that the subsequent loop iteration is
         * processed only once. For example, a loop with 4 iterations and 2 loop ends leads to
         * 1+1+1+1 = 4 copies of the loop body.
         */
        FULL_UNROLL,
        /**
         * Fully explode all loops. The loops must have a known finite number of iterations. If a
         * loop has multiple loop ends, they are not merged so that subsequent loop iterations are
         * processed multiple times. For example, a loop with 4 iterations and 2 loop ends leads to
         * 1+2+4+8 = 15 copies of the loop body.
         */
        FULL_EXPLODE,
        /**
         * Like {@link #FULL_EXPLODE}, but in addition explosion does not stop at loop exits. Code
         * after the loop is duplicated for every loop exit of every loop iteration. For example, a
         * loop with 4 iterations and 2 loop exits leads to 4 * 2 = 8 copies of the code after the
         * loop.
         */
        FULL_EXPLODE_UNTIL_RETURN,
        /**
         * like {@link #FULL_EXPLODE}, but copies of the loop body that have the exact same state
         * (all local variables have the same value) are merged. This reduces the number of copies
         * necessary, but can introduce loops again. This kind is useful for bytecode interpreter
         * loops.
         */
        MERGE_EXPLODE
    }

    LoopExplosionKind loopExplosionKind(ResolvedJavaMethod method);
}