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Comparing Rapid Type Analysis with Points-To Analysis in GraalVM Native Image

KOZÁK, D.; JOVANOVIC, V.; STANCU, C.; VOJNAR, T.; WIMMER, C. Comparing Rapid Type Analysis with Points-To Analysis in GraalVM Native Image. In Proceedings of the 20th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Managed Programming Languages and Runtimes. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. p. 129-142. ISBN: 979-8-4007-0380-5.
Czech title
Porovnání rapid type analýzy a points-to analýzy v GraalVM Native Image
Type
conference paper
Language
English
Authors
Kozák David, Ing. (DITS)
JOVANOVIC, V.
STANCU, C.
Vojnar Tomáš, prof. Ing., Ph.D. (DITS)
WIMMER, C.
Keywords

compiler, ahead-of-time compilation, static analysis, optimization, Java,
GraalVM

Abstract

Whole-program analysis is an essential technique that enables advanced compiler
optimizations. An important example of such a method is points-to analysis used
by ahead-of-time (AOT) compilers to discover program elements (classes, methods,
fields) used on at least one program path. GraalVM Native Image uses a points-to
analysis to optimize Java applications, which is a time-consuming step of the
build. We explore how much the analysis time can be improved by replacing the
points-to analysis with a rapid type analysis (RTA), which computes reachable
elements faster by allowing more imprecision. We propose several extensions of
previous approaches to RTA: making it parallel, incremental, and supporting heap
snapshotting. We present an extensive experimental evaluation of the effects of
using RTA instead of points-to analysis, in which RTA allowed us to reduce the
analysis time for Spring Petclinic (a popular demo application of the Spring
framework) by 64% and the overall build time by 35% at the cost of increasing the
image size due to the imprecision by 15%.

Published
2023
Pages
129–142
Proceedings
Proceedings of the 20th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Managed Programming Languages and Runtimes
Conference
Managed Programming Languages & Runtimes, Cascais, PT
ISBN
979-8-4007-0380-5
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Place
New York
DOI
10.1145/3617651.3622980
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-85178376702
BibTeX 
@inproceedings{BUT187601,
  author="KOZÁK, D. and JOVANOVIC, V. and STANCU, C. and VOJNAR, T. and WIMMER, C.",
  title="Comparing Rapid Type Analysis with Points-To Analysis in GraalVM Native Image",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the 20th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Managed Programming Languages and Runtimes",
  year="2023",
  pages="129--142",
  publisher="Association for Computing Machinery",
  address="New York",
  doi="10.1145/3617651.3622980",
  isbn="979-8-4007-0380-5"
}
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