8370200: Crash: assert(outer->outcnt() >= phis + 2 - be_loads && outer->outcnt() <= phis + 2 + stores + 1) failed: only phis

[rwestrel]

Hi all,

This pull request contains a backport of commit 2ba423db from the openjdk/jdk repository.

The commit being backported was authored by Roland Westrelin on 18 Dec 2025 and was reviewed by Roberto Castañeda Lozano, Daniel Lundén and Damon Fenacci.

Thanks!

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Issue

• JDK-8370200: Crash: assert(outer->outcnt() >= phis + 2 - be_loads && outer->outcnt() <= phis + 2 + stores + 1) failed: only phis (Bug - P3)

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• Christian Hagedorn (@chhagedorn - Reviewer)

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8370200: Crash: assert(outer->outcnt() >= phis + 2 - be_loads && outer->outcnt() <= phis + 2 + stores + 1) failed: only phis

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This backport pull request has now been updated with issue from the original commit.

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[chhagedorn]

Looks good! I will submit some testing for it together with #29042.

[chhagedorn]

Testing passed.

[rwestrel]

@chhagedorn thanks for the review and testing

[rwestrel]

/integrate

[openjdk]

Going to push as commit 3213465.
Since your change was applied there have been 5 commits pushed to the jdk26 branch:

• ebe8974: 8373524: C2: no reachable node should have no use
• 3103fa0: 8373122: JFR build failure with CDS disabled due to -Werror=unused-function after JDK-8365400
• 25462ba: 8374555: No need for visible input warning in s.s.u.Password when not reading from System.in
• ... and 2 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/d8a1c1d04cab940b4a6cbe82fa2e445102aa9896...jdk26

Your commit was automatically rebased without conflicts.

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@rwestrel Pushed as commit 3213465.

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