How to see JIT-compiled code in JVM?

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General usage

As explained by other answers, you can run with the following JVM options:

-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+PrintAssembly

Filter on a specific method

You can also filter on a specific method with the following syntax:

-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:CompileCommand=print,*MyClass.myMethod

Notes:

  • you might need to put the second argument within quotes depending on OS etc.
  • if the method gets inlined, you could miss some optimisations

How to: Install the required libraries on Windows

If you are running Windows, this page has instructions on how to build and install hsdis-amd64.dll and hsdis-i386.dll which are required to make it work. We copy below and extend the content of that page* for reference:

Where to get prebuilt binaries

You can download prebuilt binaries for Windows from the fcml project

How to build hsdis-amd64.dll and hsdis-i386.dll on Windows

This version of the guide was prepared on Windows 8.1 64bit using 64-bit Cygwin and producing hsdis-amd64.dll

  1. Install Cygwin. At the Select Packages screen, add the following packages (by expanding the Devel category, then clicking once on the Skip label next to each package name):

    • make
    • mingw64-x86_64-gcc-core (only needed for hsdis-amd64.dll)
    • mingw64-i686-gcc-core (only needed for hsdis-i386.dll)
    • diffutils (in Utils category)

  2. Run the Cygwin Terminal. This can be done using the Desktop or Start Menu icon created by the installer, and will create your Cygwin home directory (C:\cygwin\home\<username>\ or C:\cygwin64\home\<username>\ by default).

  3. Download the latest GNU binutils source package and extract its contents to your Cygwin home directory. At the time of writing, the latest package is binutils-2.25.tar.bz2. This should result in a directory named binutils-2.25 (or whatever the latest version is) in your Cygwin home directory.
  4. Download the OpenJDK source by going to the JDK 8 Updates repository, selecting the tag corresponding to your installed JRE version, and clicking bz2. Extract the hsdis directory (found in src\share\tools) to your Cygwin home directory.
  5. In the Cygwin Terminal, enter cd ~/hsdis.

  6. To build hsdis-amd64.dll, enter

    make OS=Linux MINGW=x86_64-w64-mingw32 'AR=$(MINGW)-ar' BINUTILS=~/binutils-2.25

    To build hsdis-i386.dll, enter

    make OS=Linux MINGW=i686-w64-mingw32 'AR=$(MINGW)-ar' BINUTILS=~/binutils-2.25

    In either case, replace 2.25 with the binutils version you downloaded. OS=Linux is necessary because, although Cygwin is a Linux-like environment, the hsdis makefile fails to recognize it as such.

  7. The build will fail with messages ./chew: No such file or directory and gcc: command not found. Edit <Cygwin home directory>\hsdis\build\Linux-amd64\bfd\Makefile in a text editor like Wordpad or Notepad++ to change SUBDIRS = doc po (line 342, if using binutils 2.25) to SUBDIRS = po. Re-run the previous command.

The DLL can now be installed by copying it from hsdis\build\Linux-amd64 or hsdis\build\Linux-i586 to your JRE’s bin\server or bin\client directory. You can find all such directories on your system by searching for java.dll.

Bonus tip: if you prefer Intel ASM syntax to AT&T, specify -XX:PrintAssemblyOptions=intel alongside any other PrintAssembly options you use.

*page license is Creative Commons

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