From bdfd5e843a7d3db50edf4375e50449b0ce528f8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anton Seoane Ampudia <aseoane@openjdk.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:08:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 8367690: C2: Unneeded branch in reduce_phi

Reviewed-by: rcastanedalo, chagedorn
---
 src/hotspot/share/opto/escape.cpp | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/opto/escape.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/opto/escape.cpp
index cbf0666c00e..a148b167ee3 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/escape.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/escape.cpp
@@ -1296,9 +1296,8 @@ void ConnectionGraph::reduce_phi(PhiNode* ophi, GrowableArray<Node *>  &alloc_wo
       castpps.push(use);
     } else if (use->is_AddP() || use->is_Cmp()) {
       others.push(use);
-    } else if (use->is_SafePoint()) {
-      // processed later
     } else {
+      // Safepoints to be processed later; other users aren't expected here
       assert(use->is_SafePoint(), "Unexpected user of reducible Phi %d -> %d:%s:%d", ophi->_idx, use->_idx, use->Name(), use->outcnt());
     }
   }