KT-55005 Do not generate CHECKCAST before AASTORE

compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/OptimizationMethodVisitor.kt

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class OptimizationMethodVisitor(
         RedundantGotoMethodTransformer(),
         RedundantNopsCleanupMethodTransformer(),
         NegatedJumpsMethodTransformer(),
+        RedundantCheckcastsBeforeAastoreMethodTransformer,
         MethodVerifier("AFTER optimizations", generationState)
     )
 

compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/RedundantCheckcastsBeforeAastoreMethodTransformer.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2022 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.optimization
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.inline.ReifiedTypeInliner.Companion.isOperationReifiedMarker
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.optimization.transformer.MethodTransformer
+import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes
+import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.tree.MethodNode
+
+object RedundantCheckcastsBeforeAastoreMethodTransformer : MethodTransformer() {
+    override fun transform(internalClassName: String, methodNode: MethodNode) {
+        val iter = methodNode.instructions.iterator()
+        while (iter.hasNext()) {
+            val insn = iter.next()
+            if (insn.opcode == Opcodes.CHECKCAST && insn.next?.opcode == Opcodes.AASTORE) {
+                val isReified = isOperationReifiedMarker(insn.previous)
+                iter.remove()
+                if (isReified) {
+                    for (i in 1..3) {
+                        iter.previous()
+                        iter.remove()
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}