RFR: 8275063: Implementation of Foreign Function & Memory API (Second incubator) [v26]

[Joe Darcy]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:09:30 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadamore at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This PR contains the API and implementation changes for JEP-419 [1]. A more detailed description of such changes, to avoid repetitions during the review process, is included as a separate comment.
>> 
>> [1] - https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/419
>
> Maurizio Cimadamore has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 35 commits:
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>  - Merge branch 'master' into JEP-419
>  - Fix javadoc issues found in CSR review
>  - Adopt blessed modofier order
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JEP-419
>  - Revert removal of upcall MH customization
>    (This change caused spurious VM crashes, so reverting to baseline)
>  - Further tweak upcall safety considerations
>  - Clarify safety considerations for upcalls
>  - Rename MemorySegment::ofAddressNative to MemorySegment::ofAddress
>    (which is consistent with other restricted factories in VaList and NativeSymbol)
>  - Streamline javadoc for package-info
>  - * Add two new CLinker static methods to compute upcall/downcall method types
>    * Clarify section on CLinker downcall type
>    * Add section on CLinker safety guarantees
>  - ... and 25 more: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/compare/d427c79d...29cc6c60

Marked as reviewed by darcy (Reviewer).

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5907