RFR: 8271820: Implementation of JEP 416: Reimplement Core Reflection with Method Handle [v16]

[Mandy Chung]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2021 20:16:54 GMT, Mandy Chung <mchung at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This reimplements core reflection with method handles.
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>> For `Constructor::newInstance` and `Method::invoke`, the new implementation uses `MethodHandle`.  For `Field` accessor, the new implementation uses `VarHandle`.    For the first few invocations of one of these reflective methods on a specific reflective object we invoke the corresponding method handle directly. After that we spin a dynamic bytecode stub defined in a hidden class which loads the target `MethodHandle` or `VarHandle` from its class data as a dynamically computed constant. Loading the method handle from a constant allows JIT to inline the method-handle invocation in order to achieve good performance.
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>> The VM's native reflection methods are needed during early startup, before the method-handle mechanism is initialized. That happens soon after System::initPhase1 and before System::initPhase2, after which we switch to using method handles exclusively.
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>> The core reflection and method handle implementation are updated to handle chained caller-sensitive method calls [1] properly. A caller-sensitive method can define with a caller-sensitive adapter method that will take an additional caller class parameter and the adapter method will be annotated with `@CallerSensitiveAdapter` for better auditing.   See the detailed description from [2].
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>> Ran tier1-tier8 tests.   
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>> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8013527
>> [2] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8271820?focusedCommentId=14439430&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-14439430
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> Mandy Chung has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 43 commits:
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>  - fix copyright header and typo
>  - improve documentation of AccessorUtils
>  - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into reimplement-method-invoke
>  - Fall back to the VM native reflection support if method handle cannot be created
>  - fix bug id in test
>  - Merge
>  - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into reimplement-method-invoke
>  - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into reimplement-method-invoke
>  - Separate paramFlgas into paramCount and flags fields
>  - Minor cleanup.  Improve javadoc in CallerSensitiveAdapter
>  - ... and 33 more: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/compare/9a3e9542...46cb306b

Thanks all for the review.  JEP 416 is now target to JDK 18.  I'll integrate this PR today.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5027