RFR: 8308645: Javadoc of FFM API needs to be refreshed [v4]

[Jorn Vernee]

On Fri, 2 Jun 2023 11:07:42 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadamore at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Yeah - I meant what you said - but now that you said it, I also saw how what I've written can be prone to an alternate (and wrong) interpretation. I'll clarify.
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> Actually, looking back at this I'm not sure it's correct? We have an input memory segment MS. And a layout path. A layout path identifies an offset O at which MS has to be accessed in order to read a value (of some type). I'm not sure any of this depends on "base address" ?

Hmm, that's true. The base address that we read and turn into a memory segment isn't necessarily accessed, but the MS we read the base address from is. So, on second thought, I think the current text is good as it is.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14098#discussion_r1214272188