RFR: JDK-8315575: Retransform of record class with record component annotation fails with CFE [v3]

[Serguei Spitsyn]

On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:02:50 GMT, Alex Menkov <amenkov at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> RecordComponent class has _attributes_count field.
>> The only user of the field is JvmtiClassFileReconstituter. Incorrect value of the field causes producing incorrect data for Record attribute.
>> Parsing Record attribute ClassFileParser skips unknown attributes and may skip RuntimeInvisibleAnnotations/RuntimeInvisibleTypeAnnotations.
>> Also annotations can be changed (added/removed) by class redefinition.
>> The fix removes attributes_count from RecordComponent; JvmtiClassFileReconstituter calculates correct attributes_count generating class bytes.
>> 
>> Testing: 
>> - tier1,tier2,hs-tier5-svc;
>>  - redefineClasses/retransformClasses tests:
>>    - test/jdk/java/lang/instrument
>>    - test/hotspot/jtreg/serviceability/jvmti/RedefineClasses
>>    - test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/RedefineClasses
>>    - test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/RetransformClasses
>
> Alex Menkov has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   removed attributes_count from RecordComponent

Could you, please, update the CR with your analysis and conclusion about a root cause?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18161#issuecomment-1993402337