RFR: 8331497: Implement JEP 483: Ahead-of-Time Class Loading & Linking [v7]

[Ashutosh Mehra]

On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 03:15:25 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is an implementation of [JEP 483: Ahead-of-Time Class Loading & Linking](https://openjdk.org/jeps/483).
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>> Note: this is a combined PR of the following individual PRs
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20516
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20517
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20843
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20958
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20959
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/21049
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/21143
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> Ioi Lam has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 172 commits:
> 
>  - fixed merge
>  - Merge branch 'master' into jep-483-candidate
>  - 8343493: Perform module checks during MetaspaceShared::map_archives()
>  - reverted changes in modules.cpp to make it easy to merge with mainline
>  - Fixed whitespace; fixed minimal build
>  - Fixed 8343245: AOT cache creation crashes with "assert(HeapShared::is_archivable_hidden_klass(ik)) failed: sanity"
>  - fixed comments
>  - @ashu-mehra comment - renamed function to SystemDictionaryShared::should_be_excluded(); added comments and asserts; make sure the class is indeed checked
>  - Backed out 58233cc20fa22abfd711bb59aafb78e20fabc195
>  - @ashu-mehra comment - rename/comment AOTClassLinker::add_new_candidate() and added asserts for thread safety
>  - ... and 162 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/29882bfe...935dcc68

Marked as reviewed by asmehra (Committer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21642#pullrequestreview-2414263812