RFR: 8344168: Change Unsafe base offset from int to long

[Shaojin Wen]

On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:44:10 GMT, Chen Liang <liach at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I think you should convert all array index scales to long too. They are susceptible to the same overflow problem (actually more susceptible as they involve in integer multiplications)

The only places in JDK where there is a risk of offset overflow using Unsafe index scale are jdk.incubator.vector.XXXVector, and they are all explicitly converted to long type. Can we not change it yet?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22095#issuecomment-2476627886