RFR: 8331497: Implement JEP 483: Ahead-of-Time Class Loading & Linking [v12]

[John R Rose]

On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:48:27 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
>
> Ioi Lam has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 179 commits:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'master' into jep-483-candidate
>  - Merge branch 'master' into jep-483-candidate
>  - fixed merge with UseCompactObjectHeaders
>  -  Merge branch 'master' into jep-483-candidate
>  - fixed merge
>  - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into merge-mainline
>  - @DanHeidinga comment -- exit VM when runtimeSetup() fails
>  - fixed merge
>  - Merge branch 'master' into jep-483-candidate
>  - 8343493: Perform module checks during MetaspaceShared::map_archives()
>  - ... and 169 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/db56266a...77b253cf

Re-reviewed.  I compared the current diffs with the diffs from my last review.
All new changes look good.
Lilliput conflict resolution looks good.  I assume we test that path.
Nice work.

One typo in `make/RunTests.gmk`:
> The AOT cache file to be usd to wun the test with

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Marked as reviewed by jrose (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21642#pullrequestreview-2437843167