RFR: 8340205: Native linker allows MemoryLayout consisting of only PaddingLayout [v18]

[Jorn Vernee]

On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:05:36 GMT, Per Minborg <pminborg at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This PR prevents sequence layout with padding to be used with the Linker.
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> Per Minborg has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Fix checking of padding layouts

I think the latest version looks good. Thanks for sticking through the lengthy review process.

I think we can address the issue of padding alignment separately.

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Marked as reviewed by jvernee (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21041#pullrequestreview-2452192256