RFR: 8327624: Remove VM implementation that bypass verification for core reflection [v2]

[ExE Boss]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:44:05 GMT, Mandy Chung <mchung at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The old core reflection implementation generates dynamic classes that are special cases in the VM to bypass bytecode verification to workaround various issues [1] [2] [3].
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>> The old core reflection implementation was [removed in JDK 22](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8305104).   It's time to remove these VM hacks along with the old implementation of  `sun.reflect.ReflectionFactory::newConstructorForSerialization`.   
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>> After this change, `jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingClassLoader` no longer exists.   Hence the special metaspace for reflection is no longer needed.  GTests will need to be updated when `Metaspace::ReflectionMetaspaceType` is removed.  Such clean up can be done separately (JDK-8342561).
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>> [1] [JDK-4486457](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-4486457)
>> [2] [JDK-4474172](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-4474172)
>> [3] [JDK-6790209](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-6790209)
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> Mandy Chung has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Remove unused classes

Does this mean that [JDK‑4486457] will finally be able to be made public?

[JDK‑4486457]: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-4486457

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21571#pullrequestreview-2379243219