RFR: 8331497: Implement JEP 483: Ahead-of-Time Class Loading & Linking [v2]

[Chen Liang]

On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:35:38 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 157 commits:
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>  - @rose00 offline comments -- make sure the StringConcatFactory bsm does not use MethodTypes that refer to excluded classes
>  - Added test case for using --module-path with -XX:+AOTClassLinking
>  - @rose00 comment -- print size of MH intrinsics table
>  - @stefank comment: include aotLinkedClassBulkLoader.hpp in iterator.inline.hpp
>  - Merge branch 'master' into jep-483-candidate
>  - Merge branch 'jep-483-step-06-8311071-avoid-soft-refs-in-java-lang-invoke' into jep-483-step-07-8293336-store-lambda-forms-in-cds-archive
>  - Merge branch 'jep-483-step-05-8293337-archive-method-handle-intrinsics' of /jdk3/yam/open into jep-483-step-06-8311071-avoid-soft-refs-in-java-lang-invoke
>  - Merge branch 'jep-483-step-04-8293187-support-sun-invoke-util-wrapper-in-cds-archive-heap' into jep-483-step-05-8293337-archive-method-handle-intrinsics
>  - Merge branch 'jep-483-step-03-8329706-implement-xx-aot-class-linking' of /jdk3/yak/open into jep-483-step-04-8293187-support-sun-invoke-util-wrapper-in-cds-archive-heap
>  - @calvinccheung review comments
>  - ... and 147 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/893266c4...3860dcf5

The java file changes look good.

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21642#pullrequestreview-2386587967