RFR: 8361300: Document exceptions for Unsafe offset methods [v2]

Chen Liang liach at openjdk.org
Thu Jul 3 13:56:24 UTC 2025


> Unsafe throws IAE for misusing static vs instance fields, and it's revealed that AtomicXxxFieldUpdaters are using this mechanism to reject static fields. This is not a good practice, but we can at least document this so we don't accidentally introduce problems.

Chen Liang has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

  Explicit static checks

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25945/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25945/files/db465d72..904237c6

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=25945&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=25945&range=00-01

  Stats: 12 lines in 3 files changed: 9 ins; 0 del; 3 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25945.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/25945/head:pull/25945

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25945


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