RFR: 8351565: Implement JEP 502: Stable Values (Preview) [v6]

[John R Rose]

On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:22:43 GMT, Per Minborg <pminborg at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Implement JEP 502.
>> 
>> The PR passes tier1-tier3 tests.
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> Per Minborg has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 246 commits:
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>  - Merge branch 'master' into implement-jep502
>  - Clean up exception messages and fix comments
>  - Rename field
>  - Rename method and fix comment
>  - Rework reenterant logic
>  - Use acquire semantics for reading rather than volatile semantics
>  - Add missing null check
>  - Simplify handling of sentinel, wrap, and unwrap
>  - Fix JavaDoc issues
>  - Fix members in StableEnumFunction
>  - ... and 236 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/4e51a8c9...d6e1573f

I'm surprised to see `@ForceInline` in the offset query functions in `Unsafe`.  Those are not on any fast path I'm aware of.  What use case does this annotation address?  If none, consider deleting; it will be a future maintenance puzzle.  Or at least document in a comment why a slow path function needs such an annotation.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23972#issuecomment-2727063749