RFR: 8355746: Start of release updates for JDK 26

[Chen Liang]

On Fri, 2 May 2025 16:45:42 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> There are various HotSpot tests that use ASM and they all fail under JDK 26 without this change.
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> Hopefully new tests will use the ClassFile API and that over time that some of the existing tests that use ASM can be migrated.

I have asked @nizarbenalla in offline communications for a list of failing hotspot tests. I aim to update them on a case-by-case basis, to determine if the compile arguments should provide a `--release <N>` argument or migrate class file parsing to ClassFile API.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25008#discussion_r2071895599