Request for reviews (XS): 6875619

[Tom Rodriguez]

Why are we asking for the length of something which either isn't an  
array or hasn't properly cast to be an array yet?

tom

On Aug 27, 2009, at 6:43 PM, Vladimir Kozlov wrote:

> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kvn/6875619/webrev.00
>
> Fixed 6875619: CTW fails with /hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/type.hpp
>
> Problem:
> GraphKit::load_array_length() tries to cast type of new allocated
> array to TypeAryPtr. It fails since it is reflection allocation
> and type is Object.
>
> Solution:
> Cast to TypeOopPtr which is the parameter type of
> make_ideal_length() method.
>
> Reviewed by:
>
> Fix verified (y/n): y, test
>
> Other testing:
> JPRT
>