RFR(S) - JDK-8013875: Incorrect vtable index being set during methodHandle creation for static methods

[Bharadwaj Yadavalli]

Thanks for the quick review, John.

On 5/6/2013 5:49 PM, John Rose wrote:
> Because a 'vmindex' of -1 is a sentinel value, use a manifest constant known to be different from 'nonvirtual_vtable_index'.
>    - int vmindex = -1;
>    + int vmindex = Method::invalid_vtable_index;
>
> (It was -1 before simply as a garbage value likely to raise an assertion if it leaked through.)

OK. Changed. Updated webrev.

> Note:  We will need to clean this up after CallInfo is cleaned up to handle the new linkage results.  Does the CallInfo cleanup have a bug ID yet?

I have not yet filed a tracker for CallInfo cleanup.

> If not I will file a bug for it.

Please do so. I think you would be able to provide a better description 
of the task at hand along with the necessary context.

Thanks,

Bharadwaj

JBS: https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8013875
Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bharadwaj/8013875/webrev/