RFR: 8186459: [JVMCI] ClassNotFoundException thrown by CompilerToVM.lookupType() should be converted to a LinkageError

[Doug Simon]

It seems easier to do the exception handling in Java and I'm not sure I see a disadvantage to doing it there?

-Doug

> On 18 Aug 2017, at 23:41, Vladimir Kozlov <vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Should you change C++ part of JVMCI instead and check PENDING_EXCEPTION like next?
> 
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk10/hs/hotspot/file/c8607c55bfda/src/share/vm/oops/method.cpp#l1573
> 
> or call SystemDictionary::resolve_or_fail() instead of resolve_or_null()?:
> 
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk10/hs/hotspot/file/c8607c55bfda/src/share/vm/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp#l191
> 
> Thanks,
> Vladimir
> 
> On 8/18/17 1:32 PM, Doug Simon wrote:
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8186459
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dnsimon/8186459/
>> -Doug