[jdk18] RFR: 8265317: [vector] assert(payload->is_object()) failed: expected 'object' value for scalar-replaced boxed vector but got: NULL [v2]

[Vladimir Ivanov]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 10:24:51 GMT, Vladimir Ivanov <vlivanov at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The assertion is too strong. it doesn't take into account the case of a scalar-replaced instance with a constant field (null in this particular case). 
>> 
>> Proposed fix relaxes the check. 
>> 
>> Testing: 
>>   * failing tests w/ -XX:+DeoptimizeALot
>>   * hs-tier2 w/ -XX:+DeoptimizeALot
>>   * hs-tier1 - hs-tier5
>
> Vladimir Ivanov has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Update copyright

Thanks for the reviews, Vladimir and Tobias.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk18/pull/76