RFR: 8295486: Inconsistent constant field values observed during compilation

[Vladimir Ivanov]

On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 18:53:56 GMT, Jatin Bhateja <jbhateja at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Stable field value should be added to method dependencies such that compilation becomes invalid if stable value changes later on.

It's too much for @Stable. It's allowed to observe stale values when concurrent modifications happen. It would require dependency checking on every `@Stable` field or array element update which is infeasible for arrays (all array stores have to be intercepted).

On the other hand, caching a single value which is used across the whole compilation has only performance impact (whether non-null value is observed or not).

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11861