RFR: 8309203: C2: remove copy-by-value of GrowableArray for InterfaceSet [v3]

[Roland Westrelin]

> The `InterfaceSet` component of types is immutable (once it is fully
> constructed). In that way, it's similar to other type components. In
> this change I propose making `InterfaceSet` a subtype of `Type` (and
> renaming it `TypeInterfaces`). It's then feasible to `hashcons`
> `TypeInterfaces` instances the way it's done for other `Type`
> instance.  A single copy of a `TypeInterfaces` for a particular set of
> interfaces is live during a compilation (and for the entire length of
> the compilation) and pointer equality can be used to check two sets of
> interfaces for equality. I think that change makes interface support
> fit better with the type system implementation and has the added
> benefits that there's no copy by value of the GrowableArray that holds
> the set of interfaces anymore.
> 
> A couple of required virtual methods for `Type` are not implemented
> for `TypeInterfaces`: `xmeet` and `singleton` (their body now calls
> `ShouldNotReachHere`). They would need a way to tell whether
> `TypeInterfaces` instances are above the center line or not. I thought
> about (and tried) having a root class `Type` that would contain the
> bare minimum for type that can be `hashcons`'ed so this method
> wouldn't need to be implemented by `TypeInterfaces`. That proved to be
> quite complicated and I gave up.

Roland Westrelin has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:

 - Update src/hotspot/share/opto/type.cpp
   
   Co-authored-by: Tobias Hartmann <tobias.hartmann at oracle.com>
 - Update src/hotspot/share/opto/type.cpp
   
   Co-authored-by: Tobias Hartmann <tobias.hartmann at oracle.com>

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16309/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16309/files/05e0dd8a..8cdcde07

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=16309&range=02
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=16309&range=01-02

  Stats: 2 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 2 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16309.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/16309/head:pull/16309

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16309