RFR: 8365229: ARM32: c2i_no_clinit_check_entry assert failed after JDK-8364269

[Ashutosh Mehra]

On Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:22:54 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> When recording adapter entries, we record _offsets_, not the actual addresses:
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>>   entry_offset[3] = handler->get_c2i_no_clinit_check_entry() - i2c_entry;
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>> Every platform except ARM32 and Zero have all these entries set up, so offset are always sane. But those two platforms set up `nullptr` as `c2i_no_clinit_check_entry()`, because clinit barriers are unimplemented. So the new assert added in [JDK-8364269](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8364269) fails encountering effectively `nullptr - i2c_entry` "garbage".
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>> This PR is the second least horrible (IMO) fix for this: relaxing assert by checking that "out of range" values are actually wrapping around back to `0`/`nullptr`. Had to do it in unsigned ints to avoid UB. For the affected platforms, we do not actually access this problematic/garbage entry offset, since we are always checking if clinit barriers are enabled. So the assert is the only place where it matters.
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>> The least horrible solution would be storing the actual `address`-es instead of `int` offsets. But that likely has footprint implications.
>> 
>> Additional testing:
>>  - [x] Linux ARM32 server fastdebug, `java -version` now works
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> Alternative: we fully unroll the loop and wrap the check for `entry_offset[3]` with `#if !defined(ARM32) && !defined(ZERO)`.

@shipilev why not use -1 for the offset value to indicate a nullptr address?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26746#issuecomment-3179642383