RFR 8049105: Move array component mirror to instance of java/lang/Class (hotspot part 2)

[Christian Thalinger]

On Aug 26, 2014, at 6:56 AM, Coleen Phillimore <coleen.phillimore at oracle.com> wrote:

> Summary: This removes component mirrors from arrayKlass metadata and the C2 intrinsic for them.
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> I'm sending this out to hotspot-dev so I can get someone from the compiler to review this (again).  Chris Thalinger, you already saw this once, it's the same thing, but I had to hold this change until it was okay'd by licensees.   Can you re-review?

Yes, still looks good.

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> Also GC team note that Klass::oops_do() is now non-virtual.  Will that help?
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> Tested with jck, nsk and jtreg tests.  Also, ran refworkload with no difference in performance.
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> open webrev at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/8049105/
> bug link https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8049105
> 
> Thanks,
> Coleen