RFR: 8022853: add ability to load uncompressed object and Klass references in a compressed environment to Unsafe

Wed Apr 22 19:01:44 UTC 2015

> On Apr 22, 2015, at 11:44 AM, John Rose <john.r.rose at oracle.com> wrote:
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> Reviewed, if you update the javadoc for Unsafe.getUncompressedObject.  — John

Done.  Thanks, I missed that.

> On Apr 22, 2015, at 10:56 AM, Christian Thalinger <christian.thalinger at oracle.com> wrote:
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>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8022853
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>> In some native data structures of the VM oops are stored uncompressed even if compressed oops are turned on, for example Klass::_java_mirror.  Java code which is tightly coupled with the VM should have the ability to read and write such fields.
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>> This additional Unsafe API make the implementation of JEP 243: Java-Level JVM Compiler Interface simpler.
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>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~twisti/8022853/hotspot/webrev.01/
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~twisti/8022853/jdk/webrev.01/
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