RFR (L) JDK-8230505: Replace JVM type comparisons to T_OBJECT and T_ARRAY with call to is_reference_type

[coleen.phillimore at oracle.com]

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~lfoltan/bug_jdk8230505.0/webrev/src/hotspot/share/ci/ciConstant.cpp.udiff.html
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~lfoltan/bug_jdk8230505.0/webrev/src/hotspot/share/classfile/bytecodeAssembler.cpp.udiff.html

Not sure if I agree with the changes to make is_reference_type() called 
in the default label of a case statement.

Wow, there were a lot of these.  The rest of the change looks great.

Thanks,
Coleen


On 9/11/19 11:29 AM, Lois Foltan wrote:
> Please review the following change to call is_reference_type() when 
> checking if a type is a T_OBJECT or a T_ARRAY.
>
> open webrev at: 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~lfoltan/bug_jdk8230505.0/webrev/index.html
> bug link: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8230505
>
> Builds: all tier1 builds, did build with Shenandoah GC, and Solaris 
> builds
> Testing: hs-tier1-4 & jdktier1-2 (all platforms), hs-tier5-8 (linux-x64)
>
> Thanks,
> Lois
>
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