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

[Harold Seigel]

Hi Lois,

It looks good.  Can you change the message in the assert at line 874 in 
heapShared.cpp to something like "can archive only fields that are 
references".

Thanks,  Harold

On 9/11/2019 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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