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

[Lois Foltan]

On 9/11/2019 12:44 PM, Harold Seigel wrote:
> 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 for the review.  I will make that change prior to commit.
Lois

>
> 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
>>
>>