RFR: 8289002: Minimal x86_64 VM build fails with GCC 11: 'this' pointer is null

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On Wed, 3 Aug 2022 05:00:06 GMT, David Holmes <dholmes at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Though it is also possible code changes have crept in that have not taken INCLUDE_MANAGEMENT into account.

My initial patch was going in that direction: protecting some paths with `INCLUDE_MANAGEMENT`, but it quickly gets to look intrusive, questionable and ugly for me. Returning/throwing on those paths is much cleaner.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9718