RFR: 8263377: Store method handle linkers in the 'non-nmethods' heap

[Dean Long]

On Tue, 17 May 2022 23:19:54 GMT, Yi-Fan Tsai <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:

> 8263377: Store method handle linkers in the 'non-nmethods' heap

I don't think we need a new RuntimeBlob subclasses.  Can't we use the existing AdapterBlob or MethodHandlesAdapterBlob?

When changing from nmethod to CodeBlob, don't we need to replace COMPILED_METHOD_LOAD JVMTI events with DYNAMIC_CODE_GENERATED events?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8760