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

Looking at all the CompiledMethod --> CodeBlob changes, I wondering if it wouldn't be better to use a subclass of CompiledMethod, liked we did for AOT methods.  However, there may be assumptions in the code that the only subclass of CompiledMethod is nmethod.

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