RFR: 8296776: Stop using mtNone as marker for CHeap allocations in GrowableArray [v2]

[Serguei Spitsyn]

On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 10:15:11 GMT, Stefan Karlsson <stefank at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Today we use mtNone to denote that a GrowableArray should *NOT* be backed by a CHeap allocated array.
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>> I've gotten feedback that it would probably be good to limit the usage of mtNone, and at some point maybe completely remove it.
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>> This patch takes a small step to remove mtNone from the GrowableArray. What's left is only asserts to forbid that value. Those asserts will be trivial to remove when/if mtNone is removed.
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>> Just like in the proposed patch to make MEMFLAGS non-optional in CHeapBitMap (see JDK-[JDK-8296774](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8296774)), I have thrown around the parameter order for GrowableArray. When looking at the changes to the usages of CHeap-backed GrowableArrays it becomes apparent that all of these usages where forced to provide a value for the initial capacity. When MEMFLAGS move to the front, we can now skip having to figure an initial capacity.
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> Stefan Karlsson has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains one commit:
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>   8296776: Stop using mtNone as marker for CHeap allocations in GrowableArray

Marked as reviewed by sspitsyn (Reviewer).

All the serviceability files look okay to me.
Thanks,
Serguei

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11086