RFR: 8318982: Improve Exceptions::special_exception [v3]

[David Holmes]

On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 09:17:30 GMT, Doug Simon <dnsimon at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This PR consolidates the 2 almost identical versions of `Exceptions::special_exception` into a single method.
>> If a special exception is thrown and `-Xlog:exceptions` is enabled, a log message is emitted and it indicates the special handling.
>> 
>> Here's an example in the output from running `compiler/linkage/LinkageErrors.java` with `-Xlog:exceptions -Xcomp`:
>> 
>> [0.194s][info][exceptions] Exception <java/lang/IllegalAccessError: class java.lang.module.ModuleDescriptor$1 tried to access private method 'void java.lang.module.ModuleDescriptor$Exports.<init>(java.util.Set, java.lang.String, java.util.Set, boolean)' (java.lang.module.ModuleDescriptor$1 and java.lang.module.ModuleDescriptor$Exports are in module java.base of loader 'bootstrap')> (0x0000000000000000)
>> thrown [src/hotspot/share/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp, line 591]
>> for thread 0x000000011e18c600
>> thread cannot call Java, throwing pre-allocated exception: a 'java/lang/VirtualMachineError'{0x0000000772e06f00}
>> 
>> 
>> The motivation for this change was work on [JDK-8318694](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8318694) where it's useful to know when exceptions are thrown on a CompilerThread.
>
> Doug Simon has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - differentiate special exception log message from normal log message
>  - check special_exception arguments for nullness pre-condition

Okay. I still find this merging of questionable benefit, but approved.

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Marked as reviewed by dholmes (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16401#pullrequestreview-1709497727