Integrated: 8365594: Strengthen Universe klasses asserts to catch bootstrapping errors earlier

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:43:55 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I am chasing a Shenandoah + CDS bootstrapping problem, where Shenandoah tries to insert the filler at the time when Universe is not yet initialized. It currently fails rather cryptically on attempt to store `null` class. We could really use an assert on accessing various `Klass` definitions in Universe.
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> We already do this for `TypeArrayKlass-es`, so this change would cover `fillerArrayKlass` and `objectArrayKlass`. 
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> Additional testing:
>  - [x] Shenandoah + CDS reproducer crashes reliably
>  - [x] Linux AArch64 server fastdebug, `all`

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: c9ecedd2
Author:    Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/c9ecedd2260c7f0114227aafc7f7f85e7c4c07c5
Stats:     14 lines in 2 files changed: 9 ins; 1 del; 4 mod

8365594: Strengthen Universe klasses asserts to catch bootstrapping errors earlier

Reviewed-by: coleenp, ayang

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26797