RFR: 8358890: VM option -XX:AllowRedefinitionToAddDeleteMethods should be obsoleted then expired [v6]

Serguei Spitsyn sspitsyn at openjdk.org
Thu Jul 17 01:57:32 UTC 2025


> The VM option -XX:AllowRedefinitionToAddDeleteMethods was added in JDK 13 as a temporary backward compatibility flag under JDK-8192936 and was immediately marked as Deprecate. The fix is to obsolete this option in JDK 26 and expire in JDK 27.
> 
> TBD: Need to submit a related CSR.
> 
> There are two concerns which may require some negotiation with the Runtime (@coleenp @dcubed-ojdk @dholmes-ora) and SQE (@lmesnik) teams:
>  - Class redefinition/retransformation can impact lambda expressions which are supported with private methods
>  - Many tests depend on this VM option and are being removed. I'm not sure if it is okay to completely remove those e may want another way to handle this (e.g. problem-listing the impacted tests for now).
>  
> Testing:
>  - mach5 tiers 1-6 are good
>  - may need to run mach5 tiers > 6

Serguei Spitsyn has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains six additional commits since the last revision:

 - Merge
 - Merge
 - review: replace RESERVED flag with UNUSED
 - review: keep right order of the obsoleted VM options
 - corrected one assert message
 - 8358890: VM option -XX:AllowRedefinitionToAddDeleteMethods should be obsoleted then expired

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26232/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26232/files/3900252d..80fc70ec

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=26232&range=05
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=26232&range=04-05

  Stats: 16210 lines in 455 files changed: 10361 ins; 3853 del; 1996 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26232.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/26232/head:pull/26232

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26232


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