RFR: 8364111: InstanceMirrorKlass iterators should handle CDS and hidden classes consistently [v3]

Wed Jul 30 07:27:58 UTC 2025

On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:51:11 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> See the bug for more investigation. I think the root cause is already fixed in one of the `InstanceMirrorKlass` iterators, but not in the other one. Additionally, only one iterator handles the hidden classes. Also, there is a stale comment about CMS that apparently prevents us from asserting `is_primitive`, which is not relevant anymore.
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>> So this PR commons out the metadata handling on both iterators, which fixes the GenShen+CDS bug, likely fixes hidden classes bug somewhere, and prevents the omission like this from happening again.
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>> Additional testing:
>>  - [x] Linux x86_64 server fastdebug, Generational Shenandoah + CDS bugs are not reproducing now
>>  - [x] Linux x86_64 server fastdebug, `tier1`
>>  - [x] Linux x86_64 server fastdebug, `all`
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> Aleksey Shipilev has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Better comment

Marked as reviewed by ayang (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26477#pullrequestreview-3070214352