RFR: 8358815: Exception event spec has stale reference to catch_klass parameter

[Alan Bateman]

On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 07:17:17 GMT, Serguei Spitsyn <sspitsyn at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The JVMTI Exception event callback spec refers to the `catch_klass` parameter which does not exist anymore. Instead the Exception event callback spec should refer to the `catch_method` and `catch_location` parameters.
> I treat this as a bug and doubt we need a CSR for this issue.
> 
> Testing: N/A

src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmti.xml line 12874:

> 12872:       be reset by one of those native methods.
> 12873:       Similarly, exceptions that are reported as uncaught (<code>catch_method</code>
> 12874:       and <code>catch_location</code> set to 0) may in fact be caught by native code.

catch_method is a jmethodID so null if uncaught.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25710#discussion_r2137595271