RFR: 8371216: oopDesc::print_value_on breaks if klass is garbage [v2]

[Paul Hübner]

On Fri, 7 Nov 2025 10:04:35 GMT, Thomas Stuefe <stuefe at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Paul Hübner has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   Don't make a new function.
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> I would not add the helper function for only one case. We already have a bunch of helpers like these. Just test for oop != NULL at the call site.

Thanks for the feedback and reviews @tstuefe @coleenp @TheRealMDoerr. I'll integrate this on Monday when the 24h period has passed and my test re-runs are finished. 

> I think there are more places which cause "error occurred during error reporting" due to assertions, but they can get addressed in separate issues.

If you have any examples, either now or down the road, I'd be happy to take a look.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28190#issuecomment-3503445526