RFR: 8317269: Store old classes in linked state in AOT cache [v2]

[Coleen Phillimore]

On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 18:30:00 GMT, Coleen Phillimore <coleenp at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I am not sure why there are two versions.  They seem to be used at similar frequency (about 300 calls each).
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> So there's add_verification_constraint for the new verifier and add_old_verification_dependency but are these the same sort of thing?  Maybe the new name should be add_old_verification_constraint.

Why is one a dependency and one's a constraint?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26754#discussion_r2323101578