RFR: 8317269: Store old classes in linked state in AOT cache [v5]

[Coleen Phillimore]

On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 18:32:37 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> But what about k->java_super()->java_super()  ?  Where is that added?
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> `ExclusionCheckCandidates::add_candidate()` is a recursive function so it eventually adds all java_supers up to Object.

Okay, I see add_candidate is recursive so should add everything in the hierarchy for the first 'k'.  That makes a lot of sense.   Now why does this check_dependency_exclusion have to check super and interfaces, if you already have all the super and interfaces in the list of candidates to check?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26754#discussion_r2323130295