RFR: 8367989: Remove InstanceKlass::allocate_objArray and ArrayKlass::allocate_arrayArray [v3]

[Coleen Phillimore]

On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 13:18:09 GMT, Coleen Phillimore <coleenp at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This change removes InstanceKlass::allocate_objArray and has its caller call ObjArrayKlass::allocate_instance directly from oopFactory, like the other array allocations do.  See CR for more information why we should have this change.  I also removed element_klass_addr() and moved element_klass_offset() to be in a more logical place near element_klass() functions.  This upstreams a tiny valhalla diff.
>> Tested with tier1-4.
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> Coleen Phillimore has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Use virtual function rather than if statement, still need one cast though.

Thanks for reviewing Stefan and Fred.  Testing was clean.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27372#issuecomment-3328268778