RFR: 8075466: Address not aligned in Klass::decode_klass_not_null

[Bengt Rutisson]

On 2015-04-14 00:00, Kim Barrett wrote:
>> The problem is that a SATB queue may contain a stale reference to an
>> eagerly reclaimed humongous object.  Assert-conditional verification
>> during full queue processing that all entries are oop's can now fail.
>>
>> We deal with this by eliminating the pre-filtering verification
>> (removed call to ObjPtrQueue::verify_oops_in_buffer and removed that
>> now unused function).  Instead, ObjPtrQueue::filter has been revised
>> to be more careful about oop-ness assumptions, and to assert the
>> oop-ness of entries that are retained.
> Here's an update, modified per Bengt's and Eric's comments.
>
> Eliminated unnecessary cast to HeapWord**.
> Removed bogus comment.
> Fixed formatting of "if" statement.
>
> CR:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8075466
>
> Webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kbarrett/8075466/webrev.01/

Did something go wrong during the upload of the webrev? I get a "404 - 
Not Found" from the above link. :)

Bengt

>
> Incremental Webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kbarrett/8075466/webrev.01.incr/
>
> Testing:
> JPRT
>