RFR: 8319548: Unexpected internal name for Filler array klass causes error in VisualVM

Tue Dec 19 11:01:41 UTC 2023

On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 10:08:14 GMT, Thomas Schatzl <tschatzl at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
>   please review this change that changes the filler array class name (again) after user feedback.
> 
> In particular, the previous name `Ljdk/internal/vm/FillerArray;` confuses some tools (https://github.com/oracle/visualvm/issues/523). I.e. it's not an array, but still variable sized.
> This change adds the `[` array bracket, and renames the element name to not have `Array` inside to not try to pretend that the element is some other kind of array.
> 
> Testing: tier1-6
> 
> Thanks,
>   Thomas

Marked as reviewed by ayang (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17155#pullrequestreview-1788619431