RFR: 8325870: Zap end padding bits for ArrayOops in non-release builds [v2]

[Stefan Karlsson]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:40:05 GMT, Axel Boldt-Christmas <aboldtch at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Make `ObjArrayAllocator` zap the end padding bits in not PRODUCT builds.
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>> Issues like [JDK-8325074](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8325074) / #17863 would then reproduce deterministically. Avoid future regressions.
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>> Guarded `Copy::fill_to_bytes`, it was not clear if or how it handles `count == 0`. Given that almost all dispatch to memset, the `count == 0` would probably be alright, but as `obj_end - padding_in_bytes` may point beyond an object and thus outside the heap it seems prudent to guard it (I believe memset requires a valid pointer).
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> Axel Boldt-Christmas has updated the pull request incrementally with three additional commits since the last revision:
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>  - Update copyright years
>  - Use *_end pointers and add assert
>  - Rename heapPaddingByte to heapPaddingByteVal

Marked as reviewed by stefank (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17864#pullrequestreview-1895298559