RFR: 8376761: ARM32: Constant base assert after JDK-8373266

Albert Mingkun Yang ayang at openjdk.org
Wed Feb 4 09:08:01 UTC 2026


On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 18:39:50 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Missed the obvious spot in [JDK-8373266](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8373266). ARM32 uses this cached field for quick loads in CardTableBarrierSet barriers. This does not apply to Shenandoah and G1 barriers. So we only need to make sure card table is properly initialized to nullptr.
> 
> Additional testing:
>  - [x] Linux ARM32 build now passes `java HelloWorld.java`

> Let's not spend too much time on this. If you want to change the style, then sure, we can do that as the followups...

Sure.

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Marked as reviewed by ayang (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29528#pullrequestreview-3749834351


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