RFR (XS) 8057845: ClassVerifier::verify_exception_handler_targets reconstructs the ExceptionTable in a loop

[Jiangli Zhou]

Hi Harold,

Looks good.

Thanks,
Jiangli

On 09/18/2014 11:39 AM, harold seigel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please review this small verifier performance improvement for bug 
> JDK-8057845.  The change stops re-fetching the exception table for 
> each loop iteration.  The re-fetching is no longer needed because 
> Method no longer gets moved by gc.  This change noticeably improved 
> Nashorn class loading.
>
> bug:  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8057845
> Open webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hseigel/bug_8057845/
>
> The fix was tested with JCK lang, vm, and api/java_lang tests, ute 
> quick tests, ute split_verifier tests, JPRT, and hotspot JTREG tests.
>
> Thanks, Harold