RFR(M) 8208999 Some use of Klass* should be replaced by InstanceKlass*
Ioi Lam
ioi.lam at oracle.com
Mon Aug 6 21:26:30 UTC 2018
Hi, please review this clean up
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8208999
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iklam/jdk12/8208999_klass_should_be_instanceklass.v01/
I changed the following APIs so that we can avoid many unnecessary type
casts
from Klass* -> InstanceKlass*.
Klass::java_super() -> now returns InstanceKlass*
InstanceKlass::local_interfaces() -> Array<InstanceKlass*>*
InstanceKlass::transitive_interfaces() -> Array<InstanceKlass*>*
I also modified APIs in SystemSictionary and SystemSictionary to return
InstanceKlass*
where possible.
Most changes are mundane, but here are some notable changes:
1. To save space, Klass::_secondary_supers (an Array<Klass*>*) may be
pointing
to the same array as InstanceKlass::_transitive_interfaces (an
Array<InstanceKlass*>*).
To make this happen, I added Array::as_const_array_of().
See InstanceKlass::compute_secondary_supers() and array.h.
I've added enough 'const' and asserts to catch mis-uses of this type
of casting. If someone has a better suggestion, please let me know.
2. I changed Klass::_secondary_supers to 'const Array<Klass*>*' because
of #1.
There are many pointers returned by Klass/InstanceKlass that should be
'const', as most callers should read them only without modifying,
but that's
outside the scope of this RFE.
3. SystemDictionary::resolve_super_or_fail() currently accepts the format
of "Ljava/lang/Object;" for the "super_name" parameter. I am keeping the
same behavior in my patch. However, I wonder if this actually correct
per JVMLS. I filed JDK-8209030.
See the call to resolve_instance_class_or_null_helper from
resolve_super_or_fail.
Testing: hs tiers 1/2/3/4
Thanks
- Ioi
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