RFR 8202171: Some oopDesc functions compare this with NULL

[Harold David Seigel]

Hi Coleen, Kim,

Thanks for your comments!

I'll make the changes suggested by Coleen and put out a new webrev.

Thanks, Harold

On 7/17/2018 5:38 PM, coleen.phillimore at oracle.com wrote:
>
> Hi Harold,
>
> Looking at this change, I would like us to keep the nonstatic print() 
> and print_on(outputStream*) functions because other Metadata and types 
> within the jvm have these functions.  I think the few places where the 
> oop can be NULL at the caller should be checked instead and remove the 
> this == NULL check in the oopDesc::print_on() function.  Most places 
> already do check for NULL.  The verify function seems fine to make a 
> static member function though.
>
> I agree with Kim that there are other places where "this" is compared 
> to NULL which shouldn't be done, and we should file separate RFEs to 
> deal with them, specifically Method::is_valid_method() and 
> Metadata::print_{value_}on_maybe_null() functions.
>
> Thanks,
> Coleen
>
> On 7/16/18 3:24 PM, Harold David Seigel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Please review this JDK-12 fix for bug JDK-8202171.  The fix changes a 
>> few functions in oop.cpp into static functions to avoid comparisons 
>> between 'this' and NULL.
>>
>> Open Webrev: 
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hseigel/bug_8202171/webrev/index.html
>>
>> JBS Bug:  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202171
>>
>> This fix was regression tested by running Mach5 tiers 1 and 2 tests 
>> and builds on Linux-X64, Windows, Solaris Sparc, and Mac OS X, 
>> running tiers 3-5 tests on Linux-x64, and by running JCK-11 Lang and 
>> VM tests on Linux-x64.
>>
>> Thanks, Harold
>>
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