RFR: 8280422: thread_from_jni_environment can never return NULL [v2]

[Johannes Bechberger]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 02:21:34 GMT, David Holmes <dholmes at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Analysing the code and its use (see JBS issue for gory details) we can see that `thread_from_jni_environment` can never actually return NULL, so we change it to not appear to do so and thus keep static analysis tools happy.  We also always validate the incoming JNIEnv for debug builds and scrap the unused `VerifyJNIEnvThread` flag.
>> 
>> Testing: tiers 1-5
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>> Thanks,
>> David
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> David Holmes has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Update copyright

That does not address the issue, as `JavaThread::thread_from_jni_environment(trace->env_id)` never returns in case `is_terminating()` returns true.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7193