RFR: 8288134: Super class names don't have envelopes

[Harold Seigel]

On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 18:44:24 GMT, Coleen Phillimore <coleenp at openjdk.org> wrote:

> SystemDictionary::resolve_super_or_null() calls resolve_instance_class_or_null_helper() which strips off the L; envelope for class names then calls resolve_instance_class_or_null().
> Super class names come from the constant pool or an existing InstanceKlass in the CDS path, so is already verified by the format checker, if the name has L; and it will already get a class format error.
> 
> Removed this helper and call resolve_instance_class_or_null() directly, and inlined the helper function into resolve_or_null().
> 
> Tested by tier1-4 on Oracle supported platforms.

Looks good!
Thanks, Harold

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Marked as reviewed by hseigel (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9144