RFR: 8250269: Replace ATTRIBUTE_ALIGNED with alignas [v17]

[Julian Waters]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2023 02:31:11 GMT, Julian Waters <jwaters at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> C++11 added the alignas attribute, for the purpose of specifying alignment on types, much like compiler specific syntax such as gcc's __attribute__((aligned(x))) or Visual C++'s __declspec(align(x)).
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>> We can phase out the use of the macro in favor of the standard attribute. In the meantime, we can replace the compiler specific definitions of ATTRIBUTE_ALIGNED with a portable definition. We might deprecate the use of the macro but changing its implementation quickly and cleanly applies the feature where the macro is being used.
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>> Note: With certain parts of HotSpot using ATTRIBUTE_ALIGNED so indiscriminately, this commit will likely take some time to get right
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>> This will require adding the alignas attribute to the list of language features approved for use in HotSpot code. (Completed with [8297912](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/11446))
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> Julian Waters has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 17 commits:
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>  - Merge branch 'openjdk:master' into alignas
>  - Merge branch 'master' into alignas
>  - Merge branch 'openjdk:master' into alignas
>  - alignas
>  - Merge branch 'openjdk:master' into alignas
>  - Merge branch 'openjdk:master' into alignas
>  - Merge branch 'openjdk:master' into alignas
>  - Merge branch 'openjdk:master' into alignas
>  - Merge branch 'openjdk:master' into alignas
>  - Merge branch 'openjdk:master' into alignas
>  - ... and 7 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/5a82fa3b...bb9ae391

Thanks Roman, though I think there is discussion around offsetof and offset_of and the consensus was that it can't be replaced without causing issues, at least for now

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11431#issuecomment-1681598375