Integrated: 8324584: Optimize Symbol and char* handling in ClassLoader

[Matias Saavedra Silva]

On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 22:22:22 GMT, Matias Saavedra Silva <matsaave at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The call to `ClassLoader::load_class()` currently takes a Symbol* for the name and later extracts the string only to change it back into a Symbol* inside `ClassLoader::search_module_entries()` while also recalculating the package entry. This patch simply passes the string directly along with the package entry from the caller. Verified with tier1-5 tests.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 9a1b843f
Author:    Matias Saavedra Silva <matsaave at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/9a1b843ff6ef72e17ec6096733408c5e265ee429
Stats:     14 lines in 3 files changed: 0 ins; 3 del; 11 mod

8324584: Optimize Symbol and char* handling in ClassLoader

Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17761