RFR: JDK-8326586: Improve Speed of System.map

[David Holmes]

On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:23:08 GMT, Thomas Stuefe <stuefe at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> In other parts of HotSpot we have been changed usages of `uintx` to instead use `size_t`.
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>> In other parts of HotSpot we have been changed usages of `uintx` to instead use `size_t`.
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> Why? size_t implies memory size to me. This is not a memory size, its a counter.
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> (If reviewers prefer uintx, I can change it; I just want to understand the reasoning behind choosing size_t)

Why `uintx` rather than just `uint`? Is there a reason to have a variable-sized counter for this? Does it even need to be unsigned?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17984#discussion_r1503684917