RFR: 8343493: Perform module checks during MetaspaceShared::map_archives() [v3]

[Calvin Cheung]

On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 17:01:20 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Currently, `Modules::serialize()` and `Modules::serialize_addmods_names()` store/retrieve the main module name, as well as the set of modules specified by `--add-modules`. These functions are called from `MetaspaceShared::serialize()`, *after* the JVM has decided to use the CDS archive.
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>> However, with JEP 483 ([JDK-8315737](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8315737)), we need the module information *before* deciding whether to use the CDS archive. For example, if `-XX:+AOTClassLinking` is specified during the CDS archive creation, the archive cannot be used if we specified an incompatible main module at runtime.
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>> This RFE added a new function, `MetaspaceShared::early_serialize()`, which is called from `MetaspaceShared::map_archives()`. `Modules::serialize()` and `Modules::serialize_addmods_names()` are called within this context so that we can use the module information to decide whether to use the CDS archive or not.
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>> I also added some comments about what "serialize" does, since it's rather non-obvious.
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> Ioi Lam has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   @matias9927 comments - fixed typo

Marked as reviewed by ccheung (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21890#pullrequestreview-2421814003