RFR: 8353014: Exclude AOT tooling classes from AOT cache [v2]

Vladimir Ivanov vlivanov at openjdk.org
Wed Apr 2 21:23:49 UTC 2025


On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 16:35:38 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> When creating the AOT configuration file or the AOT cache file, we load a few "AOT tooling" classes that are not needed in the production run. This PR adds an API for filtering out such classes to reduce footprint.
>> 
>> In addition, with the upcoming [JDK-8325147](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8325147) (Ahead-of-Time Method Profiling), profiles for the tooling classes will be also be excluded. This will prevent the JVM from compiling methods at start-up which aren't going to be used.
>
> Ioi Lam has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains four commits:
> 
>  - Refactored CollectClassesForLinking for simplification
>  - Merge branch 'master' into 8353014-exclude-tooling-classes-from-aot-cache
>  - Reverted some fixes in systemDictionaryShared.cpp that causes test failures
>  - 8353014: Exclude AOT tooling classes from AOT cache

Looks good.

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Marked as reviewed by vlivanov (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24272#pullrequestreview-2737627405


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