RFR: 8366498: Simplify ClassFileParser::parse_super_class [v2]

[David Holmes]

On Mon, 1 Sep 2025 07:14:28 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The if `cp->resolved_klass_at()` is never true called because we are very early in class file parsing, so no klass CP entries have been resolved at this point.
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> Ioi Lam has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Simplify parse_super_klass() -> check_super_class()

src/hotspot/share/classfile/classFileParser.cpp line 3824:

> 3822: 
> 3823:     // Ioi note: remove this in final commit.
> 3824:     assert(!cp->tag_at(super_class_index).is_klass(), "should not have been resolved");

I suggest not including this in the PR then adding it locally for testing purposes - else you guarantee the need for a re-review.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27026#discussion_r2313118181