[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8277417: C1 LIR instruction for load-klass

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On Mon, 3 Jul 2023 11:16:56 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Clean backport to resolve the klass-ptr related kludges, match the relevant code to current state of mainline past JDK 18, and make life easier for downstreams like Lilliput JDK 17u.
> 
> There are two follow-ups, which are not critical, and which I would backport separately:
>   * #1530 
>   * #1529 
> 
> Additional testing:
>  - [x] Linux x86_64 fastdebug `tier1 tier2 tier3`
>  - [x] Linux AArch64 fastdebug `tier1 tier2 tier3`

Push approval is here. Backport is clean. We have been running with this fix for a while now.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/1528#issuecomment-1625091275