[jdk21u-dev] RFR: 8321940: Improve CDSHeapVerifier in handling of interned strings

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:54:31 GMT, Ben Taylor <btaylor at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Clean backport of a change to fix a false-positive error condition in the cdsHeapVerifier. 
> This change also reduces the number of manually curated `ADD_EXCL` entries in cdsHeapVerifier, improving long-term maintainability.
> 
> Change passes tier 1 tests locally on x86_64 linux.

@benty-amzn This hasn't been in any released JDK version yet. Deferring to next 21 cycle. It would be good if you can clarify "improving long-term maintainability". What do you mean by that exactly?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk21u-dev/pull/925#issuecomment-2304455806