[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8354893: [REDO BACKPORT] javac crashes while adding type annotations to the return type of a constructor (JDK-8320001) [v2]

Sun Dec 14 11:11:44 UTC 2025

> This is a backport of [JDK-8354893](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8354893), which is a follow-up to [JDK-8341779](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8341779).

Liam Miller-Cushon has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains eight commits:

 - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8354893
 - Backport b2225c8c491e9a5f4f6d2ef14338369d681d6110
 - Backport c40e6ef3dcb25b8acc156aa4051694322bf7e351
 - Fix merge
 - Backport 8d0831478338e9b084b2c47f46eba9faae3a5eb6
 - Backport 67c4a0826babb55ce56acf2b3b289b51d9d5529e
 - Resolve merge conflict

   due to changes to the internal TypeMetadata API for JDK-8303820
 - Backport de6667cf11aa59d1bab78ae5fb235ea0b901d5c4

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Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/4151/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk17u-dev&pr=4151&range=01
  Stats: 368 lines in 6 files changed: 280 ins; 44 del; 44 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/4151.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev.git pull/4151/head:pull/4151

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/4151