[jdk21u-dev] RFR: 8315130: java.lang.IllegalAccessError when processing classlist to create CDS archive

[Timofei Pushkin]

On Tue, 27 May 2025 09:12:21 GMT, Timofei Pushkin <tpushkin at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Fixes a error which significantly complicates the use of static CDS in some applications with user-provided class loaders (workarounds require either manually editing the generated CDS classlist which is error-prone, or switching to dynamic CDS which has its own implications, or rewriting the application which is not always possible).
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> The conflicts were trivial: a few neighboring methods missing from this version and not directly related to the change.
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> The PR depends on #1833 and #1834 though it can be rewritten not to if needed.
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> Testing besides the CI (performed on macos/arm64): `runtime/cds`, a minimal reproducer app described in the original bug report.

@iklam As a reviewer of the original change, could you please review this JDK 21 backport and its dependency #1834?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk21u-dev/pull/1835#issuecomment-3026664500