[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8364660: ClassVerifier::ends_in_athrow() should be removed

[Goetz Lindenmaier]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:31:47 GMT, Goetz Lindenmaier <goetz at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I backport this for parity with 17.0.18-oracle from 21.
> 
> Resolved Copyright in verifier.hpp.
> 
> Skipped VerifierImpl.java, that was added by https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8294982: Implementation of Classfile API

HI @matias9927, @dean-long, @liach
I backported this pretty much as-is to 21 and 17. 
@schmelter-sap noted in his review for 17 that the spec change is only for 22+. 
So is it ok to backport it as I did?  Or do I need to modify the change?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/4128#issuecomment-3462106462