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

[Chen Liang]

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

I believe that particular JVMS change was tracked by https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8302497, which [removes the sentence](https://cr.openjdk.org/~dlsmith/8302497/8302497-20231218/specs/invokespecial-verification-jvms.html):

> Accordingly, the handler is required to either complete abruptly by throwing an exception to the caller of the enclosing <init> method, or to loop forever.

So this JBS issue makes it clear this has been applicable to previous releases, and I believe you can backport this to much older versions.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/4128#issuecomment-3462345227