RFR: 8205926: Support invokeSpecialIFC in GenerateJLIClassesPlugin

[mandy chung]

On 6/27/18 6:40 AM, Claes Redestad wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> JDK-8200167 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8200167> 
> introduced a new DMH kind, invokeSpecialIFC, which slightly perturbed 
> what forms we see on startup, which is linked to some minor startup 
> regressions in 11+19
> 
> Add support for this new kind in the plugin, and refresh what invokers 
> and forms we generate by default. Hard-coding defaults into the plugin 
> is crude and the intent is to
> remove all that in favor of extended build-time profiling support (see 
> HelloClasslist), 


That'd be good if we can improve that.

> but this will require more time, and I'd like to get this regression fix
> into 11 to avoid a few small startup regressions that crept into the 
> last couple of promoted builds.

Glad that you catch the startup regression.

> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~redestad/8205926/jdk.00/

+1

Mandy