[foreign-memaccess+abi] RFR: 8261972: CLinker.C_VA_LIST layout does not match platform layout for va_list

[Maurizio Cimadamore]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:00:55 GMT, Jorn Vernee <jvernee at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > `SharedUtils::convertVaListCarriers` should also be removed I think? (as well as calls to it in the linker impls)
> 
> No nvm, VaList is still kept as a carrier, just the layout is dropped. Sorry

Uhm, no, that should go as well. This patch also intends to remove support for VaList as a special carrier for downcall method handles and upcalls.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-foreign/pull/567