[jdk23] RFR: 8326820: Metadata artificially kept alive

Thu Jun 27 14:36:33 UTC 2024

Hi all,

This pull request contains a backport of commit [5909d541](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/5909d54147355dd7da5786ff39ead4c15816705c) from the [openjdk/jdk](https://git.openjdk.org/jdk) repository.

The commit being backported was authored by Axel Boldt-Christmas on 27 Jun 2024 and was reviewed by Erik Österlund, Stefan Karlsson and Coleen Phillimore.

Thanks!

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Commit messages:
 - Backport 5909d54147355dd7da5786ff39ead4c15816705c

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19929/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=19929&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8326820
  Stats: 80 lines in 6 files changed: 31 ins; 25 del; 24 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19929.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/19929/head:pull/19929

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19929