RFR: 8331497: Implement JEP 483: Ahead-of-Time Class Loading & Linking [v4]

[John R Rose]

On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 03:01:54 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is an implementation of [JEP 483: Ahead-of-Time Class Loading & Linking](https://openjdk.org/jeps/483).
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>> Note: this is a combined PR of the following individual PRs
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20516
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20517
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20843
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20958
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20959
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/21049
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/21143
>
> Ioi Lam has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - 8342907: Implement AOT testing mode for jtreg tests (authored by @katyapav)
>  - disable test that fails with hotspot_runtime_non_cds_mode

I read it through again.  Some stylistic issues we have discussed can be saved for later.  I didn't find any new problems, and known old problems are addressed. Ship it!

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Marked as reviewed by jrose (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21642#pullrequestreview-2391527792