RFR: updating supports_value_types() method and ACC_Value and ACC_Flattenable flags

[Karen Kinnear]

Harold,

Looks good. Good catch.

Karen

> On Mar 23, 2018, at 10:28 AM, harold seigel <harold.seigel at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Please review this change to fix method supports_value_types() in classFileParser.cpp and to ignore the ACC_Value and ACC_Flattenable flags if they are specified in older class file versions.  According to the JVM Spec for JDK-10 <https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se10/html/index.html>:
> 
>   All bits of the access_flags item not assigned in <table> are
>   reserved for future use.  They should be set to zero in generated
>   class files and *should be ignored by JVM implementations*.
> 
> No new tests are needed because this is covered by existing JCK vm tests.
> 
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hseigel/valueTypes_lworld.ACC_flags/webrev/index.html
> 
> This webrev was tested with hotspot JTReg tests, many JDK JTReg tests, and with vm JCK tests.
> 
> Thanks, Harold
>