[lworld] RFR: 8245216: [lword] The JVM should inject the IdentityObject interface to types which need it

[Srikanth Adayapalam]

On Mon, 18 May 2020 21:21:00 GMT, Frederic Parain <fparain at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Please review these changes for JDK-8245216.
>> 
>> This code makes the JVM to inject the IdentityObject interface when needed.
>> The details are in the CR:
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8245216
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Fred
>
> Got some crashes during testing, investigating...
> [update] Class instrumentation/redefinition requires some fixes.

This patch addresses the two langtools failure it should. Thanks!

However, hotspot/jtreg/runtime/valhalla/valuetypes/testSupers/TestSuperClasses.java is still referencing withdrawn
classes and fails. Are you able to include a fix for that too ?

I looked into preparing a patch, but not familiar with jcod files...

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/valhalla/pull/51