[lworld] RFR: 8293253: [lw4] Code fixing access flags in old class files is incorrect and incomplete

[David Simms]

On Thu, 1 Sep 2022 20:11:52 GMT, Frederic Parain <fparain at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review this code fixing the code that adds the missing ACC_SUPER/ACC_IDENTITY flag in old class files.
> Those changes fix both JDK-8291719 and JDK-8293169.
> 
> Tested with Mach5, tier1-3.
> 
> But those changes also trigger new failures that should be addressed in additional CR:
> 
> java/lang/invoke/defineHiddenClass/BasicTest.java:
>   - assertion failure because test doesn't expect ACC_IDENTITY to be present
>     not sure about the fix if non-Valhalla configurations are run
>     BTW, the test already uses ACC_IDENTITY in some places
> 
>  java/lang/reflect/AccessFlag/ClassAccessFlagTest.java:
>   - another Java test surprised by the presence of ACC_IDENTITY
> 
> serviceability/jvmti/RedefineClasses/RedefineObject.java:
>   - changes in access flags leads to the class redefinition code to reject
>     an attempt to redefine a class because it sees a mismatch in access flags
>     (forbidden by class redefinition rules)
> 
> tools/javac/preview/PreviewTest.java
>   - not sure about this one, need input from a javac expert
> 
> Still some failures in JCK test, vm/classfmt/cpl and vm/instr/invokespecial
> but they will be addressed in another patch.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Fred

Looks good.

There is further clean up to be had, but I think that is out of scope this bug (fixing test issues).

Thanks Frederic !

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/739