[lworld] Integrated: 8373507: [lworld] Add override keyword to *Klass classes

Axel Boldt-Christmas aboldtch at openjdk.org
Tue Dec 16 07:57:26 UTC 2025


On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:51:00 GMT, Axel Boldt-Christmas <aboldtch at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This is a enhancement which should also go into mainline, however since lworld is changing a lot of the Klass type hierarchy it seems more important to just get this into this repo. 
> 
> Using override provides better visibility and compiler support for suspicious virtual methods. It makes it clears when reading a class header file if a new virtual interface is introduced or if it simply overridden. 
> 
> It catches when the virtual hierarchy is different for different build configurations (like `is_flatArray_klass_slow` which is on the `Klass` in debug and on `FlatArrayKlass` in release. This is obviously a bug and `is_flatArray_klass_slow` should not be available in a release build) or suspicious virtual functions (like `InstanceKlass::restore_unshareable_info(ClassLoaderData*,Handle,PackageEntry*, JavaThread*)` which is only overridden by `InlineKlass` and only delegates to `InstanceKlass`, so it could just not have overridden this function).
> 
> We should aim to migrate all our C++ classes to use `override` or `final` rather than virtual to catch more bugs and have more expressive header files. But it seems extra prudent here as lworld is moving around a lot of things in this area.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: a07dfe93
Author:    Axel Boldt-Christmas <aboldtch at openjdk.org>
Committer: David Simms <dsimms at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/commit/a07dfe9398b986ca0812c63acf7beac08f148364
Stats:     143 lines in 10 files changed: 0 ins; 5 del; 138 mod

8373507: [lworld] Add override keyword to *Klass classes

Reviewed-by: mchevalier, fparain

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1787


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