[lworld] Integrated: 8370951: [lworld] Value record ClassCircularityError

Paul Hübner phubner at openjdk.org
Tue Nov 4 14:38:25 UTC 2025


On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:37:17 GMT, Paul Hübner <phubner at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> When we encounter situations where we can't preload, for example if two value classes refer to each other, **may** not be able to do flattening as we cannot compute the field layout. We have log messages as a hint to application or library developers to let them know of that fact. They are very useful for debugging. However, retaining them at the `warning` level means they are shown by default. This may be misleading, as seeing e.g. `ClassCircularityError` in a log may indicate that something has gone gravely wrong, which is not the case with preload failures. This PR relegates all preload failure logs to level `info`, such that the information is opt-in and will not unnecessarily cause confusion.
> 
> Testing: tier 1.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: f6387412
Author:    Paul Hübner <phubner at openjdk.org>
Committer: David Simms <dsimms at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/commit/f638741248d57152bd9f07f338db36798d9a2697
Stats:     32 lines in 6 files changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 32 mod

8370951: [lworld] Value record ClassCircularityError

Reviewed-by: fparain

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1710


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