> Going forward, converting older JDK code to use the relatively new FFM API 
> requires system calls that can provide `errno` and the likes to explicitly 
> allocate a MemorySegment to capture potential error states. This can lead to 
> negative performance implications if not designed carefully and also 
> introduces unnecessary code complexity.
> 
> Hence, this PR proposes to add a _JDK internal_ method handle adapter that 
> can be used to handle system calls with `errno`, `GetLastError`, and 
> `WSAGetLastError`.
> 
> It currently relies on a thread-local cache of MemorySegments to allide 
> allocations. If, in the future, a more efficient thread-associated allocation 
> scheme becomes available, we could easily migrate to that one.
> 
> Tested and passed tiers 1-3.

Per Minborg has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional 
commits since the last revision:

 - Clean up
 - Add VT pinning

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22391/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22391/files/124567cf..67a1deae

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=22391&range=02
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=22391&range=01-02

  Stats: 109 lines in 2 files changed: 92 ins; 0 del; 17 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22391.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/22391/head:pull/22391

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22391

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