> Currently, jdi only check and process class unloading event when it detects a 
> new GC cycle.
> 
> After [JDK-8212879](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8212879), posting 
> class events can overlap with GC finish event, that results, sometimes, it 
> only captures partial or even empty unloaded class list. The pending list 
> usually can be flushed out at next GC cycle. But for the classes unloaded 
> during the last GC cycle, the class unloading events may lost forever.
> 
> This patch checks and processes class unloading events unconditionally, 
> suggested by @kbarrett, the last pending unloaded class list can be flushed 
> by other events, such as `VM_DEATH`.
> 
> It also performs `commonRef_compact()` only when there are classes unloaded.
> 
> New test failed about 20% without patch, none with patch.

Zhengyu Gu has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge 
or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in 
by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains 18 additional commits since the 
last revision:

 - Improve naming and cleanup
 - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8256811-jdi-missing-class-unloading-event
 - v4
 - v3
 - v2
 - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8256811-jdi-missing-class-unloading-event
 - Merge branch 'jdi_tmp' into JDK-8256811-jdi-missing-class-unloading-event
 - v0
 - v2
 - v1
 - ... and 8 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/1bded2dc...559b4bf1

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9168/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9168/files/89da788e..559b4bf1

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=9168&range=02
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=9168&range=01-02

  Stats: 12263 lines in 93 files changed: 577 ins; 2400 del; 9286 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9168.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk pull/9168/head:pull/9168

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9168

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