On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 21:51:25 GMT, Marc Chevalier <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Some code added by >> [JDK-8372700](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8372700) can compute the >> constant value of a field of a (flatten) element in a flat array. We get a >> crash when the element of the array is known to be `null`, and so the field >> doesn't exist. >> >> So, let's just check in `ciConstant ciFlatArray::field_value(int index, >> ciField* field)` whether we get a null constant before interpreting it as a >> `ciInstance` and trying to retrieve a field from there. This should be >> enough since a `ciObject` is (directly) derived by `ciNullObject`, >> `ciInstance` and `ciArray`. Since we are looking up a value of a flat array, >> an element cannot be a `ciArray` (arrays have identities and can't be >> contained in a flat array). After looking up whether the flat array element >> is null, the `obj->as_instance()` cast acts as an assert, should we ever add >> another derived class from `ciObject`. >> >> In case of a null array element, `field_value` simply returns an invalid >> `ciConstant`. >> >> Tested with >> tier1,tier2,tier3,hs-precheckin-comp,hs-comp-stress,valhalla-comp-stress. >> Looks good. >> >> Thanks, >> Marc > > Marc Chevalier has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional > commit since the last revision: > > More I ProblemListed the test yesterday when we started getting 8 failures per Tier2 due to adding `--enable-preview` testing in Tier2. Thanks for picking up the change and removing the entry. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1923#issuecomment-3885026285
