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  2. JDK-8064811

Use THREAD instead of CHECK_NULL in return statements

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        Take the following method as an example:
         Klass* ConstantPool::klass_ref_at(int which, TRAPS) {
          return klass_at(klass_ref_index_at(which), CHECK_NULL);
         }

        This will expand into:
         Klass* ConstantPool::klass_ref_at(int which, TRAPS) {
          return klass_at(klass_ref_index_at(which), THREAD);
          if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTIONS) {
            return NULL;
          }
          (void)(0);
         }

        The if-statement will never be reached.

        We have seen cases where the compiler warns about this, and the recent change to enable -Wreturn-type will make this more likely to happen.

        The suggested solution is to change the example above into:
         Klass* ConstantPool::klass_ref_at(int which, TRAPS) {
          return klass_at(klass_ref_index_at(which), THREAD);
         }

              stefank Stefan Karlsson
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