Currently, JVM code that is looking at the classes listed in the InnerClasses attrbute in order to find a specific class, compares the class names, then loads the class, and then compares the Klass*'s. Can this be simplified by removing the Klass* comparison ?

For example, in this code in InstanceKlass::find_inner_classes_attr(), if the klass names match, will 'this' ever not equal 'inner_klass' ?

        int ioff = iter.inner_class_info_index();
        if (ioff != 0) {
          // Check to see if the name matches the class we're looking for
          // before attempting to find the class.
          if (i_cp->klass_name_at_matches(this, ioff)) {
            Klass* inner_klass = i_cp->klass_at(ioff, CHECK_false);
            if (this == inner_klass) {

Similar code is in Reflection::check_for_inner_class().

If the Klass* comparison can be removed then the calls to cp->klass_at() can also be removed.