Summary

Modify JNI_GetPrimitiveArrayCritical() so that it assumes it is passed a primitive array rather than handing back a pointer to an Object array.

Problem

JNI_GetPrimitiveArrayCritical() only supports primitive arrays, and returns a "raw" pointer to the primitive array type passed in. For reasons unknown the implementation has always accepted an Object array and returned a raw pointer to it. This should not happen.

Solution

Change the implementation to assume it has a primitive array. This will likely lead to a crash if passed an Object array - which is perfectly fine for JNI (see comments). Passing an incorrect array type will be detected by -Xcheck:jni.

Specification

There is no specification change. This is a behavioural change to make the implementation match the specification.