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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-8254565

JFR: Incorrect verification of mirror events

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • P4
    • 17
    • 16
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    • jfr
    • b20

    Description

      Events defined in the java.base module can't reference annotations in the jdk.jfr due to a circular module dependency at compile time.

      To work around the issue, the concept of a mirror event was introduced. It adds annotation such as jdk.jfr.Label to a mirror class in the jdk.jfr module but with a target class located in java.base.

      To make sure the event class and the mirror have the exact same fields, a verification method was added to the jdk.jfr.internal.jfr.Utils class. Unfortunately the verification mechanism can't handle all cases, and in particular when a field is added to java.lang.Object. This is not a problem in the product, since mirror events are only used internally, but it prevents experimentation, for example to add a field to java.lang.Object.

      See attached patch file.

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              egahlin Erik Gahlin
              egahlin Erik Gahlin
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