src/share/vm/jvmci/jvmciCodeInstaller.cpp

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  void* CodeInstaller::record_metadata_reference(Handle constant, TRAPS) {
    /*
     * This method needs to return a raw (untyped) pointer, since the value of a pointer to the base
     * class is in general not equal to the pointer of the subclass. When patching metaspace pointers,
!    * the compiler expects a direct pointer to the subclass (Klass*, Method* or Symbol*), not a
!    * pointer to the base class (Metadata* or MetaspaceObj*).
     */
    oop obj = HotSpotMetaspaceConstantImpl::metaspaceObject(constant);
    if (obj->is_a(HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl::klass())) {
      Klass* klass = java_lang_Class::as_Klass(HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl::javaClass(obj));
      assert(!HotSpotMetaspaceConstantImpl::compressed(constant), "unexpected compressed klass pointer %s @ " INTPTR_FORMAT, klass->name()->as_C_string(), p2i(klass));
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  void* CodeInstaller::record_metadata_reference(Handle constant, TRAPS) {
    /*
     * This method needs to return a raw (untyped) pointer, since the value of a pointer to the base
     * class is in general not equal to the pointer of the subclass. When patching metaspace pointers,
!    * the compiler expects a direct pointer to the subclass (Klass* or Method*), not a pointer to the
!    * base class (Metadata* or MetaspaceObj*).
     */
    oop obj = HotSpotMetaspaceConstantImpl::metaspaceObject(constant);
    if (obj->is_a(HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl::klass())) {
      Klass* klass = java_lang_Class::as_Klass(HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl::javaClass(obj));
      assert(!HotSpotMetaspaceConstantImpl::compressed(constant), "unexpected compressed klass pointer %s @ " INTPTR_FORMAT, klass->name()->as_C_string(), p2i(klass));
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      Method* method = (Method*) (address) HotSpotResolvedJavaMethodImpl::metaspaceMethod(obj);
      assert(!HotSpotMetaspaceConstantImpl::compressed(constant), "unexpected compressed method pointer %s @ " INTPTR_FORMAT, method->name()->as_C_string(), p2i(method));
      int index = _oop_recorder->find_index(method);
      TRACE_jvmci_3("metadata[%d of %d] = %s", index, _oop_recorder->metadata_count(), method->name()->as_C_string());
      return method;
-   } else if (obj->is_a(HotSpotSymbol::klass())) {
-     Symbol* symbol = (Symbol*) (address) HotSpotSymbol::pointer(obj);
-     assert(!HotSpotMetaspaceConstantImpl::compressed(constant), "unexpected compressed symbol pointer %s @ " INTPTR_FORMAT, symbol->as_C_string(), p2i(symbol));
-     TRACE_jvmci_3("symbol = %s", symbol->as_C_string());
-     return symbol;
    } else {
      JVMCI_ERROR_NULL("unexpected metadata reference for constant of type %s", obj->klass()->signature_name());
    }
  }
  
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