src/hotspot/share/prims/methodHandles.cpp

@@ -295,10 +295,13 @@
     if (m->is_static()) {
       flags |= IS_METHOD      | (JVM_REF_invokeStatic  << REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT);
     } else if (m->is_initializer()) {
       flags |= IS_CONSTRUCTOR | (JVM_REF_invokeSpecial << REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT);
     } else {
+      // "special" reflects that this is a direct call, not that it
+      // necessarily originates from an invokespecial. We can also do
+      // direct calls for private and/or final non-static methods.
       flags |= IS_METHOD      | (JVM_REF_invokeSpecial << REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT);
     }
     break;
 
   default:  assert(false, "bad CallInfo");  return NULL;