> Currently, the hotspot compiler (as in ciField) trusts final fields in hidden 
> classes, record classes, and selected jdk packages. Some classes in the JDK 
> wish to be trusted, but they cannot apply package-wide opt-in due to other 
> legacy classes in the package, such as java.util.
> 
> They currently can use `@Stable` as a workaround, but this is fragile because 
> a stable final field may hold a trusted null, zero, or false value, which is 
> currently treated as non-constant by ciField.
> 
> We should add an annotation to opt-in for a whole class, mainly for legacy 
> packages. This would benefit greatly some of our classes already using a lot 
> of Stable, such as java.util.Optional, whose empty instance is now 
> constant-foldable, as demonstrated in a new IR test.
> 
> Paging @minborg who requested Optional folding for review.
> 
> I think we can remove redundant Stable in a few other java.util classes after 
> this patch is integrated. I plan to do that in subsequent patches.

Chen Liang has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
commit since the last revision:

  Essay

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28540/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28540/files/f02b9da2..712dbf1c

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=28540&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=28540&range=00-01

  Stats: 150 lines in 2 files changed: 130 ins; 8 del; 12 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28540.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/28540/head:pull/28540

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28540

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