On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:31:37 GMT, Ioi Lam <[email protected]> wrote: > In legacy CDS, Java objects used by certain classes are computed ahead of > time using "object subgraphs" > > https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/1bbbce75c5e68429c2a32519eb3c36d964dcdf57/src/hotspot/share/cds/heapShared.cpp#L168-L171 > > Examples of subgraphs: > > - `java.lang.Integer$IntegerCache::cache` > - `jdk.internal.module.ArchivedBootLayer::bootLayer` > > The implementation requires special code (in both Java and C++) to be > executed when a CDS archive is created or loaded. As a result, we have an > execution model that's difficult to implement/extend and the behavior is hard > to understand. > > To move towards the AOT Cache Snapshot Model > ([JDK-8365645](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8365645)) we should > replace the subgraphs with the use of `@AOTSafeClassInitializer`, and if > necessary, `@AOTRuntimeSetup`. This will simplify the current implementation, > and make it possible to extend AOT-initializations to more core classes. > > Note, the use of `@AOTSafeClassInitializer` requires `-XX:+AOTClassLinking`. > For the time being, we retain the old CDS object subgraph code to cover the > `-XX:-AOTClassLinking` cases. Such code will be marked with comments like `/* > Legacy CDS archive support (to be deprecated) */`. All future AOT creation of > Java objects will be done with `@AOTSafeClassInitializer`.
This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: 232b41b2 Author: Ioi Lam <[email protected]> URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/232b41b2227bc9d03d88d316aa28d0cbe87086f7 Stats: 642 lines in 30 files changed: 406 ins; 186 del; 50 mod 8373392: Replace CDS object subgraphs with @AOTSafeClassInitializer Reviewed-by: liach, heidinga ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28736
