On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 02:24:14 GMT, Yasumasa Suenaga <[email protected]> wrote:
> On the review for [JDK-8380955](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8380955) > (#30443), `Linker` and `FunctionDescriptor` do not need to be value based > class because they would not be treated as "value". > `Linker` is defined as providing a way to look up the canonical layouts > associated with the data types used by the ABI. `FunctionDescriptor` > represents the signature of a foreign function. They are not "value". > > Actually they and their child (final) classes do not have `@ValueBased`, thus > `javac` and `-XX:DiagnoseSyncOnValueBasedClasses` cannot identify if they are > used in anti-pattern of value based class. Thus this change does not change > behavior, just documentation updates. > > --------- > - [x] I confirm that I make this contribution in accordance with the [OpenJDK > Interim AI Policy](https://openjdk.org/legal/ai). This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: 7bbd2619 Author: Yasumasa Suenaga <[email protected]> URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/7bbd2619781ca42e9576c081ec6421fe220b0572 Stats: 6 lines in 2 files changed: 3 ins; 1 del; 2 mod 8381233: Linker does not need to be value based class Reviewed-by: mcimadamore ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/30481
