On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 22:41:34 GMT, Ioi Lam <ik...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> If you're storing the unnamed module oop in the archive should this method 
>> not be called?  If it is, what are you saving by archiving the unnamed 
>> module?
>
> The callstack is:
> 
> 
> jdk.internal.loader.BootLoader.setBootLoaderUnnamedModule0(java.base@26-internal/Native
>  Method)
> jdk.internal.loader.BootLoader.<clinit>(java.base@26-internal/BootLoader.java:71)
> jdk.internal.module.ModuleBootstrap.boot(java.base@26-internal/ModuleBootstrap.java:162)
> java.lang.System.initPhase2(java.base@26-internal/System.java:1932)
> 
> 
> Both the Java code and the native code have a handle to this unnamed module 
> oop. The `precond` checks that they indeed are pointing the same oop.
> 
> Also, even though the oop is archived, we still need to set up some native 
> states inside the `unnamed_module->restore_archived_oops(boot_loader_data)` 
> call. E.g., set up the `OopHandle` that binds the oop to the `ModuleEntry`.
> 
> ---------------
>> what are you saving by archiving the unnamed module?
> 
> It's for [JDK-8350550](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8350550)) -- I 
> want to be able to reference the unnamed module before executing any Java 
> code, so that archived classes can be loaded at the very beginning of 
> `vmClasses::resolve_all()`. See my draft PR: 
> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/26375
> 
> ---------------
> Currently, we still execute a lot of Java code when setting up the archived 
> module graph (inside `ModuleBootstrap.boot()`. I am working on a way to 
> enable the archived module graph without executing any Java code (which will 
> be a few REFs after 
> [JDK-8350550](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8350550)), so this call 
> will eventually be gone.

Ok, I see.  At this point, you're just checking that what you've referred to 
before loading the unnamed module matches what you've previously saved in the 
shared archive. Did I get that right?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26082#discussion_r2219870762

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