On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 13:13:22 GMT, Chen Liang <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Implementation changes for [JEP 500: Prepare to Make Final Mean 
>> Final](https://openjdk.org/jeps/500).
>> 
>> Field.set (and Lookup.unreflectSetter) are changed to allow/warn/debug/deny 
>> when mutating a final instance field. JFR event recorded if final field 
>> mutated. Spec updates to Field.set, Field.setAccessible and Module.addOpens 
>> to align with the proposal in the JEP.
>> 
>> HotSpot is updated to add support for the new command line options. To aid 
>> diagnosability, -Xcheck:jni reports a fatal error when a mutating a final 
>> field with JNI, and -Xlog:jni=debug can help identity when JNI code mutates 
>> finals. For now, JNI code is allowed to set the "write-protected" fields 
>> System.in/out/err, we can re-visit once we change the 
>> System.setIn/setOut/setErr methods to not use JNI (I prefer to keep this 
>> separate to this PR because there is a small startup regression to address 
>> when changing System.setXXX).
>> 
>> There are many new tests. A small number of existing tests are changed to 
>> run /othervm as reflectively opening a package isn't sufficient. Changing 
>> the tests to /othervm means that jtreg will launch the agent with the 
>> command line options to open the package.
>> 
>> Testing: tier1-6
>
> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Module.java line 950:
> 
>> 948:      * <p> Opening a package with this method does not allow the given 
>> module to
>> 949:      * {@linkplain Field#set(Object, Object) reflectively set} a final 
>> field declared
>> 950:      * in a class in the package, or
> 
> Suggestion:
> 
>      * {@linkplain Field#set(Object, Object) reflectively set} or

Okay, we could make that wording work if there is a comma after ".. write 
access".

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25115#discussion_r2369665043

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