On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:42:49 GMT, Casper Norrbin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> One of the `FlatFieldPayload` constructors uses `container->klass()` when 
> calling `inline_layout_info_adr`, even though the layout should be resolved 
> from `field_holder()`. When JNI `GetObjectField` or `SetObjectField` accesses 
> an inherited flat field on a derived class it ends up looking up inline 
> layout info from the that class instead of the class that actually declares 
> the field. In debug builds this triggers an assert, and in general it is the 
> wrong class to use for the lookup.
> 
> This path is only reached through JNI field access. The original fix is from 
> @stefank. I added a regression test that tests JNI reads and writes of 
> inherited flat fields and checks that the inherited base field is resolved 
> correctly. The new test hits the assert before the fix and passes with the 
> patch applied.
> 
> Testing:
> - Tier 1
> - New test testing modifying inherited flat fields through JNI 
> 
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The VM fixes looks good to me.
If the flattening assertions were removed from the test, the test could be run 
in any VM configuration (with flattening enabled or not).

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Marked as reviewed by fparain (Committer).

PR Review: 
https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/2355#pullrequestreview-4163087773

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