8315131: Clarify VarHandle set/get access on 32-bit platforms

[liach]

JDK-8315131 addresses a doc-only mistake present on release 25. Since this is doc-only, this is eligible for backport, and its CSR is approved for release 25 too. See #26258 for the original PR review.

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Issues

• JDK-8315131: Clarify VarHandle set/get access on 32-bit platforms (Bug - P4)
• JDK-8361935: Clarify VarHandle set/get access on 32-bit platforms (CSR)

Reviewers

• Roger Riggs (@RogerRiggs - Reviewer)
• Iris Clark (@irisclark - Reviewer)

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This backport pull request has now been updated with issue from the original commit.

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[RogerRiggs]

looks fine.

[irisclark]

Confirmed changes identical to those already in master.

[liach]

Thanks for the reviews!

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Going to push as commit 1867eff.

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@liach Pushed as commit 1867eff.

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