8355561: [macos] Build failure with Xcode 16.3

[mrserb]

Hi all,

This pull request contains a backport of commit 762423d6 from the openjdk/jdk repository.

The commit being backported was authored by Sergey Bylokhov on 7 May 2025 and was reviewed by Alexander Zuev and Phil Race.

Thanks!

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• JDK-8355561: [macos] Build failure with Xcode 16.3 (Bug - P3 - Approved)

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

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[mrserb]

/approval request
Clean backport. Fix for the broken build. The usage of VLA in PLATFORM_API_MacOSX_Ports.cpp
has been replaced with malloc/calloc and free. No new issues were found by the jdk_desktop tests.

[openjdk]

@mrserb
8355561: The approval request has been created successfully.

[shipilev]

Need this for #4115 to work, please and thank you :)

[mrserb]

/integrate

[openjdk]

Going to push as commit 76a55f2.
Since your change was applied there have been 2 commits pushed to the master branch:

• 7d6e99c: 8352966: Opensource Several Font related tests - Batch 2
• 1f34ffc: 8353007: Open some JComboBox bugs 2

Your commit was automatically rebased without conflicts.

[openjdk]

@mrserb Pushed as commit 76a55f2.

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