[GR-62316] Reduce system property access in ImageInfo.

sdk/src/org.graalvm.nativeimage/src/org/graalvm/nativeimage/ImageInfo.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * The Universal Permissive License (UPL), Version 1.0
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ private ImageInfo() {
      * {@link #PROPERTY_IMAGE_CODE_VALUE_BUILDTIME} the code is executing in the context of image
      * building (e.g. in a static initializer of a class that will be contained in the image). If
      * the property returns the string given by {@link #PROPERTY_IMAGE_CODE_VALUE_RUNTIME} the code
-     * is executing at image runtime. Otherwise the property is not set.
+     * is executing at image runtime. Otherwise, the property is not set.
      *
      * @since 19.0
      */
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ private ImageInfo() {
      * @since 19.0
      */
     public static boolean inImageCode() {
+        // A plugin in SubstrateGraphBuilderPlugins constant-folds this method to return true.
         return inImageBuildtimeCode() || inImageRuntimeCode();
     }
 
@@ -129,17 +130,21 @@ public static boolean inImageCode() {
      * @since 19.0
      */
     public static boolean inImageRuntimeCode() {
-        return PROPERTY_IMAGE_CODE_VALUE_RUNTIME.equals(System.getProperty(PROPERTY_IMAGE_CODE_KEY));
+        // A plugin in SubstrateGraphBuilderPlugins constant-folds this method to return true.
+        return false;
     }
 
+    private static final boolean BUILDTIME = PROPERTY_IMAGE_CODE_VALUE_BUILDTIME.equals(System.getProperty(PROPERTY_IMAGE_CODE_KEY));
+
     /**
      * Returns true if (at the time of the call) code is executing in the context of image building
      * (e.g. in a static initializer of class that will be contained in the image).
      *
      * @since 19.0
      */
     public static boolean inImageBuildtimeCode() {
-        return PROPERTY_IMAGE_CODE_VALUE_BUILDTIME.equals(System.getProperty(PROPERTY_IMAGE_CODE_KEY));
+        // A plugin in SubstrateGraphBuilderPlugins constant-folds this method to return false.
+        return BUILDTIME;
     }
 
     /**

substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/NativeImage.java

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import org.graalvm.nativeimage.ImageInfo;
 import org.graalvm.nativeimage.Platform;
 import org.graalvm.nativeimage.ProcessProperties;
 
@@ -998,6 +999,8 @@ private void prepareImageBuildArgs() {
         addImageBuilderJavaArgs("-Dcom.oracle.graalvm.isaot=true");
         addImageBuilderJavaArgs("-Djava.system.class.loader=" + CUSTOM_SYSTEM_CLASS_LOADER);
 
+        addImageBuilderJavaArgs("-D" + ImageInfo.PROPERTY_IMAGE_CODE_KEY + "=" + ImageInfo.PROPERTY_IMAGE_CODE_VALUE_BUILDTIME);
+
         /*
          * The presence of CDS and custom system class loaders disables the use of archived
          * non-system class and triggers a warning.

substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/NativeImageGenerator.java

@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ public void run(Map<Method, CEntryPointData> entryPoints,
     }
 
     protected static void setSystemPropertiesForImageEarly() {
-        System.setProperty(ImageInfo.PROPERTY_IMAGE_CODE_KEY, ImageInfo.PROPERTY_IMAGE_CODE_VALUE_BUILDTIME);
+        VMError.guarantee(ImageInfo.inImageBuildtimeCode(), "Expected ImageInfo.inImageBuildtimeCode() to return true");
     }
 
     private static void setSystemPropertiesForImageLate(NativeImageKind imageKind) {
@@ -554,7 +554,6 @@ private static void setSystemPropertiesForImageLate(NativeImageKind imageKind) {
     }
 
     public static void clearSystemPropertiesForImage() {
-        System.clearProperty(ImageInfo.PROPERTY_IMAGE_CODE_KEY);
         System.clearProperty(ImageInfo.PROPERTY_IMAGE_KIND_KEY);
     }