RFR(XS): 8152185: ReferencePendingListLocker incorrectly assumes that the lock is never taken recursively (original) (raw)

Per Liden per.liden at oracle.com
Fri Mar 18 14:29:22 UTC 2016


Summary: The ReferencePendingListLocker asserts that the pending list lock is never taken recursively. This is incorrect, as it can be taken by a GC operation initiated by the ReferenceHandler thread, which might already own the lock. The asserts were added as part of JDK-8151601 in an attempt to strengthen the code, but they are incorrect and should be removed.

Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8152185 Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~pliden/8152185/webrev.0/

thanks, Per



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