[aarch64-port-dev ] RFR: AArch64: org.openjdk.jcstress.tests.varhandles.DekkerTest fails

[mark.reinhold at oracle.com]

2018/3/6 4:23:07 -0800, adinn at redhat.com:
> Could someone please review the following patch to /shared code/ which
> fixes an AArch64 breakage that was inadvertently introduced by JDK-8181211:
> 
>   webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~adinn/8198950/webrev.00
>   JIRA: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8198950
> 
> The patch applies to jdk/hs. It also applies cleanly to jdk/jdk10.
> 
> I would like it to be considered for inclusion in jdk10 if at all
> possible because it patches a critical error in handling of volatile
> reads that may result in incorrect memory synchronization.

Andrew -- thanks for the thorough analysis.

So far Tobias and Roland have reviewed your change.  I'm not qualified
to review it myself, so since it's very late in the game for JDK 10 I'd
like to see reviews from at least a couple more C2 committers before we
make a call on this.

- Mark