[aarch64-port-dev ] [8u] 8231366: Shenandoah: Shenandoah String Dedup thread is not properly initialized

[Roman Kennke]

Looks good to me.

Thanks,
Roman


> This bug seems to exist since day one of 8u backport. The
> ConcurrentGCThread API is different in 8u and we leave
> ShenandoahDedupThread not properly initialized before it enters work loop.
> 
> In Shenandoah String Deduplication tests, the bug results assertion
> failure that shows Thread::current() == NULL.
> 
> The bug only manifests on Windows, is due to discrepancy of java_start()
> implementation on different OSs. e.g. it sets *thread* on Linux.
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8231366
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~zgu/JDK-8231366/webrev.00/
> 
> Test:
>   hotspot_gc_shenandoah on Windows and Linux.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Zhengyu
>