RFR: 8290059: Do not use std::thread in panama tests [v2]

[David Holmes]

On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:29:26 GMT, Jorn Vernee <jvernee at openjdk.org> wrote:

> startThread and joinThread is not the functionality that the tests need.

But it is the functionality the tests are already using.

> now the context passed to CreateThread and pthread_create has to outlive the function

That's not an issue for the API to solve, that is an issue for the user of the API to solve. pthread_create doesn't involve any memory management.

> So, run_in_new_thread_and_join it is.

Okay, that is fine.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9599