Integrated: 8290059: Do not use std::thread in panama tests

[Jorn Vernee]

On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:48:14 GMT, Jorn Vernee <jvernee at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This patch removes the use of std::thread from the `java.lang.foreign` tests, and switches to the OS specific thread APIs, in order to change things such as the stack size on some platforms where this is required in the future (see the JBS issue).
> 
> This is done by adding a small header-only library that exposes a function to run code in freshly spawned threads (`run_async`).
> 
> Testing: Running the affected tests on platforms that implement the linker.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 54a2c5a6
Author:    Jorn Vernee <jvernee at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/54a2c5a6d148fecbe87f861933e4ae9459bacf65
Stats:     179 lines in 7 files changed: 131 ins; 7 del; 41 mod

8290059: Do not use std::thread in panama tests

Reviewed-by: mcimadamore, stuefe, erikj

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