RFR: 8323675: Race in jdk.javadoc-gendata

[Jan Lahoda]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:53:23 GMT, Erik Joelsson <erikj at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I think it might operate on both, but I'm not sure. But my thinking was that JAVA_TARGETS depended on GENSRC_TARGETS, which in turn would make sure that all source code was properly generated.
>> 
>> Am I missing something?
>
> Unnecessarily depending on too much hurts build performance. I would like @lahodaj to help us understand what the tool actually needs.

This tool only uses sources, it will not use the compiled classfiles. So, running it at a point where all sources are generated should be sufficient. Most important are generated module-infos, but other sources may in some cases be significant as well.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17402#discussion_r1456176633