RFR: 8364434: Inconsistent BufferedContext state after GC [v6]

[Jayathirth D V]

On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:07:45 GMT, Nikita Gubarkov <ngubarkov at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> For "true" null objects, reset the ref itself to null. Non-null ref with null content means that the object was GC'ed. GC'ed state always behaves as not-equal to the new one, causing corresponding ops to be written into RQ.
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>> Although I could not find practical scenarios where refs other than `validPaintRef` could cause problems, this is generally fragile and potentially problematic for any state object kept in weak ref. Therefore I changed the usage of all weak refs in the same way.
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> Nikita Gubarkov has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   8364434: Inconsistent BufferedContext state after GC
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>   Exclude Linux

Marked as reviewed by jdv (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26576#pullrequestreview-3117009278