RFR(s): 8056313: TEST_BUG: java/util/Timer/NameConstructors.java fails intermittently

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Look fine Stuart

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> On Nov 20, 2014, at 6:51 PM, Stuart Marks <stuart.marks at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Here's a small test cleanup fix for review. This test fails rarely but often enough to be annoying. The cause is one or more of the following: a memory visibility issue (unsafe read/write to non-volatile fields), a race condition (fixed Thread.sleep(500) wait time), and potential failure to cancel a timer thread if an exception is thrown. This change fixes all of these probems.
> 
> Webrev:
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>    http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~smarks/reviews/8056313/webrev.0/
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> Bug:
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>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8056313
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> s'marks
>