RFR: 8142334: Improve lazy initialization of java.lang.invoke

[Claes Redestad]

On 2015-11-12 19:53, Peter Levart wrote:
>>
>> Do you think this would work correctly w.r.t visibility:
>>
>>         FUNCTIONS[idx] = function;
>>         function.resolve();
>>         UNSAFE.storeFence();
>
> This does not do anything useful.
>
> What happens if you simply omit function.resolve() call. If lazy 
> resolving works and tests pass, then perhaps it's all ok.
>
> Peter

Actually, I simply tried backing out the DirectMethodHandle changes 
entirely, and measured how much we'd lose by leaving that particular 
case alone: almost nothing, as it turns out (same number of LFs are 
generated etc). I think the safest option is to leave DirectMethodHandle 
alone:

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~redestad/8142334/webrev.05/

/Claes