RFR: 8153334: Replace BufferedInputStreams use of AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater with Unsafe

[Paul Sandoz]

> On 6 Apr 2016, at 16:52, Vitaly Davidovich <vitalyd at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> So are there any bootstrap issues with VH that would preclude using it in BufferedInputStream?

FWIW I did a quick perf experiment a while ago modifying A*FU to use VHs underneath and the VM booted just fine.


> Is that even known at this point?

Not precisely.


> You mentioned that VH was designed to minimize bootstrapping issues, but where's the "minimized" line drawn?
> 

I want to draw the line where it’s possible to modify CHM to use VHs.

Paul.