RFR: 8263108: Class initialization deadlock in java.lang.constant [v2]

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Wed, 10 Mar 2021 05:23:51 GMT, Vyom Tewari <vtewari at openjdk.org> wrote:

> but what i observed is the test case which was attached by original submitter passes null to DynamicConstantDesc as follows "DynamicConstantDesc.of(null)". If you pass valid argument like(ConstantDescs.BSM_INVOKE) no deadlock.

Hello Vyom,

The deadlock is reproducible with non-null params too. For example, the test case in this PR consistently reproduces this deadlock when the fix in the source code isn't applied. The `null` in the original report IMO was used just to explain the issue.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2893