RFR: 8296896: Change virtual Thread.yield to use external submit
Alan Bateman
alanb at openjdk.org
Tue Dec 6 14:48:36 UTC 2022
The implementation of Thread.yield for virtual threads is currently a "lazy submit". This means the task for the virtual thread is queued to the carrier/worker local queue without signalling other threads. This behavior can be surprising/unfair when there are tasks in the submission queues, say when a platform thread has started or unparked a virtual thread.
Ron, Doug Lea, Viktor Klang and I have discussed this topic and propose to change Thread.yield to use "external submit" when the local task queue is empty, and to push to the local queue when not empty. The change improves the fairness but will of course increase the chances that repeated Thread.yield will bounce between carriers.
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Commit messages:
- Reduce instanceof checks
- Update
- Initial commit
Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11533/files
Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=11533&range=00
Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8296896
Stats: 188 lines in 3 files changed: 161 ins; 12 del; 15 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11533.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk pull/11533/head:pull/11533
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11533
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