RFR: 8287496: Alternative virtual thread implementation that maps to OS thread [v3]

[David Holmes]

On Wed, 1 Jun 2022 06:04:14 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This patch adds an alternative virtual thread implementation where each virtual thread is backed by an OS thread. It doesn't scale but it can be used by ports that don't have continuations support in the VM. Aside from scalability, the lack of continuations support means:
>> 
>> 1. JVM TI is not supported when running with --enable-preview (the JVM TI spec allows for this) 
>> 2. jshell --enable-preview can't be used (as jshell uses the debugger APIs and so needs JVM TI)
>> 
>> The VM option "VMContinuations" is added as an experimental option so it can be used by tests. A number of tests are changed to re-run with -XX:-VMContinuations. A new jtreg property is added so that tests that need the underlying VM support to be present can use "@requires vm.continuations" in the test description. A follow-up change would be to add "@requires vm.continuations" to the ~70 serviceability/jvmti/vthread that run with preview features enabled.
>
> Alan Bateman has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 11 commits:
> 
>  - Fixed another typo in comment
>  - Merge
>  - Fix typos in comments
>  - Allowing linking without intrinsic stub, contributed-by: rehn
>  - Continuation clinit should fail if no continuations support
>  - Fix merge issue with test
>  - Change VMContinuations to be experimental option, ensure JNI GetEnv returns EVERSION
>  - Update
>  - Expend test coverage
>  - Merge
>  - ... and 1 more: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/compare/3deb58a8...a5c06cb6

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java line 742:

> 740:      * @param name thread name, can be null
> 741:      * @param characteristics thread characteristics
> 742:      * @param bound true when bound to an OS thread

Nit: s/OS/VM/ ?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8939