RFR: 8314480: Memory ordering spec updates in java.lang.ref

[Brent Christian]

On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 01:55:00 GMT, Mandy Chung <mchung at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Perhaps it's sufficient to say simply that, _"the garbage collector will no longer enqueue this object."_
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> Is this sentence needed?   Excluding the race scenario as described in the javadoc, it would be equivalent as if the Reference with null referent which will never get enqueued?

I personally think it's worth clearly stating that calling `clear()` opts you out of getting the GC notification that you signed up for when you registering this Reference with a RefQ.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16644#discussion_r1408648376