RFR: 8338383: Implement JEP 491: Synchronize Virtual Threads without Pinning

[Coleen Phillimore]

On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:38:39 GMT, David Holmes <dholmes at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I thought locking_thread there may not be the current thread for enter_for() in deopt.  It's the thread that should hold the lock but not the current thread.  But it might be different now.
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> The thread passed in need not be the current thread, and IIUC is the thread that should become the owner of the newly inflated monitor (either current thread or a suspended thread). The actual inflation is always done by the current thread.

ok, I now I see what the discussion is.  Yes I think locking_thread is better than inflating thread in this. Unless it's a bigger cleanup and we can do it post-integrating this.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21565#discussion_r1818935916