RFR: 8349206: j.u.l.Handler classes create deadlock risk via synchronized publish() method

[Daniel Fuchs]

On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 12:07:57 GMT, David Beaumont <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> 8349206: j.u.l.Handler classes create deadlock risk via synchronized publish() method.
> 
> 1. Remove synchronization of calls to publish() in Handlers in java.util.logging package.
> 2. Add explanatory comments to various affected methods.
> 3. Add a test to ensure deadlocks no longer occur.
> 
> Note that this change does not address issue in MemoryHandler (see JDK-8349208).

test/jdk/java/util/logging/LoggingDeadlock5.java line 31:

> 29:  *          java.logging
> 30:  * @compile -XDignore.symbol.file LoggingDeadlock5.java
> 31:  * @run main/othervm/timeout=10 LoggingDeadlock5

I would not specify any /timeout value here, and rather let jtreg deal with that.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23491#discussion_r1953221796