RFR: 8315131: Clarify VarHandle set/get access on 32-bit platforms [v2]
Chen Liang
liach at openjdk.org
Fri Jul 11 14:27:21 UTC 2025
> On 32 bit platforms, when an access to long/double is aligned, it is supported but not atomic. The original wording in `MethodHandles::byteBufferViewVarHandle` sounds as if it is not supported at all. We can fix that by borrowing the improved specification from `MemoryLayout::varHandle`.
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> Note: This doc is copied from https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/ee0d309bbd33302d8c6f35155e975db77aaea785/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/foreign/MemoryLayout.java#L279-L282 with slight adjustments. See the rendering at https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/24/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/foreign/MemoryLayout.html#access-mode-restrictions
Chen Liang has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
Correct term is atomic, not word tearing
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Changes:
- all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26258/files
- new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26258/files/142c5855..1550fcc0
Webrevs:
- full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=26258&range=01
- incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=26258&range=00-01
Stats: 3 lines in 2 files changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 3 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26258.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/26258/head:pull/26258
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26258
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