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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