RFR: 8377457: java/util/logging/ParentLoggersTest.java failed intermittently

[Alan Bateman]

On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 10:35:04 GMT, Daniel Fuchs <dfuchs at openjdk.org> wrote:

> `java/util/logging/ParentLoggersTest.java` has been observed failing intermittently - nut rarely - in the loom repo.
> After inspection of the code Logger::doSetParent was found to do multiple read of the volatile `parent` field. After changing the method to do a single read the test has no longer been observed failing.

This change has been in the loom repo since Oct 2025 and no sightings of the test failure since then. So I think changing it to read parent once is good.

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Marked as reviewed by alanb (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29634#pullrequestreview-3772642255