[9] RFR(S): 8181742: Load that bypasses arraycopy has wrong memory state

[Tobias Hartmann]

Hi Roland,

On 16.06.2017 11:15, Roland Westrelin wrote:
>> this looks good to me but can you elaborate a bit on why this also fixes 8179678?
> 
> With 8179678, the load from the arraycopy source is added after the
> arraycopy so we have to make sure the arraycopy doesn't modify the
> source element that is loaded otherwise the value loaded is
> incorrect. With this change, the load is moved above the arraycopy
> (i.e. happens before the arraycopy) so whether the arraycopy modifies
> the source element or not becomes irrelevant.

Thanks, got it.

Best regards,
Tobias