what does "LEAF method calling lock?" mean?

[Tom Rodriguez]

JRT_LEAF methods aren't allowed to acquire locks since they might have  
to block.  Leaf methods aren't allowed to block because they aren't  
set up to safepoint so they could deadlock the whole system.

tom

On Mar 14, 2009, at 7:55 PM, Colin(Du Li) wrote:

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