RFR (XL) 8031320: Use Intel RTM instructions for locks

[Vladimir Kozlov]

On 3/18/14 7:41 AM, Coleen Phillimore wrote:
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> On 3/17/14 3:11 PM, Vladimir Kozlov wrote:
>> SQE did full testing on these changes. Additional tests were developed.
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> Wow, this is significant work.   Where were these tests developed? I see that there are a lot of command line flags
> added.  Will the tests cover combinations of these flags?

According to plan SQE did tests development which covers different flags combinations. We are reviewing tests for push 
them into hotspot/test/. And there was full PIT testing over weekend on machines which have RTM and which does not.

Thanks,
Vladimir

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> thanks,
> Coleen
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