RFR(S): 8077618: Move rtmLocking.cpp to shared directory.

[Lindenmaier, Goetz]

Thanks, David!

Best regards,
  Goetz.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Holmes [mailto:david.holmes at oracle.com] 
Sent: Dienstag, 14. April 2015 03:37
To: Lindenmaier, Goetz; hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net
Subject: Re: RFR(S): 8077618: Move rtmLocking.cpp to shared directory.

Hi Goetz,

On 14/04/2015 1:57 AM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we implemented support for Transactional Memory on ppc.  For this, we need
> the file rtmLocking.cpp from subdirectory x86 as is.
> Therefore I would like to move the file to share/vm/runtime, where the
> corresponding header is placed.  I added a guard around the code in this file.

Not sure if we need the guard in the cpp file - I guess it speeds up 
compilation a tiny amount :) If we do want it then the copyright date 
needs updating to "2014, 2015,".

> Also, I moved #ifdef x86 from globalDefinitions.hpp to globalDefinitions_x86.hpp
> which simplifies enabling RTM on PPC.

Copyright date in  src/cpu/x86/vm/globalDefinitions_x86.hpp needs updating.

> Please review this change.  I please need a sponsor.
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~goetz/webrevs/8077618-mvRTM/webrev.01/

Otherwise looks okay.

David

> Best regards,
>    Goetz.
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