RFR: 8151534: Refactor ArrayAllocator for easier reuse

[Stefan Karlsson]

Thanks, Thomas.

StefanK

On 10/03/16 12:41, Thomas Schatzl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 2016-03-09 at 17:25 +0100, Stefan Karlsson wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Please review this patch to refactor the ArrayAllocator code.
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stefank/8151534/webrev.00
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8151534
>>
>> ArrayAllocator is used to either allocate an array with malloc or
>> mmap.
>> This patch extracts the allocation code into two separate classes:
>> MmapArrayAllocator and MallocArrayAllocator. ArrayAllocator will
>> dispatch to one of these classes depending on the size of the
>> allocation. The main motivation for this patch is to allow the fix
>> for
>> JDK-8077144 to reuse the code in MmapArrayAllocator.
>    looks good. I will put MmapArrayAllocator to good use :)
>
> Thanks,
>    Thomas
>