RFR (M): 8184334: Generalizing Atomic with templates

[Kim Barrett]

> On Aug 8, 2017, at 4:25 PM, Kim Barrett <kim.barrett at oracle.com> wrote:
> My plan at this point is to focus on finishing cmpxchg, and put just
> that (with the associated infrastructure) out for review.  Then circle
> back to deal with the other operations, using the new infrastructure,
> approach, and any additional lessons learned from cmpxchg.  That
> should also make the handoff of remaining work back to Erik go more
> smoothly when he comes back from vacation and I start mine.

I’ve just sent to hotspot-dev an RFR for 8186166: Generalize Atomic::cmpxchg with templates.