RFR: 8204939: Change Access nomenclature: root to native

Per Liden per.liden at oracle.com
Wed Jun 13 09:04:39 UTC 2018


On 06/13/2018 10:49 AM, Kim Barrett wrote:
> Please review this change of nomenclature in the Access API.  Rather
> than using the word "root" we now use "native".  A "native" access has
> an off-heap location, such as in a C/C++ data structure or global
> variable.  This involves renaming the RootAccess class template to
> NativeAccess, and renaming the IN_ROOT access decorator to IN_NATIVE.
> 
> Note that we are not renaming the IN_CONCURRENT_ROOT access decorator
> as part of this change.  As discussed in JDK-8204690, we intend to
> instead eliminate that decorator, as part of a later change.
> 
> This change consists of several sets of renamings and other minor
> adjustments, all performed completely mechanically, e.g. by applying a
> short sequence of bash commands to the repository being modified.  To
> aid in reviewing, in addition to a webrev containing the full set of
> changes, there is also a sequence of 4 webrevs that combined make up
> that same complete set, along with the commands to produce them.
> 
> CR:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8204939
> 
[...]
> (5) All changes
> 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kbarrett/8204939/open.00/

Looks good!

/Per

> 
> Testing:
> Local build and minimal testing of each of the partial webrevs.
> Mach5 tier1,2,3 for the full change.
> 


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