RFR: 8264149 BreakpointInfo::set allocates metaspace object in VM thread

[Coleen Phillimore]

On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:25:24 GMT, Coleen Phillimore <coleenp at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/hotspot/share/memory/metaspace.hpp line 127:
>> 
>>> 125:                             MetaspaceObj::Type type, TRAPS);
>>> 126: 
>>> 127:   // Nothrow version of allocate which can be called by a non-Java thread.
>> 
>> "Nothrow" is a C++ concept. I would just say "Non-TRAPS version ... Returns NULL on failure."
>
> Yes, true.  Particularly since it had to be declared with throws().

got it!

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3207