RFR: 8323900: Avoid calling os::init_random() in CDS static dump

Ashutosh Mehra asmehra at openjdk.org
Thu Apr 11 14:52:41 UTC 2024


On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:31:08 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The purpose of the PR is to avoid modifying the global JVM state while dumping the CDS archive.
> 
> When updating the identity hashcode for archived Symbols, call `ArchiveBuilder::current()->entropy()` instead of `os::random()`. As a result, CDS no longer needs to call `os::init_random()` with a deterministic seed.

src/hotspot/share/cds/archiveBuilder.hpp line 215:

> 213:   GrowableArray<Klass*>* _klasses;
> 214:   GrowableArray<Symbol*>* _symbols;
> 215:   unsigned int _entropy_seed;

Shouldn't it be a static const?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18728#discussion_r1561160618


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