RFR: 8361952: Installation of MethodData::extra_data_lock() misses synchronization on reader side

[David Holmes]

On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 09:47:05 GMT, Thomas Schatzl <tschatzl at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
>   please review this change that fixes some recently introduced atomic installation of a mutex, where the memory barrier (`load_acquire`) on the reader side. Without it the reader might get a valid pointer to the `Mutex` created on the fly, without it being initialized properly.
> 
> Found during code inspection for https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8361706 ; due to some suspicious hangs in the `MutexLocker` while cleaning klasses during class unloading in parallel (multiple threads hanging in `MethodData::clean_method_data`), executing the `vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/RedefineClasses/StressRedefine/TestDescription.java` test.
> 
> Testing: gha
> 
> Thanks,
>   Thomas

Marked as reviewed by dholmes (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26262#pullrequestreview-3014697109