Request for review (S): 8008382: Remove redundant use of Atomic::add(jlong, jlong *) in create_new_gc_id()

[Bengt Rutisson]

On 2/18/13 2:49 PM, Stefan Karlsson wrote:
> Looks good.

Thanks, Stefan!

>
> You should probably remove the atomic.hpp include.

Good point. Done.

Bengt

>
> StefanK
>
> On 02/18/2013 02:21 PM, Bengt Rutisson wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Could I have a couple of reviews for this change?
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~brutisso/8008382/webrev.00/
>>
>> There is no need to use atomics in create_new_gc_id() since it is not 
>> called by multiple threads in parallel. Also, Atomic::add(jlong, 
>> jlong *) is broken for ARM.
>>
>> We should remove the use of Atomic::add in create_new_gc_id() for 
>> now. If we need this to be called by multiple threads in the future 
>> we have to reconsider how this should be done. Either adding a lock 
>> or doing some kind of 32 bit atomic work.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bengt
>

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