RFR: 8081682: AbstractWorkGang::_terminate is never used

[Stefan Karlsson]

On 2015-06-03 01:06, Kim Barrett wrote:
> On Jun 2, 2015, at 9:51 AM, Stefan Karlsson <stefan.karlsson at oracle.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Please review this patch to remove the AbstractWorkGang::_terminate variable. The work gangs are never deleted and therefore the code which sets _terminate is never executed.
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stefank/8081682/webrev.00/
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8081682
>>
>> Thanks,
>> StefanK
> I assume the idea here is that, rather than having a (presently
> unused) generic early stop request mechanism provided by the workgroup
> framework, any workgroup that needs an early stop mechanism should
> roll its own.

Yes, for the time being.  If we later find a compelling reason to add a 
used, tested stop mechanism to the workgroup then we should do it.


>    Are there any that already do so,

One example is CMConcurrentMarkingTask.

>   and could have been
> using the generic mechanism?

I don't know.

>
> The changes look ok.
>

Thanks,
StefanK