RFR (XS): Wrong volatile qualifier for field ClassLoaderDataGraphKlassIteratorAtomic::_next_klass

[Siebenborn, Axel]

Mikael, Stefan,
thanks for reviews and sponsoring.

Axel

On 09/03/15 08:47 Stefan Karlsson wrote:
> Hi Axel,
>
> On 06/03/15 17:17, Siebenborn, Axel wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> can I have some reviews for this small change.
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>> It fixes a serious problem as the pointer _next_klass is changed concurrently but not correctly declared as volatile.
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>> The change fixes the declaration and removes an unneeded cast.
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>> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8074561
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>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~asiebenborn/8074561/webrev.00/
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> Looks good. Thanks for finding and fixing this issue.
>
> BTW, there might be a few more problematic places in the GC code:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8033552 - Fix missing missing volatile specifiers in CAS operations in GC code
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>> I need a sponsor for the change.
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> I'll sponsor the change.
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> Thanks,
> StefanK
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>> Thanks,
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>> Axel
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