RFR: 8080879: Remove AbstractGangTask::set_for_termination

[Stefan Karlsson]

On 25/05/15 08:44, Bengt Rutisson wrote:
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> Hi Stefan,
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> On 2015-05-22 16:19, Stefan Karlsson wrote:
>> Hi all,
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>> AbstractGangTask::set_for_termination(uint active_workers) is a 
>> virtual function that sub-classes can override to run setup code 
>> before the task is started. The active_workers parameter tells the 
>> task how many workers are going to execute the task.
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>> Only a few tasks use this infrastructure and most tasks run the setup 
>> code in the constructor or before the task is constructed. There is 
>> no place where we construct a FlexibleGangTask task, change the 
>> number of active workers, and then start the task. The tasks are 
>> always started near the construction site. So, I propose that we get 
>> rid of AbstractGangTask::set_for_termination to shrink the 
>> AbstractGangTask API.
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>> I didn't want to change how the CMS worker threads are started, so I 
>> moved AbstractGangTask::set_for_termination to YieldingFlexibleGangTask.
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>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stefank/8080879/webrev.00/
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8080879
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> Looks good to me. Nice cleanup!

Thanks, Bengt.

StefanK

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> Bengt
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>> Thanks,
>> StefanK
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