RFR: JDK-8221766: Load-reference barriers for Shenandoah

[Andrew Haley]

On 4/2/19 10:12 PM, Roman Kennke wrote:
> The main difference is that instead of ensuring correct invariant when
> we store anything into the heap (e.g. read-barrier before reads,
> write-barrier before writes, plus a bunch of other stuff), we ensure the
> strong invariance on objects when they get loaded, by employing what is
> currently our write-barrier.

OK, so how does this work? Sure, the OOP load promotes an object to
tospace, but how do you ensure that the OOP doesn't become stale when
a later phase occurs?

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Andrew Haley
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