RFR(XXS) 8217522: Missing barriers in some java_lang_String assertion code after JDK-8213229

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On 1/22/19 9:52 PM, Zhengyu Gu wrote:
> Although the changes are in shared code, but they only affect Shenandoah.
> 
> Once JDK-8213229 pushed, we need this patch to unbreak Shenandoah tests. The root cause, after
> JDK-8213229, is that references in stringtable are updated concurrently, instead of at safepoints.

Ah, dang. I suggested oopDesc::equals_raw to Claes, hoping that would be enough. Yes, stronger
oopDesc::equals is preferred. It is mildly irritating those can be different copies of the object,
though, but it is safe because we are only reading from them.

Looks good!

-Aleksey



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