RFR: 8233281: Obsolete UseSemaphoreGCThreadsSynchronization

[Stefan Karlsson]

Thanks, Thomas.

StefanK

On 2020-08-14 15:49, Thomas Schatzl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 14.08.20 15:42, Stefan Karlsson wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Please review this patch to obsolete the diagnostic 
>> UseSemaphoreGCThreadsSynchronization JVM option.
>>
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8233281
>> https://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stefank/8233281/webrev.01
>>
>> I added this flag when implementing:
>> 8087324: Use semaphores when starting and stopping GC task threads
>>
>> It was intended to be a fallback solution if the new semaphore 
>> implementation failed to to work for any reason. We've used the 
>> semaphore code for many years now, and the Mutex implementation has 
>> bit rottened.
>>
>> The proposed patch both obsoletes the the JVM flag, and removes the 
>> Mutex dispatch mechanism.
> 
>    lgtm.
> 
> Thomas
>