RFR (S): 8242036: G1 HeapRegionRemSet::_n_coarse_entries could be a bool

[Thomas Schatzl]

Hi Albert,

On 23.07.20 14:29, Albert Yang wrote:
> I misunderstood the original request from the internal discussion.
> 
> The variable is marked `volatile`, and access to it uses `Atomic::load/store`, or `Atomic::load_acquire/release_store` only when memory ordering is needed.
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8242036
> 
> the complete patch:
> 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~lkorinth/albert/8242036/2/

heapRegionRemSet.cpp:

273     assert(_coarse_map.at(max_hrm_index) == false, "No coarse entries");

Never compare to false/true directly but use ! here.

276     // concurrent reader will ever see _has_coarse_entries == true

s/==/is  (or "is set" or some similar text)

Looks good otherwise. I do not need to see a re-review for these changes.

Thanks,
   Thomas