RFR: 8367993: G1: Speed up ConcurrentMark initialization [v5]

[Thomas Schatzl]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:36:42 GMT, Leo Korinth <lkorinth at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This change moves almost all of the ConcurrentMark initialisation from its constructor to the method `G1ConcurrentMark::fully_initialize()`.  Thus, creation time of the VM can be slightly improved by postponing creation of ConcurrentMark. Most time is saved postponing creation of statistics buffers and threads.
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>> It is not obvious that this is the best solution. I have earlier experimented with lazily allocating statistics buffers _only_. One could also initialise a little bit more eagerly (for example the concurrent mark thread) and maybe get a slightly cleaner change. However IMO it seems better to not have ConcurrentMark "half initiated" with a created mark thread, but un-initialised worker threads.
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>> This change is depending on the integration of https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8373253.
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>> I will be out for vacation, and will be back after new year (and will not answer questions during that time), but I thought I get the pull request out now so that you can have a look.
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> Leo Korinth has updated the pull request incrementally with six additional commits since the last revision:
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>  - Merge branch '_8373253' into _8367993
>  - rename of method
>  - Proposal by Stefan J
>  - wip
>  - Revert "8373253: Re-work InjectGCWorkerCreationFailure for future changes"
>    
>    This reverts commit d45ea8817ab2303b2decd8cbb2cd1bf5280aa181.
>  - Revert "Fixup after comment from Ivan."
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>    This reverts commit 2aa8aa4b68027b62a8d4be1b86720fadfa48dda5.

Marked as reviewed by tschatzl (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28723#pullrequestreview-3693281140