RFR(XS) for PeriodicTask_lock cleanup (8072439)

[Daniel D. Daugherty]

This should be the last webrev:

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dcubed/8072439-webrev/2-for_jdk9_hs_rt/

Coleen, since you were one of my reviewers on JDK-8047720, I'd like
to hear from you in this hopefully final round...

Dan



On 2/18/15 10:00 AM, Daniel D. Daugherty wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Here is an updated webrev after addressing David H's comments:
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dcubed/8072439-webrev/1-for_jdk9_hs_rt/
>
> Also, here is the bug's URL:
>
> JDK-8072439 fix for 8047720 may need more work
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8072439
>
> Update for testing: I'm taking the new Remote Build and Test (RBT)
> system for a ride during its beta period so I won't be doing direct
> Aurora Adhoc jobs...
>
> Dan
>
>
> On 2/17/15 2:44 PM, Daniel D. Daugherty wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> My fix for the following bug:
>>
>>     JDK-8047720 Xprof hangs on Solaris
>>
>> that was pushed to JDK9 last June needs to be cleaned up.
>>
>> Thanks to Alex Garthwaite (agarthwaite at twitter.com) and Carsten
>> Varming (varming at gmail.com) for reporting the mess that I made
>> in WatcherThread::stop() and for suggesting fixes.
>>
>> This code review is for a general cleanup pass on PeriodicTask_lock
>> and some of the surrounding code. This is a targeted review in that
>> I would like to hear from three groups of people:
>>
>> 1) The author and reviewers for:
>>
>>    JDK-7127792 Add the ability to change an existing PeriodicTask's
>>                execution interval
>>
>>    Rickard, David H, and Markus G.
>>
>> 2) The reviewers for:
>>
>>    JDK-8047720 Xprof hangs on Solaris
>>
>>    Markus G and Coleen
>>
>> 3) Alex and Carsten
>>
>>
>> Here's the webrev URL:
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dcubed/8072439-webrev/0-for_jdk9_hs_rt/
>>
>> I've attached the original RFR for JDK-8047720 that explains
>> the original deadlock that was being fixed. Similar testing
>> will be done with this fix.
>>
>> Dan
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