(XS) RFR: 8131045: Obsolete JNIDetachReleasesMonitors
David Holmes
david.holmes at oracle.com
Tue Oct 27 05:11:59 UTC 2015
bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8131045
webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8131045/webrev/
The JNIDetachReleasesMonitors flag was added to JDK 6 when it was
realized that the VM was not compliant with the JNI specification
regarding the release of monitors when a JNI attached thread detached -
see JDK-6336479. The flag allowed for restoration of the incorrect
behaviour if an application was somehow relying on it.
By now all applications should themselves be JNI-spec compliant and this
workaround should not be needed, so we can obsolete the
JNIDetachReleasesMonitors flag in JDK 9 (accept it, report it, but take
no action) and expire (remove) it in JDK 10.
> ./b00/linux-i586-internal/images/jdk/bin/java
-XX:-JNIDetachReleasesMonitors -version
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM warning: Ignoring option
JNIDetachReleasesMonitors; support was removed in 9.0
Testing: JPRT
I haven't yet found any tests that involve this flag but there's bound
to be at least one hiding somewhere. :)
A CCC request has been filed.
Thanks,
David
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