RFR(M): 8156923: [ppc] Implement "JEP 270: Reserved Stack Areas for Critical Sections".

[Lindenmaier, Goetz]

Hi David, 

I split the test, and restricted the new one to server VMs.
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~goetz/wr16/8156923-resStack/webrev.02/

Best regards,
  Goetz.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Holmes [mailto:david.holmes at oracle.com]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 26. Mai 2016 00:42
> To: Lindenmaier, Goetz <goetz.lindenmaier at sap.com>; hotspot-runtime-
> dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Re: RFR(M): 8156923: [ppc] Implement "JEP 270: Reserved Stack
> Areas for Critical Sections".
> 
> On 25/05/2016 6:08 PM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Could someone please have a look at this change?
> 
> I can't comment on the actual ppc changes sorry.
> 
> The test changes don't look like they will work if used on the client
> and/or minimal VM without tiered-compilation support.
> 
> David
> 
> > Thanks,
> >   Goetz.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Lindenmaier, Goetz
> >> Sent: Mittwoch, 18. Mai 2016 11:39
> >> To: hotspot-runtime-dev at openjdk.java.net
> >> Subject: RFR(M): 8156923: [ppc] Implement "JEP 270: Reserved Stack
> Areas
> >> for Critical Sections".
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> This change ports JEP 270 to ppc.
> >>
> >> It adapts the corresponding test to run also on ppc. Further I enabled test
> >> cases
> >> for the interpreter and dedicated C1/C2, which helped me to find some
> initial
> >> problems.
> >> The change does not affect the behavior of any other platform.
> >>
> >> Please review this change. I please need a sponsor.
> >> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~goetz/wr16/8156923-resStack/webrev.01/
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>   Goetz.
> >