RFR(xs): 8176442: [aix] assert(_thr_current == 0L) failed: Thread::current already initialized

[David Holmes]

Looks good to me.

David

On 11/03/2017 7:02 PM, Thomas Stüfe wrote:
> Please review this small AIX change.
>
> Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8176442
> webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stuefe/webrevs/8176442-switch-off-compiler-level-tls-on-aix/webrev.00/webrev/
>
>
> This change switches the implementation of Thread::current() from compiler
> level TLS back to pthread library TLS. We see errors on AIX 5.3 machines
> where compiler level TLS seems not to work correctly - new TLS variable
> instances are sporadically left uninitialized.
>
> For more details, please see the description and comments in the bug report.
>
> Thank you, Thomas
>