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

[Thomas Stüfe]

May I get a second review please?`

Thank you, Thomas

On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 12:34 AM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com>
wrote:

> 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-of
>> f-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
>>
>>