Integrated: 8254264: Remove redundant cross_modify_fence()

Patricio Chilano Mateo pchilanomate at openjdk.java.net
Tue Oct 20 15:15:22 UTC 2020


On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 14:25:14 GMT, Patricio Chilano Mateo <pchilanomate at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Please review the following patch that removes some uneeded uses of cross_modify_fence() in common code, in particular
> from ~ThreadBlockInVM(), ~ThreadBlockInVMWithDeadlockCheck() and java_suspend_self_with_safepoint_check(). These fences
> were added before each JavaThread had to disarm itself (8230594). After a safepoint/handshake each JavaThread will
> always call SafepointMechanism::process_if_requested_slow() when transitioning out of the safe state and will execute a
> cross_modify_fence(). Tested with mach5 tiers1-7.  Thanks, Patricio

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: f167a71f
Author:    Patricio Chilano Mateo <pchilanomate at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/f167a71f
Stats:     5 lines in 2 files changed: 0 ins; 5 del; 0 mod

8254264: Remove redundant cross_modify_fence()

Reviewed-by: rehn, dholmes, dcubed

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/655


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