[jdk17] RFR: 8267952: async logging supports to dynamically change tags and decorators [v2]

[Xin Liu]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 05:58:54 GMT, Xin Liu <xliu at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This patch fixed intermittent crashes of gtest/AsyncLogGtest.java. The root cause 
>> is that previous flush() can't guarantee flush all pending messages in AsyncLog
>> buffer. This patch implements flush() using a synchronizaton token and waits for
>> completion. This approach isn't MT-safe but it can serialize all flush() calls in
>> a thread. 
>> 
>> Two concurrent tests are appended to cover the hazard cases.
>> This patch also comments LogConfiguration::configure_output() MT-safety.
>
> Xin Liu has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Update comments according to reviewers's feedback.

hi, @dcubed-ojdk 
Could you try to PR and see if it can solve the two crash sightings?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk17/pull/130