[jdk17] RFR: 8267952: async logging supports to dynamically change tags and decorators [v4]

[Xin Liu]

On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 01:22:23 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 part-2.

Hi, Reviewers, 

May I have another reviewer to take a look at this?  This patch can fix the intermittent crashes for jdk17. 
By rules, we need to 2 reviewers to approve it before we can integrate it. David helped me verify it. 

thanks,
--lx

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