RFR: 8275162: Replace 'def' macros in mutexLocker.cpp

[Ioi Lam]

On Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:24:46 GMT, Coleen Phillimore <coleenp at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This patch removes the 'def' macros from mutexLocker.cpp so it can use the default values for _allow_vm_block when possible and no more macro.
> Tested with tier1-3 with product and debug builds.

src/hotspot/share/runtime/mutexLocker.cpp line 203:

> 201:     G1DetachedRefinementStats_lock = new PaddedMutex(Mutex::nosafepoint-2, "G1DetachedRefinementStats_lock");
> 202: 
> 203:     FreeList_lock              = new PaddedMutex(Mutex::service-1, "FreeList_lock");

This makes the code more verbose. You have to type FreeList_lock twice, and there's no guarantee that you didn't have a typo in the quoted string.

If your goal is to use the default value for the `true` parameter, this can be done with VARARG macros, like


   def(FreeList_lock,        PaddedMutex, service-1);
   def(ExceptionCache_lock , PaddedMutex, safepoint, false);


You can also avoid using `Mutex::` everywhere by doing this first:


  const Mutex::Rank service = Mutex::service;
  const Mutex::Rank nosafepoint = Mutex::nosafepoint;

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6066