RFR: JDK-8273783: Simplify Metaspace arena guard handling

[David Holmes]

On 17/09/2021 11:54 am, David Holmes wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Sep 2021 06:10:36 GMT, Thomas Stuefe <stuefe at openjdk.org> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> may I please have reviews for this patch.
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>> This simplifies metaspace arena guard handling and reduces the complexity guard mode brings to metaspace and its tests. It makes future modifications easier (esp. wrt Lilliput).
>>
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> I can't really review this, but I'm running it through our internal tier 1-3 testing.

That testing passed - one unrelated crash.

David

> David
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> PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5518
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