RFR: 8299343: Windows: Invalid thread_native_entry declaration

[Kim Barrett]

On Thu, 5 Jan 2023 02:47:50 GMT, Julian Waters <jwaters at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > Could we refactor the rest of the platform specific thread entry definitions to be static members too after this change?
> 
> I prefer not. There is no general reason these thread entry routines should be part of the os::XXX classes. All the crud in the Windows version that required access to os::win32 is to address a win32 bug.

I concur with David, preferring not to do the suggested refactoring.

Out of curiosity, I took a look at the referenced bug. Wow! That took some
serious sleuthing! (Sorry, but the bug is closed to non-Oracle access.)

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11787