RFR: 8366038: Thread::SpinRelease should use Atomic::release_store [v2]

[duke]

On Tue, 2 Sep 2025 08:08:30 GMT, Anton Artemov <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Hi, please consider the following changes:
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>> `Thread::SpinRelease()` uses an `OrderAccess::fence()` to prevent loads and stores from within the critical section to float down out of the section. A full fence is expensive and it is an overkill on most platforms. Instead, one can achieve the same effect with `Atomic::release_store()`. 
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>> Tested in tiers 1 - 3.
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> Anton Artemov has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:
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>  - Update src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp
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>    8366038: Updated comments.
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>    Co-authored-by: David Holmes <62092539+dholmes-ora at users.noreply.github.com>
>  - Update src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp
>    
>    8366038: Updated comments.
>    
>    Co-authored-by: David Holmes <62092539+dholmes-ora at users.noreply.github.com>

@toxaart 
Your change (at version b6daa43252f31a4069a524d04a81996b1342b389) is now ready to be sponsored by a Committer.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27035#issuecomment-3245219486