RFR: CODETOOLS-7903060: jcstress: ProducerConsumer problem sample [v7]

[Michael Mirwaldt]

On Thu, 9 Dec 2021 20:38:07 GMT, Michael Mirwaldt <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:

>> This sample implements some solutions from the wikipedia article about the producer-consumer-problem on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Producer%E2%80%93consumer_problem .
>> It contains these solutions:
>> - _OneProducerOneConsumer_ with semaphores
>> - _FlawedTwoProducersOneConsumer_ with semaphores in which the producers sometimes use the same index for their items and overwrite each others item in the buffer
>> - _FixedTwoProducersOneConsumer_ with semaphores which uses an extra lock for the index so that the producers never use the same index for their items
>> - _Lock_ doesn't use any sempahores but a reentrant lock with two conditions. It supports many producers and many consumers
>> - _AtomicIntegers_ neither uses any semaphores but two atomic integers and supports one producer and one consumer.
>> 
>> I have decided not to implement the last solution with finite-range single writer registers in the wikipedia article. It looked far too complicated to me.
>> 
>> This is my third try to avoid squash commits.
>
> Michael Mirwaldt has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   applied proposals from the fourth review on sample Classic_02_ProducerConsumerProblem

I am confused. Some integration tests don't run anymore. I cannot imagine any last change causing that.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jcstress/pull/104