[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8271506: Add ResourceHashtable support for deleting selected entries

[Goetz Lindenmaier]

On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:59:30 GMT, Thomas Stuefe <stuefe at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I backport this as prerequisite to JDK-8274944 which calls the new method unlink().
>> 
>> I had to adapt the code to work in jdk17 because ""JDK-8269004: Implement ResizableResourceHashtable" is missing in 17.
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> src/hotspot/share/utilities/resourceHash.hpp line 203:
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>> 201:   // the entry is deleted.
>> 202:   template<class ITER>
>> 203:   void unlink(ITER* iter) const {
> 
> Seems very weird to have this as a const method. It clearly modifies the table. Mainline version is not const, why here?

Copy and paste error ... will fix.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk17u-dev/pull/132