RFR: 8206406: StubCodeDesc constructor publishes partially-constructed objects on StubCodeDesc::_list

[Andrew Haley]

On 07/06/2018 03:15 AM, David Holmes wrote:
> Well ... I never like to see a release_store without a corresponding 
> load_acquire.

Neither do, I, but making _list volatile is enough to ensure that the
load is effectively a consume operation on every platform supported by
8.  We really need to add consume to our memory ordering operators, but
not for 8.

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Andrew Haley
Java Platform Lead Engineer
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