RFR: 8166811: Missing memory fences between memory allocation and refinement

[Andrew Haley]

On 1/14/21 11:40 AM, Yangfei (Felix) wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.  I agree it's not a trivial change.
> This is not biting me for now when using JDK 8.  And I guess it would be hard to trigger.
> I can leave it aside if it doesn't worth the risk for JDK 8.

I'm not sure, to be honest. It feels like something we should have,
and I hate the idea of missing fences, it's just as shame that this
patch wasn't just a few missing fences, but a big reorganization. We
know that changes in one part of the GC affect other parts, and it
might well be that the JDK 9 patch breaks something else.

Maybe we could get some advice from someone familiar with the GC.

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