jmx-dev [PATCH] JDK-6809322: Missing notifications from javax.management.timer.Timer

[Jaroslav Bachorik]

Dmitry has put the webrev on the public CR -
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dsamersoff/sponsorship/jbachorik/JDK-6809322-v2/

Thanks!

-JB-

On 10/10/2012 04:17 PM, Jaroslav Bachorik wrote:
> I am looking for a review and a sponsor.
> 
> The issue is about some javax.management.timer.Timer notifications not
> being received by the listeners if the notifications are generated rapidly.
> 
> The problem is caused by ConcurrentModificationException being thrown -
> the exception itself is ignored but the dispatcher logic is skipped.
> Therefore the currently processed notification gets lost.
> 
> The CME is thrown due to the Timer.timerTable being iterated over while
> other threads try to remove some of its elements. Fix consists of
> replacing the Hashtable used for Timer.timerTable by ConcurrentHashMap
> which handles such situations with grace.
> 
> The patch webrev is available @
> https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-6809322
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -JB-
>