[foreign-memaccess+abi] Withdrawn: 8317514: Ensure MemorySegment is initialized before touching NativeMemorySegmentImpl

[Jorn Vernee]

On Mon, 9 Oct 2023 18:15:01 GMT, Jorn Vernee <jvernee at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review this fix for a class initializer deadlock.
> 
> The issue is that `MemorySegment` references `NativeMemorySegmentImpl` in its initializer, through the `NULL` constant. `NativeMemorySegmentImpl` also depends on `MemorySegment` to be initialized, since it's a super interface with default methods. The VM does not drop the initialization monitor of `NativeMemorySegmentImpl` while trying to initialize super classes/interfaces (as mandated by the JVM spec).
> 
> When 2 threads try to intialize `MemorySegment` (e.g. through `ofAddress`) and `NativeMemorySegmentImpl` (e.g. through Arena::allocateFrom), at the same time, a deadlock can occur.
> 
> This PR fixes this issue by ensuring `MemorySegment` is initialized in all cases where we directly access `NativeMemorySegmentImpl` or `MappedMemorySegmentImpl`.
> 
> We might consider a fix that removes the cycle in the future as well.

This pull request has been closed without being integrated.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/panama-foreign/pull/902