RFR: 8253795: Implementation of JEP 391: macOS/AArch64 Port [v9]

Vladimir Kempik vkempik at openjdk.java.net
Thu Feb 4 09:51:57 UTC 2021


On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 08:26:35 GMT, Mikael Vidstedt <mikael at openjdk.org> wrote:

> You read my mind, Andrew. Unless, of course, it's optimized to leverage the fact that it's thread-specific..

it's thread-specific

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple_silicon/porting_just-in-time_compilers_to_apple_silicon

>Because pthread_jit_write_protect_np changes only the current thread’s permissions, avoid accessing the same memory region from multiple threads. Giving multiple threads access to the same memory region opens up a potential attack vector, in which one thread has write access and another has executable access to the same region.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2200



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