RFR (S) 8049304: race between VM_Exit and _sync_FutileWakeups->inc()
Tom Benson
tom.benson at oracle.com
Fri Aug 28 18:29:58 UTC 2015
Hi again,
Just noticed I skipped this question in your reply:
>
> So in ReenterI() the OM_PERFDATA_OP(FutileWakeups, inc()) call
> immediately
> follows an OrderAccess::fence() call. Doesn't that make that increment as
> "safe" as it can be without having a real lock?
>
>
Yes - odd that I noticed the fence after the update in that code, and
not the one right before it!
Thanks,
Tom
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