RFR: 8253064: monitor list simplifications and getting rid of TSM [v5]

[Daniel D.Daugherty]

On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 20:55:17 GMT, Robbin Ehn <rehn at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> @fisk said we should not release the oopStorage during a safepoint
>> because that's not safe or will not be safe. I can't remember which.
>
> Yes that's why I said you can release it during deflation instead.
> 
> (not saying you should do this in this feeature change-set)

What does this "you can do this entire loop while blocked instead" mean?

Releasing during deflation kind of messes with the life-cycle I was trying
to enforce since deletion is the nature end-of-life for these... But to think
about that I need to know what you mean by "you can do this entire loop
while blocked instead"...

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/642