RFR: 8268368: Adopt cast notation for JavaThread conversions [v3]

[David Holmes]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:53:06 GMT, Guoxiong Li <gli at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Considering the consistency of `JavaThread` and other threads, such as WorkerThread and CompilerThread, `JavaThread` could use a method named `cast` to replace the method `Thread::as_Java_thread()`. It can reduce the Thread's knowledge about the subtypes.
>> 
>> This patch removes two methods, `JavaThread* Thread::as_Java_thread()` and `const JavaThread* Thread::as_Java_thread() const`, of the class `Thread` and adds two static methods, `JavaThread* cast(Thread* t)` and `const JavaThread* cast(const Thread* t)`, to the class `JavaThread`. Correspondingly, the code of the method `JavaThread::current()` need to be adjusted and many places where the method `Thread::as_Java_thread()` is used need to use `JavaThread::cast` instead.
>> 
>> Test:
>> tier1 passed locally.
>> 
>> Thanks for taking the time to review.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> -- Guoxiong
>
> Guoxiong Li has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Remove inline specifier

Updates look fine.

Thanks,
David

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Marked as reviewed by dholmes (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4546