RFR(XS): make shared variables volatile

[Zhengyu Gu]

On 09/21/2016 10:18 AM, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
> On 09/21/2016 03:24 PM, Zhengyu Gu wrote:
>> This is a simple webrev that makes a few shared variables volatile:
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~zgu/volatile/webrev/
> Wait, why do we have to mark the methods "volatile"? Are we suggesting
> the ShenandoahHeap (receiver) instance should be volatile too?

You are right, they should not.

Updated:

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~zgu/volatile/webrev.01/ 
<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Ezgu/volatile/webrev.01/>

Thanks,

-Zhengyu


> Thanks,
> -Aleksey
>