RFR(M): 8190430 [MVT] Fixing GC support for Thread-local value buffers

[Tobias Hartmann]

Hi Fred,

I haven't looked at the changes in detail but I've tested my fix for 8188809 [1] on top and all tests pass.

Thanks,
Tobias

[1] http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~thartmann/8188809/webrev.00/

On 31.10.2017 18:21, Frederic Parain wrote:
> Please review this changeset fixing the GC support and other
> issues with the Thread-Local Value Buffer:
> 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~fparain/8190430/webrev.00/
> 
> This changeset re-activates the TLVB by default.
> The VTBuffer test has been fixed to generate value types
> with object references.
> 
> All hotspot_valhalla tests pass.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Fred