RFR 8207205 [lworld] Unsafe/VarHandle read-modify-write value accessors

[Karen Kinnear]

Paul,

I was so hoping you or Mandy would get a chance to add those. Code looks good - check it in and add tests as you can.

many thanks,
Karen

> On Jul 12, 2018, at 5:39 PM, Paul Sandoz <paul.sandoz at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This patch fills out the remaining (and not very efficient) support in Unsafe/VarHandle for read-modify-write value accessors:
> 
>  http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/valhalla/vh-value-accessors/webrev/ <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/valhalla/vh-value-accessors/webrev/>
> 
> I plan to follow up separately with tests, which may take a little more time to tease apart the current test infrastructure, plus i may not get to it this week before going on vacation.
> 
> Paul.