Integrated: 8051680: (ref) unnecessary process_soft_ref_reconsider

[Albert Mingkun Yang]

On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 12:59:03 GMT, Albert Mingkun Yang <ayang at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This PR consists of 3 commits:
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> 1. Removes the soft-ref reconsideration phase because the soft-ref policy is set before marking (JDK-8269596) and stays the same across the GC cycle. Reconsideration phase should not find anything interesting. That being said, there might be some benefit of using more precise heap usage after marking for soft-ref processing, created JDK-8269798 for exploring that.
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> 2. Removes reloading of `_soft_ref_timestamp_clock` from `java_lang_ref_SoftReference::clock();` because the master clock should only be changed by GC.
> 
> 3. Rename phase{2,3,4} to phase{1,2,3}.
> 
> Test: hotspot_gc

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 86a20081
Author:    Albert Mingkun Yang <ayang at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/86a20081aefb6d43dc8a4d404adb2c1fb5729585
Stats:     150 lines in 4 files changed: 0 ins; 142 del; 8 mod

8051680: (ref) unnecessary process_soft_ref_reconsider

Reviewed-by: kbarrett, tschatzl

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4667