RFR: 8212992: Change mirror accessor in Klass::verify_on() to use AS_NO_KEEPALIVE
coleen.phillimore at oracle.com
coleen.phillimore at oracle.com
Thu Oct 25 20:49:21 UTC 2018
Looks good!
Coleen
On 10/25/18 2:45 PM, Erik Österlund wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The Klass::verify_on() is sometimes called on unloading klasses. It
> then reads a dead mirror, without using AS_NO_KEEPALIVE, which can
> make GC barriers feel like :C (because that should *never* normally
> happen). In order to make barriers happy, AS_NO_KEEPALIVE should be
> used when loading dead oops.
>
> Webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~eosterlund/8212992/webrev.00/
>
> Bug:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8212992
>
> Thanks,
> /Erik
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