Re: RFR: 8314480: Memory ordering spec updates in java.lang.ref [v13]

2024-03-20 Thread Y . Srinivas Ramakrishna
On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 22:26:22 GMT, Stuart Marks wrote: >> I think you are overthinking this somewhat Ramki. I don't see a practical >> (non discrete-math) distinction between "some" and "any", so would not >> object to that single word change if it helps. But "potential" should remain >> as it

Re: RFR: 8314480: Memory ordering spec updates in java.lang.ref [v13]

2024-03-19 Thread Y . Srinivas Ramakrishna
On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 16:20:55 GMT, Y. Srinivas Ramakrishna wrote: >> https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se21/html/jls-12.html#jls-12.6.1 >> >>> A reachable object is any object that can be accessed in any potential >>> continuing computation from any live th

Re: RFR: 8314480: Memory ordering spec updates in java.lang.ref [v13]

2024-03-19 Thread Y . Srinivas Ramakrishna
On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 02:53:37 GMT, David Holmes wrote: >> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ref/package-info.java line 137: >> >>> 135: * >>> 136: * A reachable object is any object that can be accessed in >>> any potential >>> 137: * continuing computation from any live thread (as

Re: RFR: 8314480: Memory ordering spec updates in java.lang.ref [v13]

2024-03-18 Thread Y . Srinivas Ramakrishna
On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:23:07 GMT, Brent Christian wrote: >> Classes in the `java.lang.ref` package would benefit from an update to bring >> the spec in line with how the VM already behaves. The changes would focus on >> _happens-before_ edges at some key points during reference processing. >>

Re: RFR: 8314480: Memory ordering spec updates in java.lang.ref [v9]

2024-02-23 Thread Y . Srinivas Ramakrishna
On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 23:43:41 GMT, Brent Christian wrote: >> Thanks for finding my misspelling, djelinski.  > > The use of "(un)successful(ly)" in relation to `Reference.enqueue()` is quite > deliberate (and builds on the previous wording, "successful"). > > The intention was to use it

Re: RFR: 8314480: Memory ordering spec updates in java.lang.ref [v9]

2024-02-22 Thread Y . Srinivas Ramakrishna
On Mon, 27 Nov 2023 22:41:25 GMT, Hans Boehm wrote: >> Brent Christian has updated the pull request incrementally with one >> additional commit since the last revision: >> >> Cleaner thread dequeue happens-before running cleaning action > >

Re: RFR: 8314480: Memory ordering spec updates in java.lang.ref [v9]

2024-02-22 Thread Y . Srinivas Ramakrishna
On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 01:42:17 GMT, Brent Christian wrote: >> Classes in the `java.lang.ref` package would benefit from an update to bring >> the spec in line with how the VM already behaves. The changes would focus on >> _happens-before_ edges at some key points during reference processing. >>

Re: RFR: 8314480: Memory ordering spec updates in java.lang.ref [v9]

2024-02-22 Thread Y . Srinivas Ramakrishna
On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 12:05:31 GMT, Daniel Jeliński wrote: >> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Reference.java line 491: >> >>> 489: * If this reference is not registered with a queue, or was >>> already enqueued >>> 490: * (by the garbage collector, or a previous call to

Re: RFR: 8284493: Improve computeNextExponential tail performance and accuracy [v16]

2023-01-19 Thread Y . Srinivas Ramakrishna
On Tue, 4 Oct 2022 17:36:56 GMT, Chris Hennick wrote: >> This PR improves both the worst-case performance of `nextExponential` and >> `nextGaussian` and the distribution of output at the tails. It fixes the >> following imperfections: >> >> * Repeatedly adding