On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 23:09:34 GMT, Dean Long <dl...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> This change creates a new sort of native recursive lock that can be held
>> during JNI and Java calls, which can be used for synchronization while
>> creating objArrayKlasses at runtime.
>>
>> Passes tier1-7.
>
> src/hotspot/share/runtime/mutex.cpp line 537:
>
>> 535: // can be called by jvmti by VMThread.
>> 536: if (current->is_Java_thread()) {
>> 537: _sem.wait_with_safepoint_check(JavaThread::cast(current));
>
> Why not use PlatformMutex + OSThreadWaitState instead of a semaphore?
Semaphore seemed simpler (?)
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17739#discussion_r1515294583
