On Mon, 29 May 2023 02:15:05 GMT, David Holmes <dhol...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> > I have one question though: why wouldn't it be enough to move `vm_created = 
> > 1` from where we had it before, down to where we now have `vm_created = 
> > COMPLETE` ?
> 
> Because we need to prevent two threads from concurrently loading and 
> initializing a VM in the same process.

Wouldn't it be less complex to use a lock or some "init once" mechanism 
(pthread_once) instead of a 3 stage atomic field? Do we really need to know 
whether the process is in the middle of initialization for any reason other 
than whether it's actually done?

Just to clarify - I'm OK with the fix you have proposed, I was just curious if 
you considered any other alternatives.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14139#issuecomment-1568554708

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