Additional note ( forgotten from original mail): The fence is needed for "final-freeze" is a one-off barrier at the end of deserialization, similar that of constructors . Under normal circumstances the object being deserialized is not visible until deserialization completes, so you don't need a "freeze" until deserialization completes.
-Chris. On 19 Feb 2015, at 16:25, Chris Hegarty <chris.hega...@oracle.com> wrote: > A number of years ago there was a proposal to use Unsafe.put*Volatile methods > to set final fields during default deserialisation [1][2], but it never made > it due to concerns about the potential negative impact of the additional > fences. Now we have a, private, fences API in the platform, I think it is > time to revisit this. > > Webrev: > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~chegar/deserialFence/webrev.00/webrev/ > > Note: > - Section 17.5.3 in the JLS [3], “Freezes of a final field occur both > at the end of the constructor in which the final field is set, and > immediately after each modification of a final field via reflection > or other special mechanism.” I believe this is a consequence of > the way in which setting of final fields is supported in the public > API, Field.setAccessible(), ( as defined by JSR 133 ) and should > not restrict an implementation from using a more performant > means, as is suggested here. The statement in the JLS should > be revisited. > > - Default Serialization already has a dependency on Unsafe, and > I don’t see this additional dependency as making that any worse. > > - Open question, should we include volatile fields as well as final? > > - The changes in the webrev will issue a fence even if custom > deserialization is performed. I think this is ok, as it will be more > consuming to try to determine if a custom readObject set a final > through reflection, or not. > > -Chris. > > [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6647361 > [2] > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2010-November/005292.html > > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2010-December/005456.html > [3] http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-17.html#jls-17.5.3
