On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 03:14:27 GMT, David Holmes <dhol...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> As discussed in JBS all platforms (some tweaks to Zero are in progress) >> actually do support `cx8` i.e. 64-bit compare-and-exchange, so we can strip >> out the locked-based alternatives to using it and just add a guarantee that >> it is true at runtime. And all platforms except some ARM variants set >> `SUPPORTS_NATIVE_CX8`, so we can greatly simplify things. Summary of changes: >> - `_supports_cx8` field is only needed when `SUPPORTS_NATIVE_CX8` is not >> defined >> - Assertions for `supports_cx8()` are removed >> - Compiler predicates requiring `supports_cx8()` are removed >> - Access backend is greatly simplified without the need for lock-based >> alternative >> - `java.util.concurrent.AtomicLongFieldUpdater` is simplified without the >> need for a lock-based alternative >> >> I did consider moving all the ARM `kuser_helper` related code to be only >> defined when `SUPPORTS_NATIVE_CX8` is not defined, but there was a >> theoretical risk this could change the behaviour if ARMv7 binaries were run >> on other ARM CPU's. I added a note to that effect in >> vm_version_linux_arm32.cpp so the ARM port maintainers could clean this up >> further if desired. >> >> Testing: >> - All Oracle tiers 1-5 builds (which includes an ARMv7 build) >> - GHA builds/tests >> - Oracle tiers 1-3 sanity testing >> >> Zero changes coming in via >> [JDK-8319777](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8319777) will be merged >> when they arrive. >> >> Thanks. > > David Holmes has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional > commit since the last revision: > > Fix typo Ran full jcstress on linux-arm-zero-release on RPi 4 without problem. ------------- Marked as reviewed by shade (Reviewer). PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16625#pullrequestreview-1745896266
