On Wed, 22 Nov 2023 20:48:05 GMT, Viktor Klang <vkl...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> We've seen some rare failures of the CLQ Whitebox test on "less-strong" 
> architectures, and the only thing which -- given my research -- could be the 
> culprit is spuriously failing weakCAS (which is correct in terms of the 
> implementation of CLQ).
> 
> After discussion with @DougLea, it was decided as the CLQ implementation does 
> not guarantee what the failing test tests, and modifying the test would mean 
> that it would generally not be able to enforce anything, the test is invalid 
> and should be removed -- hence this PR.

@AlanBateman If you happen to have a couple of seconds to spare, would you mind 
reviewing this? 🤔

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16786#issuecomment-1827798624

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