On Thu, 5 May 2022 12:55:31 GMT, Jaroslav Bachorik <jbacho...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Just to clarify - you mean finding a gap due to padding and putting the >> field there? >> The rest of the fields are usually clustered around the supported >> functionality so before I insert this flag somewhere in the middle of >> unrelated fields I want to be sure this is what we want. > > I had tried identifying any gaps I might use but found none. Not saying they > are none but it is rather difficult to spot anything with all the Thread > related attributes spread across many lines, interspersed with the method > declarations :( > Any trick or tool I might use to find the right place for this attribute? An option would be to place it after https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/ce15582a7570b529a4c9b3d500f60fa0a2dc772d/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.hpp#L901 but it would make the code less coherent. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8549
