On Fri, 1 Jul 2022 20:01:48 GMT, Ryan Ernst <d...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> This is a followup to simplify Shutdown.exit after the removal of > finalizers (https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8198250). Once agreement > on the approach has been reached in this PR, a CSR will be filed to > propose the spec change to Runtime.exit. Sorry, I did not think this issue was intended to change the specification in any way, but I see now that it actually does - whether that was the intent or not. src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Runtime.java line 88: > 86: * <p> Invocations of this method block indefinitely. It is therefore > 87: * inadvisable to invoke this method from a shutdown hook as it will > 88: * cause deadlock. This is inaccurate. The method only blocks indefinitely when shutdown has already commenced. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9351
