On Fri, 2 May 2025 15:17:25 GMT, Chen Liang <li...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The recent patch #23866 makes calling `ClassValue::remove()` from 
>> `ClassValue::computeValue()` end up in infinite loops while fixing the stale 
>> value risk from the method.
>> 
>> The proposed fix is to preserve the stale value risk fix, and update the 
>> remove-from-compute behavior from the original designated no-op behavior to 
>> throwing an exception, as the original behavior conflicts with the stale 
>> value fix.
>> 
>> The implementation track the owner thread in promises (accessed in locked 
>> section); as a result, we can fail-fast on recursive removals from 
>> `computeValue`. I did not choose to use `ThreadTracker` as it is designed 
>> for single tracker and multiple threads, while this case here sees often 
>> just one thread, and the threads outlive the promise objects.
>> 
>> Also updated the API specs for `remove` to more concisely describe the 
>> memory effects. Please review the associated CSR as well.
>
> Chen Liang has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
> commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Update src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ClassValue.java
>   
>   Co-authored-by: Shaojin Wen <shaojin.we...@alibaba-inc.com>

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ClassValue.java line 222:

> 220:         }
> 221: 
> 222:         RemovalToken permission = (RemovalToken) accessed; // nullable

This might be better if renamed to `removalToken` or just `token` instead of 
`permission`, in order to have a consistent terminology.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24043#discussion_r2080064021

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