Re: RFR: 8314480: Memory ordering spec updates in java.lang.ref [v8]

2024-02-21 Thread Brent Christian
On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 01:52:57 GMT, David Holmes wrote: >> Brent Christian has updated the pull request incrementally with one >> additional commit since the last revision: >> >> Updates to reachabilityFence() > > src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ref/package-info.java line 118: > >> 116:

Re: RFR: 8314480: Memory ordering spec updates in java.lang.ref [v8]

2024-02-20 Thread David Holmes
On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 01:20:24 GMT, Brent Christian wrote: >> Classes in the `java.lang.ref` package would benefit from an update to bring >> the spec in line with how the VM already behaves. The changes would focus on >> _happens-before_ edges at some key points during reference processing. >>

Re: RFR: 8314480: Memory ordering spec updates in java.lang.ref [v8]

2024-02-20 Thread Brent Christian
> Classes in the `java.lang.ref` package would benefit from an update to bring > the spec in line with how the VM already behaves. The changes would focus on > _happens-before_ edges at some key points during reference processing. > > A couple key things we want to be able to say are: > - `Refer