On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 10:15:20 GMT, Kevin Walls <kev...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This test is failing often since 8304725 added a call to 
>> Thread::current_in_asgct().  This can end up being called e.g. when 
>> resolving calls, and then the OS last error value is lost.
>> 
>> The test is reliable with a single warm-up call to getLastError.invoke() 
>> before the loop.
>> 
>> The test was introduced when in JDK-8292302 a change was undone that had 
>> made JavaThread::threadObj call Thread::current_or_null_safe, as the use of 
>> TLS upset this case of accessing last error directly.
>> 
>> This new Thread::current_in_asgct() case shows that the VM will find new 
>> ways to interfere with the last error value, or at least new VM code keeps 
>> wanting to call Thread::current.  This testcase is kind of niche usage, so 
>> it not an argument that VM code should not be calling Thread::current.   If 
>> this test is to stay active, it needs to have this warm-up getLastError 
>> call.  (If there are more issues, it might mean removing the test.)
>
> Kevin Walls has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
> commit since the last revision:
> 
>   comment update feedback

Marked as reviewed by m4ximumpi...@github.com (no known OpenJDK username).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13481#pullrequestreview-1386683574

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