On 04/10/2015 17:22, Gil Tene wrote:
I would like to circulate this draft JEP proposal for initial review and
consensus building purposes.
I'm cross-posting to both core-libs-dev and hotspot-dev. From a spec
perspective, the main change it suggests is the addition of a method (and
probably a class to hold it) to the core libraries. And intrinsifying
implementations would involve changes in HotSpot (see prototype WebRev links
included below).
Draft JEP follows inline...
— Gil.
I don't see any mention in the JEP about existing mechanisms to give
hints to the runtime, as in @Contended (JEP 142) and
@HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate (JDK-8076112). Just wondering if there is an
alternative to explore where something like @Spinloop int ignore; would
emit the PAUSE. This would at least give a starting point for usages in
the JDK. The bigger question is whether to expose such runtime hints in
an API. It's very much for the advanced developer and if an API is
really needed then it might be something for a JDK-specific API.
-Alan
