> > Hi Gil, > > Glad to see this being addressed! > Me too, this would be a useful addition to the Disruptor.
On 10/04/2015 07:22 PM, Gil Tene wrote: > > We propose to add a method to the JDK which would be hint that a spin > > loop is being performed. E.g. > > jdk.util.PerformanceHints.spinLoopHint(), which will hopefully evolve > > to a Java SE API, e.g. java.util.PerformanceHints.spinLoopHint(). The > > specific name space location, class name, and method name will be > > determined as part of development of this JEP. > > Yes, that would be a tough part. JDK is usually oblivious of these > low-level platform-specific hints, they go to sun.misc.* (e.g. Unsafe, > @Contended and others...). I'll let Project Leads to make that call :) > I think many of us are hoping that this will actually be a public API, unlike @Contented, will be enabled by default and therefore useful for third party libraries. Mike.
