On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 20:07:10 GMT, Roger Riggs <rri...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> JDK-8277072 introduced java.io.ClassCache, but there seem to be at least two 
>> issues with it:
>>   - The cache cannot disambiguate between cleared SoftReference and the 
>> accidental passing of `null` value; in that case, the retry loop would spin 
>> indefinitely;
>>   - If retry loop would spin several times, every time discovering a cleared 
>> SoftReference, it would create and register new SoftReference on the 
>> ReferenceQueue. However, it would not *drain* the RQ in the loop; in that 
>> case, we might have the unbounded garbage accumulating in RQ; 
>> 
>> Attention @rkennke, @plevart.
>> 
>> Additional testing:
>>   - [x] Linux x86_64 fastdebug `java/io/ObjectStreamClass`
>>   - [x] Linux x86_64 fastdebug `tier1`
>>   - [x] Linux x86_64 fastdebug `tier2`
>>   - [x] Linux x86_64 fastdebug `tier3`
>
> It may not be worth it. If not, add the label "noreg-hard".
> 
> It is possible for add to the test description the modules to be opened:
> 
> * @modules java.base/java.io:open
> 
> jtreg will add the appropriate command line args when it is compiled and run.
> There are various examples in existing test/jdk/java/io... tests.

@RogerRiggs, are you happy with tests?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7092

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