On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 23:26:45 GMT, Brent Christian <bchri...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> test/lib/jdk/test/whitebox/WhiteBox.java line 568:
>>
>>> 566: private Method getWaitForReferenceProcessingMethod() {
>>> 567: Method wfrp = waitForReferenceProcessingMethod;
>>> 568: if (wfrp == null) {
>>
>> Racy initialization is fine, the field can be static and the last one (any
>> racy init would all the same) wins:
>> Suggestion:
>>
>> private static Method waitForReferenceProcessingMethod =
>> getWaitForReferenceProcessingMethod();
>>
>> private static Method getWaitForReferenceProcessingMethod() {
>
> I can make the `Method` static, but I don't think it should be set until
> there's a call to `getWaitForReferenceProcessing()`, as most uses of
> `WhiteBox` won't need it.
Not only will most uses of `WhiteBox` not need it, but those uses would be
"broken" because they would
be forced to (without benefit) add the `@modules` declaration needed to allow
that to work.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24527#discussion_r2040569359
