On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:33:50 GMT, kabutz <d...@openjdk.org> wrote: >> We logged several bugs on the LinkedBlockingDeque. This aggregates them into >> a single bug report and PR. >> >> 1. LinkedBlockingDeque does not immediately throw InterruptedException in >> put/take >> >> The LinkedBlockingDeque does not behave consistently with other concurrency >> components. If we call putFirst(), putLast(), takeFirst(), or takeLast() >> with a thread that is interrupted, it does not immediately throw an >> InterruptedException, the way that ArrayBlockingQueue and >> LInkedBlockingQueue does, because instead of lockInterruptibly(), we call >> lock(). It will only throw an InterruptedException if the queue is full (on >> put) or empty (on take). Since interruptions are frequently used as a >> shutdown mechanism, this might prevent code from ever shutting down. >> >> 2. LinkedBlockingDeque.clear() should preserve weakly-consistent iterators >> >> LinkedBlockingDeque.clear() should preserve weakly-consistent iterators by >> linking f.prev and f.next back to f, allowing the iterators to continue from >> the first or last respectively. This would be consistent with how the other >> node-based weakly consistent queues LinkedBlockingQueue LinkedTransferQueue, >> ConcurrentLinkedQueue/Deque work. >> >> The LBD already supports self-linking, since that is done by the >> unlinkFirst() and unlinkLast() methods, and the iterators and spliterator >> thus all support self-linking. >> >> This can be fixed very easily by linking both f.prev and f.next back to f. >> >> 3. LinkedBlockingDeque offer() creates nodes even if capacity has been >> reached >> >> In the JavaDoc of LinkedBlockingDeque, it states: "Linked nodes are >> dynamically created upon each insertion unless this would bring the deque >> above capacity." However, in the current implementation, nodes are always >> created, even if the deque is full. This is because count is non-volatile, >> and we only check inside the linkFirst/Last() methods whether the queue is >> full. At this point we have already locked and have created the Node. >> Instead, the count could be volatile, and we could check before locking. >> >> In the current version, calling offer() on a full LinkedBlockingDeque >> creates unnecessary objects and contention. Similarly for poll() and peek(), >> we could exit prior to locking by checking the count field. >> >> 4. LinkedBlockingDeque allows us to overflow size with addAll() >> >> In LinkedBlockingDeque.addAll() we first build up the chain of nodes and >> then add that chain in bulk to the existing nodes. We count the nodes in >> "int n" and then whilst hol... > > @viktorklang-ora @DougLea @AlanBateman
@kabutz Thanks for opening this PR—just confirming that it's on my to-review queue. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24925#issuecomment-2836347292
