On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:01:34 GMT, Eirik Bjørsnøs <[email protected]> wrote:
> Please review this PR which removes empty nested `Lock` classes in > `java.lang.Shutdown` and `java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue`. > > These are replaced with the more common "new Object()" idiom, which saves us > loading these two nested classes. > > Additionally, this PR marks the lock objects in `Shutdown` as `final` > > This was initially discussed in > https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2026-January/157704.html. > > Except the observability of the lock name class, this should be a strict > refactoring. No tests updated, `noreg-cleanup`. This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: 8b805630 Author: Eirik Bjørsnøs <[email protected]> URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/8b805630b4c54a8e9e489cff08f0260cd42dc362 Stats: 7 lines in 2 files changed: 0 ins; 2 del; 5 mod 8376477: Avoid loading empty Lock classes in Shutdown and ReferenceQueue Reviewed-by: rriggs, shade ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29442
