Hi Peter, > On 27 May 2016, at 12:41, Peter Levart <peter.lev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > On 05/26/2016 01:20 PM, Paul Sandoz wrote: >> Hi Peter, >> >> Opportunistically if your LinearProbeHashtable works out then i am wondering >> if we could replace the use of CHM within >> MethodType.ConcurrentWeakInternSet, which only uses get/putIfAbsent/remove. >> >> Thereby CHM can use VarHandles without inducing a circular dependency. >> >> Paul. > > It could be used, yes. LinearProbeHashtable is not scalable to multiple > threads like CHM is for modifications as it is using a single lock for all > modification operations including rehashing, but it is lock-free for lookups, > so for usecases such as caching, where lookups dominate and modifications are > mostly performed in batches from single thread (when some subsystem > initializes), it could be a viable alternative to CHM. >
Or say expunging of stale entries? > If it is moved to some jdk.internal subpackage and made public, I could add > missing Map methods, mostly to be able to include it in MOAT tests. > > What do you think? > I think moving to say jdk.internal.util.concurrent makes sense. Keeping it lean and focused to the purpose it currently serves seems appropriate, so implementing Map might an unwanted embellishment, i would be inclined to write some focused tests and also leverage the contextual testing via it’s use within ClassValue (and maybe MethodType). I should investigate updating MethodType and running the Octane benchmark... Paul.
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