JDK-8254824 : SignalHandlerMark have no purpose
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: runtime
  • Affected Version: 16
  • Priority: P5
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2020-10-15
  • Updated: 2022-01-04
  • Resolved: 2020-10-19
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JDK 16
16 b21Fixed
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Description
SignalHandlerMark increase and decrease _num_nested_signal, but it is never read.
We have no caller to is_inside_signal_handler().
Comments
Changeset: 011dd0d8 Author: Robbin Ehn <rehn@openjdk.org> Date: 2020-10-19 06:28:47 +0000 URL: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/011dd0d8
19-10-2020
On 15/10/2020 7:08 pm, Thomas Stuefe wrote: > On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 08:46:01 GMT, Robbin Ehn <rehn@openjdk.org> wrote: > >> SignalHandlerMark increase and decrease _num_nested_signal, but it is never read. >> We have no caller to is_inside_signal_handler(). >> >> Testing T1. > > Looks good. Seems like a leftover from Solaris.
15-10-2020