David Holmes

8342482: Use the same native thread initialization procedure on all platforms

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This fixes an issue reported in https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8340401 caused by a difference in the thread initialization protocol for new Java threads, by using the same Monitor-based "handshake" protocol on all platforms....

8358645: Access violation in ThreadsSMRSupport::print_info_on during thread dump

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Hi all, This pull request contains a backport of commit [334683e6](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/334683e634c23a3672585e4309a528d0944d942e) from the [openjdk/jdk](https://git.openjdk.org/jdk) repository. The commit being backported was authored by David Holmes on 26 Jun 2025 and was...

8369515: Deadlock between JVMTI and JNI ReleasePrimitiveArrayCritical

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As discussed in JBS the deadlock occurs when the call to `ReleasePrimitiveArrayCritical` performs the transition from native to VM, and in the process checks for special runtime exit conditions -...

8373654: Tests in sources/ should only run once

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This test is checking for backsliding on the use of NULL in the hotspot source files. The test only needs to be run once per change but it is defined...