--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/handles.hpp Thu Apr 18 14:03:37 2013 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/handles.hpp Fri Apr 19 11:08:52 2013 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
*
* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -280,10 +280,10 @@
// If h has to be preserved, it can be converted to an oop or a local JNI handle
// across the HandleMark boundary.
-// The base class of HandleMark should have been StackObj but we also heap allocate
-// a HandleMark when a thread is created.
+// The only special case for HandleMark is when a Thread is created, the first
+// HandleMark of the Thread is allocated in heap.
-class HandleMark {
+class HandleMark : public StackObj {
private:
Thread *_thread; // thread that owns this mark
HandleArea *_area; // saved handle area
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@
// Link to previous active HandleMark in thread
HandleMark* _previous_handle_mark;
- void initialize(Thread* thread); // common code for constructors
void set_previous_handle_mark(HandleMark* mark) { _previous_handle_mark = mark; }
HandleMark* previous_handle_mark() const { return _previous_handle_mark; }
@@ -303,6 +302,7 @@
HandleMark(Thread* thread) { initialize(thread); }
~HandleMark();
+ void initialize(Thread* thread); // common code for constructors
// Functions used by HandleMarkCleaner
// called in the constructor of HandleMarkCleaner
void push();