[vmkit-commits] New exception model

[Nicolas Geoffray]

Local changes got introduced into the previous patch. Uploading the correct
one.

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Nicolas Geoffray <
nicolas.geoffray at gmail.com> wrote:

> Will,
>
> I will be submitting the attached patch to VMKit soon. It's a rewrite of
> how we handle exceptions. Basically:
>
> Before: use setjmp/longjmp for C++, do exception checks after each call in
> Java
> After: use setjmp/longjmp for C++ and Java
>
> My plan is to uniform both worlds when it comes to exceptions and
> eventually change some code in LLVM for maximizing performance.
>
> At the code level, the only thing that you need to know (I think) is that
> you should not change the current's thread pending exception directly (in
> C++ code), but instead should call the throwException method.
>
> This may break some of your code in OpenJDK, so let me know if you have
> questions. Otherwise, I'll submit the patch.
>
> Cheers,
> Nicolas
>
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