src/share/vm/runtime/task.hpp

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2015, 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
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.

@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@
   int _counter;
   const int _interval;
 
   static int _num_tasks;
   static PeriodicTask* _tasks[PeriodicTask::max_tasks];
+  // Can only be called by the WatcherThread
   static void real_time_tick(int delay_time);
 
 #ifndef PRODUCT
   static elapsedTimer _timer;                      // measures time between ticks
   static int _ticks;                               // total number of ticks

@@ -96,10 +97,11 @@
     return _interval - _counter;
   }
 
   // Calculate when the next periodic task will fire.
   // Called by the WatcherThread's run method.
+  // Requires the PeriodicTask_lock.
   static int time_to_wait();
 
   // The task to perform at each period
   virtual void task() = 0;
 };