/**
* Recycles an unused heavy-weight lock. Locks are deallocated to processor specific lists, so
* normally no synchronization is required to obtain or release a lock.
*/
protected static void free(Lock l) {
l.active = false;
RVMThread me = RVMThread.getCurrentThread();
if (me.cachedFreeLock == null) {
if (trace) {
VM.sysWriteln(
"Lock.free: setting ",
Magic.objectAsAddress(l),
" as the cached free lock for Thread #",
me.getThreadSlot());
}
me.cachedFreeLock = l;
} else {
if (trace) {
VM.sysWriteln(
"Lock.free: returning ",
Magic.objectAsAddress(l),
" to the global freelist for Thread #",
me.getThreadSlot());
}
returnLock(l);
}
}
