Add a VMLangAccess method to create threads #5778
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Add a
VMLangAccess
method to create threadsAdded a package access method
java.lang.Thread:Thread(Runnable runnable, String threadName, boolean isSystemThreadGroup, boolean inheritThreadLocals, boolean isDaemon, ClassLoader contextClassLoader)
which allows callers outside ofjava.lang
package to create threads with such options viaVMLangAccess
interface.Specifically this supports
java.io.ClassCache
to create a thread that belongs to the system thread group, and not inheritThreadLocals
.Related to ibmruntimes/openj9-openjdk-jdk11#170
Reviewer: @pshipton
FYI: @DanHeidinga
Signed-off-by: Jason Feng [email protected]