// This routine does not lock the system dictionary.
//
// Since readers don't hold a lock, we must make sure that system
// dictionary entries are only removed at a safepoint (when only one
// thread is running), and are added to in a safe way (all links must
// be updated in an MT-safe manner).
//
// Callers should be aware that an entry could be added just after
// _buckets[index] is read here, so the caller will not see the new entry.
DictionaryEntry* Dictionary::get_entry(int index, unsigned int hash,
Symbol* class_name,
ClassLoaderData* loader_data) {
debug_only(_lookup_count++);
for (DictionaryEntry* entry = bucket(index);
entry != NULL;
entry = entry->next()) {
if (entry->hash() == hash && entry->equals(class_name, loader_data)) {
return entry;
}
debug_only(_lookup_length++);
}
return NULL;
}
