5.2 Carrier Thread Pinning Prevention & ReentrantLock
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5.2 Carrier Thread Pinning Prevention & ReentrantLock

Topic Summary

Diagnose carrier pinning caused by synchronized blocks and migrate to java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock.

What You Will Learn
• Understand what 'pinning' a virtual thread means. • Identify the two causes of pinning: `synchronized` blocks and native JNI frames. • Replace `synchronized` with `ReentrantLock` around blocking I/O.
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