[aarch64-port-dev ] Freeze aarch64/jdk8

[Andrew Dinn]

On 29/02/16 16:44, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> In short, yes.
> 
> It's s390. On s390, size_t is a long unsigned int, while the right-hand
> side, ReservedCodeCacheSize * 5, is a uintx:
> 
> /builddir/build/BUILD/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.72-5.b16.el7.s390/openjdk/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp:1141:78: e\
> rror: no matching function for call to 'MIN2(long unsigned int, uintx)'
>                       MIN2(CODE_CACHE_DEFAULT_LIMIT, ReservedCodeCacheSize * 5));
> 
> We have a lot of cases of this on s390 which we have to fix, and getting
> that upstream has been an uphill task, with them throwing rocks down at us
> all the time.
> 
> We can fix it with a cast, but here I don't think this change should be even
> made on non-AArch64, as it's a divergence from 8u. See the suggestion in my
> previous e-mail.

Oh. yeeeurch! Yes, your suggestion looks like a much better idea than
trying to fix it any other way.

regards,


Andrew Dinn
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