[aarch64-port-dev ] jdk8: backport of 8177661: AArch64: Incorrect C2 patterns cause system register corruption

[Andrew Dinn]

On 13/04/17 22:21, Andrew Hughes wrote:
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>> On 30/03/17 00:26, Andrew Hughes wrote:
>>> There's no need to put it in jdk8u-shenandoah either, as it pulls changes
>>> from aarch64/jdk8u anyway.
>>
>> Mmm, I know that, but on what clock tick are those changes pulled?
>>
> 
> At least quarterly with every security update / release. We can do
> out-of-band merges as well if required, but nothing is going to languish
> there for longer than three months.
> 
> Back to the subject of this bug; are there plans to backport this to 7?
> A cursory glance suggests the issue is present there too.

Yes, the same issue is present and I believe the same patch will fix it
(modulo some line number fuzz).

Andrew Hughes, do you want to apply it? now or after the CPU?

regards,


Andrew Dinn
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