[aarch64-port-dev ] [OpenJDK8u] java.nio.Bits.unaligned() doesn't handle aarch64

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > On 12/05/17 08:17, Andrew Haley wrote:
> > > It seems that some have now been accepted and some rejected, though
> > > with no explanation as to the reasoning behind either. Fortunately,
> > > 8165231 is one of the ones that has been approved and so will be in
> > > 8u141, which is released in July.
> > 
> > We should discuss the rejected ones here.  We can decide to include
> > them if they're very important.  Can you post them, please?
> > 
> > Andrew.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Sure. This is the full list:
> 
> Approved for 8u141 in July:
> 
> 8144566: Custom HostnameVerifier disables SNI extension
> 8155049: New tests from 8144566 fail with "No expected Server Name
> Indication"
> 8165231: java.nio.Bits.unaligned() doesn't return true on ppc
> 8174164: SafePointNode::_replaced_nodes breaks with irreducible loops
> 8174729: Race Condition in java.lang.reflect.WeakCache
> 8175097: [TESTBUG] 8174164 fix missed the test
> 
> Rejected:
> 
> 8173941: SA does not work if executable is DSO
> 8162384: Performance regression: bimorphic inlining may be bypassed by type
> speculation
> 8153711: [REDO] JDWP: Memory Leak: GlobalRefs never deleted when processing
> invokeMethod command
> 
> All three rejected ones are included in our RPMs. The last two arose
> from reported customer issues. The DSO one is related to issues building
> on the latest versions of Fedora.
> --

And now this one:

8151841: Build needs additional flags to compile with GCC 6

I fixed this over a year ago in 9 and then backported to 8 last summer.
Yet it still hasn't seen the light of day. I have to manually apply it
and then revert it every time I do a test build of aarch64/jdk8u.
-- 
Andrew :)

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