RFR: backport for fix https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8172291

[Vicente Romero]

accepted

Vicente


On 01/05/2017 11:35 AM, Maurizio Cimadamore wrote:
> Hi,
> please review the backport:
>
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8172291
>
> The original issue is here (fixed in 9):
>
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8168774
>
> The JDK 9 patch does not apply cleanly because:
>
> * Types.isSignaturePolymorphic has changed in 9 because of VarHandles
> * the test (BadPolySig) contains jtreg module directives which are not 
> valid in 8
>
> Webrev here:
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mcimadamore/8172291/
>
> Cheers
> Maurizio
>
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