RFR: JDK-7184195 - java.util.logging.Logger.getGlobal().info() doesn't log without configuration

[Daniel Fuchs]

Hi,

Please find below a proposed fix for:

7184195 - java.util.logging.Logger.getGlobal().info()
           doesn't log without configuration

Jim who was the original evaluator of this bug find out
that the root cause of the issue was that LogManager hadn't been
initialized yet, and therefore the global Logger returned had its
manager instance 'null' - and more to the point - had no configuration
since the configuration is established by the LogManager.

The fix proposed is simple. In getGlobal() we check whether
the 'manager' variable is null - and if it is, we initialize it
by calling LogManager.getLogManager().
This is a pattern which is already present at other places in
the Logger.java class file.

<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dfuchs/JDK-7184195/webrev.00/>

However - initialization of LogManager has proved to be fragile
in the past - in particular wrt deadlocks between Logger and
LogManager caused by circular class initialization.

Therefore, I have added two test files TestGetGlobal.java and
TestGetGlobal2.java which try to trigger such deadlocks by
calling Logger.getGlobal()
or Logger.getLogger(Logger.GLOBAL_LOGGER_NAME) before the
LogManager class is initialized.

The tests have a bunch of @run line trying to do so with
different configurations, including by using custom LogManager
subclasses, with and without a security manager on.

I have seen no issue so far.

best regards,

-- daniel