RFR: 5049299 - (process) Use,posix_spawn, not fork, on S10 to avoid swap,exhaustion (jdk7u-dev)

[Rob McKenna]

Hi David,

The only difference in 5049299 is the change in the default property 
value in Solaris. Apologies for not making that clear.

     -Rob

On 06/11/13 01:09, David Holmes wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> How different is this to the JDK 8 version?
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
> On 6/11/2013 7:24 AM, Rob McKenna wrote:
>> ..
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~robm/5049299/7/webrev.01/
>>
>>      -Rob
>>
>> On 05/11/13 21:23, Rob McKenna wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I'd like to backport this change to JDK7. Note: this fix uses
>>> posix_spawn by default on Mac OSX only. On Solaris fork will remain
>>> the default behaviour.
>>>
>>> I've just noticed that there is a problem with the testcase on Solaris
>>> in that it will test fork twice. (and won't test posix_spawn) I'll
>>> figure out a way around this, but in the mean time I'd like to get the
>>> ball rolling on this review anyway.
>>>
>>>     -Rob
>>>
>>>
>>