RFR (S) CR 6857566: (bf) DirectByteBuffer garbage creation can outpace reclamation

[mark.reinhold at oracle.com]

2013/10/2 15:13 -0700, alan.bateman at oracle.com:
> BTW: Is this important enough to attempt to do this late in 8? I just 
> wonder about a significant change like switching to weak references and 
> whether it would be more sensible to hold it back to do early in 9.

I share your concern.  This is extraordinarily sensitive code.
Now is not the time to rewrite it for JDK 8.

- Mark