RFR: 8048020 - Regression on java.util.logging.FileHandler

[Jason Mehrens]

Daniel,


FileChannel.open(WRITE,APPEND) could throw NoSuchFileException during a startup and shutdown race between two VMs.  That case needs to either perform a bounded retry or continue and rotate.


Jason

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> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 20:34:46 +0200
> From: daniel.fuchs at oracle.com
> To: core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net
> CC: jason_mehrens at hotmail.com; Alan.Bateman at oracle.com
> Subject: RFR: 8048020 - Regression on java.util.logging.FileHandler
>
> Hi,
>
> Please find below a patch [1] for [2]:
>
> 8048020 - Regression on java.util.logging.FileHandler
>
> This corresponds to the problem that was discussed on this list
> in the following email thread:
>
> "Zombie FileHandler locks can exhaust all available log file locks."
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2014-June/027296.html
>
>
> [1] http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dfuchs/webrev_8048020/webrev.00/
> [2] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8048020
>
> This patch would be a good candidate for being backported on 8, since
> the issue was introduced in 8.
>
> best regards,
>
> -- daniel