[9] RFR (XS): 8060483: NPE with explicitCastArguments unboxing null

[Attila Szegedi]

Thanks for fixing this. Can we expect a backport to 8u-dev soon?

On Oct 15, 2014, at 4:46 PM, Attila Szegedi <szegedia at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1
> 
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Vladimir Ivanov <
> vladimir.x.ivanov at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vlivanov/8060483/webrev.00/
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8060483
>> 
>> Recent changes broke MHs.explicitCastArguments for null values when
>> unboxing taking place.
>> 
>> The fix corrects the equivalence check for MHs.eCA & MH.asType() in MT.
>> explicitCastEquivalentToAsType().
>> 
>> Also, will file a followup enhancement request to improve test coverage
>> for MHs.eCA method.
>> 
>> Testing: regression test, jck (api/java_lang/invoke), jdk/java/lang/invoke
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Vladimir Ivanov
>> _______________________________________________
>> mlvm-dev mailing list
>> mlvm-dev at openjdk.java.net
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/mlvm-dev
>>