RFR: JDK-8115868: 32-bit JVM failed to start from a large network filesystem

[Kumar Srinivasan]

On 12/16/2015 11:01 AM, Martin Buchholz wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Bernd Eckenfels <ecki at zusammenkunft.net> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I always like it when access() is used instead of stat() magic.
>>
>> I noticed that the new ProgramExists in java_md_common.c does not
>> anymore reject directories (which are typically executable). Not sure
>> it this matters or is intentional, it is a change in semantic.
> Right.  This is a small loss of robustness.  Changing stat into access
> here isn't really right because not stat has a superset of
> functionality, and (like I keep saying) all the stat calls in the JDK
> are potentially broken and need fixing.

I agree this is a very small corner case, the caller (there is one call 
and will always
test for the existence of a file). So I am going to go with this, unless 
I hear objections.

Kumar