Suggested fix for JDK-4724038 (Add unmap method to MappedByteBuffer)

[Andrew Haley]

On 09/08/2015 09:39 PM, Ulf Zibis wrote:
> Am 08.09.2015 um 20:37 schrieb Andrew Haley:
>> I think that MR is referring to Windows when he talks about race conditions. Andrew. 
> 
> Couldn't we introduce a unmap() method which throws an UnsupportedOperationException if the 
> underlying OS isn't able to unmap the the buffer safely in the mean time?

How would that help Windows people?  And how would it aid portability?

Andrew.