RFR (XS): 8157188: 2 test failures in demo/jvmti due to unexpected class file version 53

[David Holmes]

Thanks Alan!

David

On 19/05/2016 3:37 PM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 19/05/2016 05:52, David Holmes wrote:
>> Not sure who really owns this file so cc'ing core-libs and
>> serviceability.
>>
>> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8157188
>>
>> The file src/java.base/share/native/include/classfile_constants.h
>> describes information about classfiles and is used by libverify and
>> ./demo/share/jvmti/java_crw_demo/java_crw_demo.c
>>
>> This file has not been updated for classfile version 53 and so asserts
>> will fail in java_crw_demo.c when it encounters classes compiled for
>> version 53 - as they now are. This version change caused test failures
>> in the hotspot forest when it was pulled down earlier this week.
>>
>> This fix trivially bumps the current version number to 53 to fix the
>> failing tests. It is a separate issue as to whether other changes are
>> needed in this file to reflect what is new with classfile version 53.
> It's the serviceability area that has historically maintained this. The
> change looks fine.
>
> -Alan