Review Request: JDK-8176815: Remove StackFramePermission and use RuntimePermission for stack walking

[Brent Christian]

Hi, Mandy

I agree that the new permission type is overkill.
The changes look good to me.

-Brent

On 3/15/17 12:42 PM, Mandy Chung wrote:
> StackWalker::getInstance is currently specified to check for
> StackFramePermission("retainClassReference“) due to an early review
> feedback .  Given it has only one target, it’s overkill to define a
> specific permission type for stack walking use.   This patch proposes
> to replace the StackWalker permission check with
> RuntimePermission("getStackWalkerWithClassReference”) and remove
> StackFramePermission class.
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/jdk9/webrevs/8176815/webrev.00/
>
> Mandy
>