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

[Alan Bateman]

On 15/03/2017 19:42, 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.
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> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/jdk9/webrevs/8176815/webrev.00/
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The target name is long but I agree with removing this permission (and 
the changes look good).

-Alan