(9) RFR: 8179515: Class java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom fails to Initialize when using SecurityManager

[David Holmes]

On 12/05/2017 7:01 AM, Claes Redestad wrote:
> The null check is redundant, so the code could be simplified a bit.
>
> Reviewed regardless!

Thanks Claes!

David

> /Claes
>
> On 2017-05-11 22:46, David Holmes wrote:
>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8179515
>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8179515/webrev/
>>
>> This is a fix contributed by Doug Lea, from a suggestion made by Alan
>> Bateman. While I'm handling the fix process for Doug, it isn't my fix
>> so I am also a Reviewer of this fix. I expect Martin to also review.
>>
>> The fix is quite simple - break the dependency between
>> ThreadLocalRandom and the security framework by replacing a
>> doPrivileged block that reads a system property with a call to the JDK
>> internal VM.getSavedProperty(). This allows TLR to be used
>> transitively from the security framework without creating a cyclic
>> initialization dependency which leads to failure to initialize.
>>
>> This fixed is approved for 9.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>