Fix inconsistent behavior of java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes.lastModifiedTime()

[Alan Bateman]

On 24/11/2017 17:29, Schaef, Martin wrote:
> There is a fix in Java 10 that increases the precision for File.lastModified (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8177809 ). My issue is that the two methods (File.lastModified and BasicFileAttributes.lastModifiedTime) behave differently depending on the gcc version. And this is not addressed by the JDK 10 patch either.
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> Find my original patch below. It addresses the Java 8 issue but would work if JDK-8177809 is back-ported.
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Your patch removes the code for high precision timestamps from all 
platforms, I don't think we want that.

If you backport JDK-8177809 and build with any recent gcc then you 
should find that the results are consistent. If you really need to 
build  gcc 4.1.x (2006) then the changes for JDK-8177809 would require 
#ifdef so that they aren't compiled in.

I realize your interest is jdk8u but for the main line then we do need 
to re-examine the dusty #ifdef in UnixNativeDispatcher.c. I think Oracle 
builds of jDK 10 use gcc 4.9.2, I believe others are probably building 
with newer versions.

-Alan