RFR: 8211163: UNIX version of Java_java_io_Console_echo does not return a clean boolean

[Ichiroh Takiguchi]

Hello Andrew.

FYI, about jboolean value discussion was started following mail
  * Is returning a value != '0' or '1' as jboolean from a JNI function 
legal?
  
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2018-August/054906.html

Anyway, it's better to fix this issue.

On 2018-09-27 03:53, Andrew Haley wrote:
> On 09/26/2018 06:07 PM, Ichiroh Takiguchi wrote:
>> Sorry for bad operation.
>> In case of s390x platform, this issue was fixed by JDK-8209637.
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8209637
>> 
>> If you could recreate this issue, please check JVM side also.
> 
> That does not fix the bug, except by accident. The native code should
> be fixed too.
> 
> See the explanation in
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8211163