hotspot JIT producing incorrect code -how should I report a bug?

Mark Wielaard mark at klomp.org
Fri Sep 26 04:02:20 PDT 2008


Hi Chuck,

On Thu, 2008-09-25 at 15:31 -0700, Chuck Rasbold wrote:
> I don't think that you need to backport #6726504 and #6730192.

Thanks for the info.

> As for the test case, I love it, but based on the channel in which the 
> test case was submitted, Sun does not have ownership rights to the code, 
> so I can't add it to OpenJDK. I am not a lawyer, but someone who is 
> should feel free to correct me.

You probably cannot claim copyright on the test case itself. But I would
be surprised if when you ask the submitter to use the testcase you would
be denied that. Obviously it was submitted precisely to get you a good
testcase.

Cheers,

Mark




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