[1.7 & 1.8 BRANCH APPROVAL]: Backport 6539464: Math functions produce inconsistent results

[Pavel Tisnovsky]

Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> On 00:25 Sat 04 Sep     , Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
>> Applies to hs14 only.  hs16 (1.7 & 1.8 --with-hotspot-build=hs16) and hs17 (1.9, HEAD) have this fix.
>>
>> changeset:   1981:0b63ff75d44a
>> tag:         tip
>> user:        Andrew John Hughes <ahughes at redhat.com>
>> date:        Sat Sep 04 00:21:46 2010 +0100
>> files:       ChangeLog Makefile.am NEWS patches/hotspot/original/6539464-consistent-math.patch
>> description:
>> S6539464, RH500077: Ensure Math functions return consistent results.
>>
>> 2010-09-03  Andrew John Hughes  <ahughes at redhat.com>
>>
>> 	    * Makefile.am: Add new patch.
>> 	    * patches/hotspot/original/6539464-consistent-math.patch:
>> 	    Backport fix for S6539464 which ensures Math functions
>> 	    return consistent results.
>> 	    * NEWS: Updated.
>>
>> Ok for 1.7 & 1.8?

Hi Andrew,

should I run our usual tests before you push this changes to 1.7 and
1.8? (just to be sure :-)

Pavel


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> The patch is simply http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/hotspot-comp/hotspot/rev/819880572f09.  No changes.