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

[Pavel Tisnovsky]

Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> On 10:16 Mon 06 Sep     , Pavel Tisnovsky wrote:
>> 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 :-)
>>
> 
> I take it you mean testing them with this patch applied locally?

Yeah that's precisely what I intended.

> Yes,
> that sounds like a good idea.  I've attached the patches for each version.
Thank you very much, I just started testing patched 1.7 and 1.8 on RHEL5
(where we are supporting 1.7.4) and on Fedoras.

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