[1.10] RFC: Fix HotSpot regression that prevents use on x86 processors without cmov

[Michal Vyskocil]

On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 12:30:55AM +0100, Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> On 19:18 Thu 31 Mar     , Deepak Bhole wrote:
> > * Dr Andrew John Hughes <ahughes at redhat.com> [2011-03-31 19:15]:
> > > This is my last patch for 1.10.
> > > 
> > > This issue is discussed on the bug report:
> > > 
> > > http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=682
> > > 
> > > and on the HotSpot list:
> > > 
> > > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2011-March/004006.html
> > > 
> > > The discussion on the HotSpot list came to the conclusion that
> > > this is a regression from hs18 onwards and twisti has since provided
> > > a fix.  This fix is already in HEAD and I've seen no negative build bot
> > > reports.
> > > 
> > > The fix provides an alternative for cmov on x86 processors which lack this
> > > instruction, causing them to be usable again rather than crashing on even
> > > a 'java -version' invocation.
> > > 
> > > Patches for both hs19 and hs20 are included.  The only difference between
> > > the two is that hs19 doesn't need the #include directions as it still has
> > > IncludeDB.  They are otherwise identical.
> > > 
> > > Ok for 1.10?
> > > 
> > 
> > Yes, this looks fine to me. Okay for commit.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Deepak
> > 
> 
> Thanks! Done.

Thanks a lot Andrew!

Regards
Michal Vyskocil
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