[jdk25] RFR: 8361259: JDK25: Backout JDK-8258229
Dean Long
dlong at openjdk.org
Wed Jul 2 20:13:41 UTC 2025
On Wed, 2 Jul 2025 10:54:13 GMT, Martin Doerr <mdoerr at openjdk.org> wrote:
> This is a backout of [JDK-8258229](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8258229) for JDK25 only. The problematic code has already been removed by [JDK-8358821](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8358821) in JDK26.
>
> The backout is clean for the C++ code, but the test backout includes the backout of the follow-up change [JDK-8356310](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8356310).
>
> Rationale: Minimize risk for JDK25. We should use the better fix JDK-8358821 in the long term. However, that one should get some more stabilization time before backporting it. Also see JBS issue.
>
> Proposed long term solution: Backport JDK-8358821 to jdk25u and revert this change again after an appropriate time.
>
> Short term: The issue solved by JDK-8258229 is not critical. It should be ok to postpone the fix to jdk25u.
Makes sense, but according to the Developers' Guide, we can't do that because "A Bug or Enhancement with resolution Fixed is required to have a corresponding changeset in one of the OpenJDK repositories."
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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26091#issuecomment-3029184612
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