[8u40] Request for approval: backports of 8062742(XS): compiler/EliminateAutoBox/UnsignedLoads.java fails with client vm

[David Chase]

I am not a Reviewer, but I approve of this change.  It looks simple and safe.
(I think you still need one capital-R Reviewer)

David

On 2014-12-02, at 8:14 AM, Tatiana Pivovarova <tatiana.pivovarova at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to request a backport of the fix for JDK-8062742[1-4] to 8u40. The original patch applied except changes in test/TEST.groups because this file doesn't contain such group "hotspot_compiler_2".
> 
> testing: jprt
> 
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8062742
> [2] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-comp/hotspot/rev/140f3e405a8a
> [3] http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iignatyev/tpivovarova/8062742/webrev.01/
> [4] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-compiler-dev/2014-November/016166.html
> 
> Thanks,
> Tatiana