[8u40] RFR: 8042235: redefining method used by multiple MethodHandles crashes VM

[Coleen Phillimore]

Thank you!  Serguei reviewed the backport also, but I don't think he 
replied to the whole list.

Coleen

On 11/26/14, 2:40 PM, David Chase wrote:
> Not a reviewer, but I worked on a version of this bug, and this patch looks okay to me.
>
> David
>
> On 2014-11-25, at 3:17 PM, Coleen Phillimore <coleen.phillimore at oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> This is a backport of the bug fix for bug *https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8042593
>>
>> *The fix has been in JDK9 for a week with a couple of nights of successful testing.  The patch applied cleanly to jdk8u40.
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/8042235_8u40/
>>
>> Please approve this backport.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Coleen