[8u] backport of 8076968 and 8062591

[Vladimir Kozlov]

Okay.

Thanks,
Vladimir

On 4/14/15 11:43 AM, Igor Veresov wrote:
> I’d like to backport:
>
> 8062591: SPARC PICL causes significantly longer startup times
> JDK9 changeset: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-comp/hotspot/rev/aedfc7337448 <http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-comp/hotspot/rev/aedfc7337448>
> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8062591
>
> 8076968: PICL based initialization of L2 cache line size on some SPARC systems is incorrect
> JDK9 changeset: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-comp/hotspot/rev/7ac058b59e10 <http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-comp/hotspot/rev/7ac058b59e10>
> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8076968
>
>
> The changes required a little bit of tweaking compared to jdk9, but nothing significant.
> The reason I want to backport 8062591 is to make 8076968 apply cleanly since it touches the same code.
>
>
> Thanks!
> igor
>