[8u60] Request for approval: backport of 8078482: ppc: pass thread to throw_AbstractMethodError

[David Holmes]

Hi Goetz,

On 29/04/2015 7:36 PM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to backport "8078482: ppc: pass thread to throw_AbstractMethodError".
> This fixes a fatal error in the ppc port.  It touches only ppc files.
>
> The jdk9 change applies cleanly except for a whitespace diff:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~goetz/webrevs/8078482-fixAME/webrev.03.jdk8/
>
> The original change:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~goetz/webrevs/8078482-fixAME/webrev.02/
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-comp/hotspot/rev/331b38ef0db3
>
> I can push this myself, because it's ppc port only.  But where do I need to
> push it to get it into 8u60?  jdk8u/hs-dev/hotspot?

Yes.

Approved.

Thanks,
David

> Thanks and best regards,
>    Goetz.
>