Request for approval [8u60]: 8062672: JVM crashes during GC on various asserts which checks that HeapWord ptr is an oop

[Stefan Johansson]

Hi again,

Since no one objected and there is no real need for a re-review because 
the patch applied clean I have pushed it to 8u.

Stay tuned for the updated patch for 9.

Cheers,
Stefan

On 2015-02-12 13:07, Stefan Johansson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The linux-sparc specific issue described in [1] was fixed directly in 
> 7u80 to ensure it got in in time. The fix has not yet been forward 
> ported to 8u, but now it is time. The fix for 7u80 applies clean and 
> for more information please refer to the old review thread [2]. After 
> this fix is in 8u, I plan to move it into 9. There is a small conflict 
> for 9 so I will send out a proper review for that patch.
>
> I've created a new webrev for 8u, it's available here:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sjohanss/8062672/8u/hotspot.00/
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan
>
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8062672
> [2] 
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2014-December/016324.html 
>