[8u] Request for Approval: 8154210: Zero: Better byte behaviour

[Seán Coffey]

Looks like the JDK 9 master record needs a noreg- label. Please add one 
: http://openjdk.java.net/guide/changePlanning.html#noreg

Approved.

Regards,
Sean.

On 25/04/2016 09:45, Severin Gehwolf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please approve the following Zero-only change for jdk8u. The current
> tree for JDK 8 is broken for a Zero JVM build[1]. The failure is caused
> by the April CPU patches.
>
> The fix for this went into 9 already[2] and the JDK 8 is essentially
> the same patch. Only whitespace differences make the JDK 9 patch not
> apply.
>
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8154210
> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sgehwolf/webrevs/JDK-8154210/webrev.jdk8.01/
> HG exported changeset:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sgehwolf/webrevs/JDK-8154210/JDK-8154210-better-byte-heviour-zero.jdk8.export.patch
>
> Review thread for JDK 9:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2016-April/022824.html
>
> Thanks,
> Severin
>
> [1] http://builder.classpath.org/jenkins/job/OpenJDK8_jdk8u_Zero/61/console
> [2] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs/hotspot/rev/3d7d041acb59