JDK-8160310: HotSpot cannot be built with GCC 6

[Kim Barrett]

> On Jun 27, 2016, at 7:36 AM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> On 27/06/2016 8:25 PM, Yasumasa Suenaga wrote:
>>> But these need to be broken up into individual problems. I don't mind
>>> if the actual compilation warnings/errors are handled as a group.
>> 
>> I think we can create several subtasks for this as below:
> 
> Seems reasonable.
> 
>>  Group 1: narrowing conversion
>>    - altHashing.cpp
>>    - os_linux.cpp
>>    - type.cpp
>> 
>>  Group 2: uninitialized value (including assertion failure)
>>    - assembler_x86.cpp
>>    - interp_masm_x86.cpp
>>    - relocInfo.hpp
>>    - c1_Instruction.hpp
>> 
>>  Group 3: invalid suffix on literal
>>    - moduleEntry.cpp
>>    - packageEntry.cpp
>>    - preservedMarks.cpp
>> 
>>  Group 4: unnescessary assertion
>>    - node.cpp
>> 
>>  Group 5: potential for SEGV
>>    - classLoaderData.cpp
> 
> Would like to know how gcc 6 relates to this one.
> 
>>  Group 6: refactoring for GCC 6
>>    - oop.inline.hpp
>> 
>> 
>> Is it okay?
>> If so, I will create them as subtask of JDK-8160310 and send
>> review request if possible.
> 
> I'm okay with that.

For the record, me too.  That’s the kind of chunking I was asking for.

> Thanks,
> David