Backport request for JDK-8034249

[serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com]

Hi Gleb,

I do not see big problems to backport  it to the jdk8 yet.
But let me check the jdk8 repository first.
What tool is it for?
Just better to have this info for backport justification.

Thanks,
Serguei


On 1/12/17 10:40, Gleb Smirnov wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We have a java agent that uses JVMTI's GetStackTrace.
> As can be seen in [1], there is an issue that may cause
> the JVM to crash when it is invoked. The issue was fixed
> for jdk9 in 2014, but as far as I can tell, it was not
> backported to jdk8. We have quite a few customer JVMs
> crashing because of this.
>
> Is there any particular reason for not backporting?
> If not, would anyone be so kind as to do it? Can I
> help the effort in any way?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Gleb Smirnov
>
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8034249