RFR: JDK-8190187: Follow-up.

[David Holmes]

On 18/05/2018 2:27 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 17/05/2018 13:57, Adam Farley8 wrote:
>> Hi Alan,
>>
>> As requested.
>>
>> Any ideas?
> The issue here is that the patch is just one part of changing long 
> standing behavior. There is still work needed to flush out other 
> interactions in the JVM TI spec, e.g. the multiple agent case and 
> whether the Agent_OnUnLoad should be invoked for agents loaded before 
> some other agent returns JNI_SILENT_EXIT. Also the late-binding agent 
> case needs examination to see if wording is needed for the case that 
> Agent_OnAttach returns this status. There is also an update needed to 
> the JNI spec as we discussed. As per the mails on core-libs-dev, it's 
> not clear that it's worth it. In any case, I don't know if anyone cycles 
> to work with you on this. I think the help you are looking for is to 
> ensure that all the spec issues are covered, maybe help with the tests 
> and testing, and then the process work that is the CSR and release note.

+1

I'm not convinced this really needs fixing (as per previous 
discussions). A proper fix is more involved than what has been proposed 
and needs to be given due indepth consideration - none of which I have 
time for. Even reviewing this would be a considerable time investment to 
be sure that all the issues had indeed been properly examined and covered.

David


> -Alan