RFR(xs): 8134749: SoftReferences declared dead too early

[Tom Benson]

Hi Per,
On 9/1/2015 7:10 AM, Per Liden wrote:
> On 2015-08-31 20:27, Tom Benson wrote:
>> Per,
>> Also looks good to me.   I actually picked up both your changes, on the
>
> Thanks Tom.
>
>> off chance it might help with 8130261. (That appears it may be a
>> problem with 'last ditch' GCs, which free all soft refs.  Yes, a
>> longshot, but I tried it anyway.  No help.)
>
> I had a very quick look at 8130261, and I agree that it doesn't seem 
> related to this. Btw, If you can provoke the issue with a debug build 
> you might want to run with -XX:+VerifyOops to catch the bad oop as 
> early as possible.
Yes, I've used all the verify options, and added additional oop 
verifications.
Tnx,
Tom

>
> cheers,
> /Per