[8u-dev] RFR + Request for approval: 8163969: Cyclic interface initialization causes JVM crash

[serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com]

Coleen,

The backport looks good to me.

Minor questions to the test.


http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/8163969.8.01/webrev/test/runtime/lambda-features/TestInterfaceInit.java.frames.html

2 * Copyright (c) 2014, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights 
reserved. 2015 => 2016


28 * @bug 8098557

   Why the new bug number is not 8163969?


Thanks,
Serguei



On 10/12/16 15:51, Coleen Phillimore wrote:
>
> Note, this is also an RFR since the backport wasn't clean.
> thanks,
> Coleen
>
>
> On 10/12/16 5:10 PM, Coleen Phillimore wrote:
>> Summary: Backport change to correct interface initialization.
>>
>> There were too many changes to instanceKlass.cpp for a clean 
>> backport.  Also in JDK8, this corrects interface initialization to 
>> not initialize the whole interface hierarchy if an interface, not 
>> class, initializes initialization.  This is to correctly follow JLS 
>> 12.4.2 step 7.   I filed a compatibility request (in review) to 
>> document the difference in behavior, which I believe will not be 
>> noticed.
>>
>> Tested with JPRT, including runtime jtreg lambda-features tests, and 
>> JCK tests.
>>
>> open webrev at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/8163969.8.01/webrev
>> bug link https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8163969.8
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Coleen
>