RFR 8207779: Method::is_valid_method() compares 'this' with NULL

[Harold David Seigel]

Thanks Lois!

Harold


On 7/25/2018 12:04 PM, Lois Foltan wrote:
> Looks good.
> Lois
>
> On 7/25/2018 11:47 AM, Harold David Seigel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Please review this JDK-12 fix for bug JDK-8207779.  The fix changes 
>> function is_valid_method() into a static function to avoid 
>> comparisons between 'this' and NULL and to avoid accessing the 
>> validating method through the Method being validated.
>>
>> Open Webrev: 
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hseigel/bug_8207779/webrev/index.html
>>
>> JBS Bug:  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8207779
>>
>> This fix was regression tested by running Mach5 tiers 1 and 2 tests 
>> and builds on Linux-X64, Windows, Solaris Sparc, and Mac OS X, 
>> running tiers 3-5 tests on Linux-x64, and by running JCK-11 Lang and 
>> VM tests on Linux-x64.
>>
>> Thanks, Harold
>>
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