RFR: 8374945: Avoid fstat in os::open

Mon Jan 12 11:24:19 UTC 2026

On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:34:16 GMT, Jonas Norlinder <jnorlinder at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > This would skip the (weird only-once) FD_CLOEXEC block...
> 
> Indeed. I will open a PR to remove that check, as it is no longer needed; support for such old kernels ceased long ago. With your comment in mind I think we should wait with this one until we have cleaned up that first.

Aha, I missed this exchange during my review. Still, the remainder applies imo.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29152#issuecomment-3738073021