[10] RFR 8191510: Bump classfile version number to 54

mandy chung mandy.chung at oracle.com
Mon Dec 4 23:47:30 UTC 2017



On 12/4/17 3:26 PM, David Holmes wrote:
>
>> And classfile_constants.h is also distributed with the image. I am 
>> unsure of the intent/history. To play it safe i will just bump the 
>> number.
>
> Hmmm - that seems wrong. jvm.h is not an exported external interface 
> AFAIK. And we just moved it so I don't think it will get distributed 
> any more. Hmm that also suggests that classfile_constants.h may be in 
> the wrong place ... I'll take this up elsewhere.
>

classfile_constants.h was added to ${java.home}/include in JDK 6 [1].   
It was intended for BCI native agent to use.

Mandy
[1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-5107600


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