[11u] RFR: Backport of 8214777: Avoid some GCC 8.X strncpy() errors in HotSpot

[Simon Tooke]

On 8/16/2019 8:42 AM, Simon Tooke wrote:
> On 8/16/2019 6:49 AM, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
>> On 8/15/19 3:49 PM, Simon Tooke wrote:
>>> modified patch: 
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stooke/webrevs/jdk-8214777-jdk11u/webrev.00/
>> The backport looks good.
>>
>> But, I think you have to push the followup right away to avoid breaking Windows:
>>   https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8219583
>>
>> So, JDK-8219583 needs to be approved for backports and pushed at the same time.
> Thanks for the catch (I see you were the original reporter), I'll test
> and submit 8219583 as my next work item.

I wasn't able to duplicate a compile error with this patch but without
JDK-8219583.  Offline discussion indicates it might be a toolchain
difference so I requested a backport of 8219583, and noted the
interdependency as notes in both issues. 

-Simon


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