Possibility of backporting fix for JDK-6986863

[Lindenmaier, Goetz]

Hi Harald,

You do not need to open a backport issue. That will be handled
automatically if you push.

But you need to open the PR against jdk11u-dev.
See also https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/JDKUpdates/How+to+contribute+a+fix

Best,
  Goetz.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jdk-updates-dev <jdk-updates-dev-retn at openjdk.java.net> On
> Behalf Of Harald Kuhr
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2021 9:25 AM
> To: Langer, Christoph <christoph.langer at sap.com>
> Cc: jdk-updates-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Re: Possibility of backporting fix for JDK-6986863
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> I’ve created the PR: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk11u/pull/14
> 
> But as this is my first PR agains OpenJDK, I am uncertain if I need a new issue
> on JDK 11 to be able to merge, or can I refer the existing (6986863) issue? It
> seems a new issue is required, I am not able to file issues in the current
> OpenJDK issue tracker, which leaves me with a kind of catch-22… Any advice
> on how to proceed would be appreciated!
> 
> Also my OCA is signed but pending verification, so I guess I just have to sit
> back and wait for a while.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> —
> Harald K
> 
> > 17. okt. 2021 kl. 00:12 skrev Langer, Christoph <christoph.langer at sap.com>:
> >
> > Hi Harald,
> >
> > it looks like a non-trivial change. However, as it is a bugfix, I guess it can be
> considered for backporting to 11u.
> >
> > To bring it forward I suggest you start by creating a Pull Request with a
> backport to https://github.com/openjdk/jdk11u-dev. Or find a developer
> who would do so ��
> >
> > Thanks
> > Christoph
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: jdk-updates-dev <jdk-updates-dev-retn at openjdk.java.net> On
> >> Behalf Of Harald Kuhr
> >> Sent: Freitag, 15. Oktober 2021 09:29
> >> To: jdk-updates-dev at openjdk.java.net
> >> Subject: Possibility of backporting fix for JDK-6986863
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> As the author of TwelveMonkeys ImageIO (
> >> https://github.com/haraldk/TwelveMonkeys), I am very happy to see
> >> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6986863 (ProfileDeferralMgr
> >> throwing ConcurrentModificationException) finally being fixed in Java 17!
> >>
> >> However, I wonder what it would take to backport Sergey’s fix (
> >> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/64a150c5) to OpenJDK 11 (or
> even
> >> 8)?
> >>
> >> Many users are running into this bug, and it is hard to create a reliable
> >> workaround in libraries. It will take time before JDK 17 is adopted by most
> >> users (many are still using Java 8), and a backport is therefore needed.
> >>
> >>
> >> PS: I initially posted a similar request to client-libs-dev, but was told
> >> to ask in the "updates" lists. Hoping this is the correct mailing list. If
> >> not, please give me a gentle push in the right direction.
> >>
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> —
> >> Harald K